The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Here’s a trivia question you can use to stump fellow music nerds. The answer isn’t Little Richard or Otis Redding. And it’s not Ray Charles or James Brown. It’s Blind Willie McTell, a 12-string guitar ...

As far as 12-string electric guitars go, it’s hard to beat a Rickenbacker Capri model. The Fender Electric XII is perhaps the greatest competitor in terms of playability and sound, and the Gibson ...

Paul Brett, the 12-string acoustic virtuoso turned guitar designer who collaborated with the likes of Arthur Brown and folk-rock legend Roy Harper, has died, aged 76. Born in London, latterly of ...

Adding a 12-string acoustic guitar to your arsenal opens up a whole new world of tone. Whether you’re chasing that rich, choral shimmer for textural layering in the studio or looking to add a little ...

The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room. By Zoë Lescaze In My Obsession, one creative person reveals their most ...

ABOUT THE EVENT: Poor Howard Stith and Mike “Bullfrog” Rogers will perform blues of the ‘20s and ‘30s. Stith is a 12-string guitar blues artist who has been performing barrelhouse and Delta blues for ...

Ahead of the ambitious Galaxies 12x12 project at the Barbican on April 14, Thurston Moore talks to John Doran about why he has formed an orchestra of 12 strings and how this relates to Sun Ra, Glenn ...