We are getting closer and closer to the winter season, and in Sweden it tends to be a nasty affair – especially for guitarists. The Nordic climate is both cold and dry, which is dangerous for our wooden instruments . Though most of us don’t want to think about the winter closing in on us, it can be good to do so for the sake of your guitar.
Keep reading →
  . Photo .Kevin Mazur/TAS   Not so long ago, things didn’t look so great for the guitar, that global symbol of youthful freedom and rebellion for 70 years running. With hip-hop and Beyoncé-style spectacle pop supposedly owning the hearts and wallets of millennials and Generation Z — and so many 20th-century guitar deities either dead (Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain) or soloing into their 70s (Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page) — electric guitar sales had skidded by about one-third in the decade since 2007, according to Music Trades, a research organization that tracks...
Keep reading →
