How many times have you been on a gig and broken a string while playing and are forced to stop the show for a few minutes as you frantically try and restring? There always seems to be one tool you ...

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The innovative history of the D’Addario NYXL, the guitar string for people who want to shred. Jim D’Addario’s family has been making music strings since 1680. His Long Island factory has grown in ...

At the half-century mark of the incorporation of his company, Jim D'Addario looks back at the bold moves that have kept them relevant. By Steve Knopper To achieve the bright sound in his famous 1965 ...

There is a moment every guitarist knows. You’re standing at the bench, or maybe crouched on a tour bus floor, or hunched over a coffee table at two in the morning, with a fresh set of strings spread ...