Others say it was Vivi-Tone, or maybe Ro-Pat-In. You think Leo Fender invented the electric bass guitar? Have you heard of Audiovox and Paul Tutmarc? What about humbucking pickups—now common but ...

Bassists like Larry Graham come around maybe once a century. Widely credited as the man who invented thumping and plucking, ...

Chet Atkins’ credentials as a guitarist are as good as it gets. His super-precise Travis Picking - simultaneously playing bass, rhythm and melody - on a succession of Gretsch guitars that bore his ...

The Swiss-born entrepreneur invented the electric guitar in California alongside partner George Beauchamp in the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s. The powerful new instrument inspired a ...

You know, doing something special with something standard, be it drums, bass, keyboard, a microphone or electric and acoustic guitars. But what if those traditional instruments aren’t enough for ...

Hardin on piano, Joey Cooper on rhythm guitar and vocals, Chuck Blackwell on drums and Delaney Bramlett on bass. They left behind a single for Warner Bros that wasn't particularly inspired ...