Listen to the incredible legacy of music Eddie Van Halen leaves and you'll hear a complete player; and his rhythm prowess often gets overlooked in the focus on his other gifts. But it was the core ...

Rocksmith has been around since 2011, beginning as an alternative to the five button rhythm guitar craze, set apart by the fact that it lets players use their own real six strings as the controller, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Even in 2016 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though he’d typically flip to the neck/middle position pickup for glassy cleans, the ...

Some people are just not born to be musicians, but you can’t blame us for at least trying to learn to play an instrument. For most adults, it immediately becomes clear that without hours of daily ...

Trying to learn to play the guitar isn't always fun. The learning curve is notoriously steep—especially at the very beginning. Some days, even picking up your instrument can seem like a pretty ...