Carter Vintage Guitars, a Music City landmark, has settled into a routine after some big changes. Its founding owners sold ...

Gear regrets? Aldrich has had a few – the ’73 Goldtop, the Tele – but he's also had some victories, like when he chanced upon ...

Culture matters. It’s an expression of our soul. And as the estimable California philosopher Tracy Chapman reminds us, all that you have is your soul. Before you have your soul, you have your heart.

Acoustic guitars aren’t very metal. That is, until you hear the intro of Metallica’s Fade to Black, or till Black Sabbath’s Planet Caravan sparks a compulsion to turn the overdrive down and jam the ...