Gibson Montana, the Bozeman, Mont.-based acoustic guitar division of Gibson Musical Instruments, has introduced the Chet Atkins Studio, a nylon-string classical guitar. By Christopher Walsh Gibson ...

Don Felder says he played up to 14 different guitar parts on the Eagles' 1977 single hit "Hotel California" using both six- and 12-string guitars. But determining how to re-create the song live left ...

The seventies were bountiful years for guitar fans. Looking now at Guitar Player magazines of the period, it's almost dizzying to see how many veteran guitarists were doing some of their most ...

The seventies were bountiful years for guitar fans. Looking now at Guitar Player magazines of the period, it's almost dizzying to see how many veteran guitarists were doing some of their most ...

Atkins climbed from humble beginnings to become a major record producer and one of the most famous guitarists of his era. Ten years after his... Chet Atkins: The Lasting Influence Of 'Mr. Guitar' Chet ...

Chet Atkins was an inductee of the following Halls of Fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. You wear many hats: author, ...

Tommy Emmanuel was just 11 when his father died. In the aftermath, he found solace in the music of Chet Atkins, a guitar hero who would become, in effect, a surrogate father. “My father had just ...

We all know Gretsch guitars. They’re the rock ’n’ roll guitar, the country guitar, Chet Atkins, George Harrison and John Lennon, Brian Setzer and yer man Billy Duffy from the Cult, Richard Fortus, too ...