There’s something indefinably magical about the intricate, chiming sounds of a finger-picked acoustic guitar. It’s something I’d always...

Mark Hanson’s ‘The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking’ is one of the guitar tuition books I’ve returned to most often over the years. If...

It’s 1997, the tail-end of Britpop, and one of the more idiosyncratic – but enduring – talents to emerge during the first British beat...

I’ve used many a capo throughout my guitar-playing escapades, but it’s only relatively recently I’ve found one I love. Thalia Capos don’t...

If I’ve learned anything in my many years as an enthusiasm-heavy but talent-light guitarist, it is that there are two simple routes to...