Pushing a string up or pulling it down raises the pitch of the note you're playing. This is called string bending. The technique can be used to create singing, vocal-like phrases that other ...

“Okay, so I’m not an idiot, I’ve worked out what string bending involves, but, tell me, why bother?” Well, those pesky frets can make things sound a bit lumpy sometimes as there’s a defi nite point ...

When Swedish metal icons Meshuggah unleashed their mighty, low down, single-string riffs on Nothing in 2002, the meaning of the word heavy was henceforth redefined. From then, the 8-string guitar has ...