One goal of the alternative rock guitarist is to avoid rock clichés. And one of rock’s biggest clichés is the guitar solo.

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

The history of rock guitar — and rock music in general — can be split into two periods: before Jimi Hendrix's debut album and after. It's difficult to overstate the impact of the Jimi Hendrix ...

Call him a "guitar god" or a "guitarist's guitarist," but Jeff Beck was in a class by himself. One of the most acclaimed guitarists in rock and roll history died Tuesday after contracting bacterial ...