If you've found yourself searching for the best acoustic guitar strings there might be a few reasons you've landed here. Perhaps you're bored of your regular strings and fancy a change, or maybe ...

Choosing the best acoustic guitar for your personal needs is a tough one. With so many options on offer these days it’s not surprising that many find themselves faced with option paralysis when ...

NAMM 2025: Last October, John Mayer joined forces with Ernie Ball to launch the Silver Slinky set, a set of electric guitar strings boasting a unique in-between gauge and a custom core-to-wrap ratio.

Whether you’re a beginner or a blues guitarist, strap your guitar with the best strings to enhance your sound and maintain quality over time The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When ...

Since the early nineties, legendary Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has been performing with an array of Paul Reed Smith electric guitars, including a black CE-24 and a Hollowbody II. In 2013, Lifeson ...

A concert size guitar is bigger than a parlor guitar, but smaller than orchestra and dreadnought guitars. As a result, we don’t generally expect concert guitars to have the big tone or the volume of ...

For beginners, finding the best guitar to start with can be intimidating, to say nothing of actually learning to play it. There are a few age-old dichotomies to navigate—electric or acoustic, steel ...