Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fender has released a new study that shows women comprise 50% of new guitar players in the United States and the United Kingdom.

PORTLAND, OREGON — As American men went off to war during World War II, women stepped in to fill the jobs they left behind, keeping the factories and shipyards running, and the economy humming. While ...

When Fender chose artists to represent its iconic Stratocaster guitar in a new marketing campaign, it didn’t go with the usual Strat-slingers. You won’t see Pete Townshend windmilling or Eric Clapton ...

In the indie music scene, which prides itself on having no masters, St. Vincent is a leader. This coming March, she's about to do something no other woman has done in rock 'n' roll history. In ...

Bonnie Raitt's upcoming St. Augustine concert gives us something to talk about: guitar heroines. Where are they? Heroes are easy to name - Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page - but thinking of a ...

Susan Shane-Linder, of Boca Raton, can't believe her guitar's adventure. — -- For one Florida woman, getting the bizarre news that a family more than 1,000 miles away in Minnesota had found her ...

There have been numerous news stories about the impending death of U.S. guitar business. Not without some reason. The instrument long ago lost its central role in pop music. Iconic brand Gibson is in ...

Sitting on a small stool in her shop, Pornpat Lueboonthavatchai slowly worked the chisel on one of her latest guitars. Various tools of different size surrounded her work desk. She also kept a first ...

After losing her father, a woman finds herself at odds with her stepmother over who should inherit his beloved guitar Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

In the indie music scene, which prides itself on having no masters, St. Vincent is a leader. In collaboration with Ernie Ball Music Man guitars, Clark is set to release a new signature guitar. She'll ...

Fender found out that 50 percent of beginner guitar players are women. The study also points out at the emotional benefits of playing an instrument. According to a new study by Fender, the diversity ...