Three-notes-per-string scale shapes are a great way of accessing the maximum available notes anywhere on the guitar neck. These positions make full use of all four fingers and cover more frets than ...

In play it works well as a bridge between the world of guitar and bass. The LR Baggs StagePro EQ preamp and Element pickup make it stage-ready too. Folk and fingerpicking: 000, OM. Both Martin’s ...

WHITTIER – Bernie Hefner knows a thing or two about guitars. And he’s parlayed that knowledge into two businesses – Guitar Alley, which does guitar repairs, and the B. Hefner Co.,… ...

Guitar makers like Fender and Gibson incorporated subtle changes into the shape of their guitar necks and bodies over the years, Hefner said, and clients are pretty picky about what they want.