Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...

Frank Meyers is a lover of all extreme, odd, and bizarre guitars and design. He has played, collected, and researched guitars and history for many years. He’s passionate about discovering the stories ...

A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret the ...

CONVERSE — The San Antonio Steel Guitar Association’s monthly steel guitar jam session at American Legion Post 593 features professional, semi-pro and amateur musicians performing together with a ...

Even if you've never held one of his namesake instruments, you may know that Les Paul designed one of the first solid-body electric guitars. Astonishingly, Gibson, which manufactured the guitar, was ...

Buddy Emmons -- one of the most influential musicians ever on the steel guitar -- died Wednesday (July 29) at the age of 78. By Chuck Dauphin Buddy Emmons — one of the most influential musicians ever ...

Musician Buddy Emmons, widely regarded as the world’s foremost steel guitarist, hailed for his unique playing style and innovations with regard to tuning, has died at age 78. Born Buddie Gene Emmons ...

Tommy Detamore, the pedal steel guitarist, engineer and producer behind decades of country records, has died. His wife, Sandra, confirmed his passing on Wednesday, August 5. Word spread quickly ...

Impact Soundworks has released Pedal Steel, a sample library for KONTAKT PLAYER which they describe as featuring a legendary American electric guitar of the same name. They say that the instrument ...