Isbell recently released two Mexican-made acoustics with Martin, based on a 1940 Martin 0-17 that he used across the entirety ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X TAYLOR – Zachary Guy combs through stacks of wood at specialty hardwood lumberyards looking for ...
At 16, a year after learning to play the guitar, Frisco resident Bevan Frost decided he wanted to design and build the instruments for a living. He was living in Germany in 1997, doing a student ...
During the 2021 holiday season, I’m setting out to find the coolest gifts in the land (Buffalo land, that is). The search for some of the coolest gifts in Buffalo led me to luthier Declan Ryan’s front ...
These vintage guitars may be worth tens of thousands of dollars or more. Discover rare and valuable models that have ...
Guitar builder Stephan Connor slowly walks along a secluded stretch of beach in southeastern Massachusetts — both his house and his workshop are located on Cape Cod. “There’s such an alien-like nature ...
BLUFFTON — It’s fair to say that Bluffton-based luthier Brooks Cobb isn’t opposed to modern, computer-aided guitar construction techniques, but that’s not the way he chooses to build the guitars that ...
At the base of the unattached wooden guitar neck, there's an inscription labeled in pencil,"9-10-15," along with Tom Shepard's initials, "TS." The date refers to when Shepard began building his latest ...
A cacophony of sounds emerged from a warehouse in Newbury Park: the hum of the wood-sanding machines, the hiss of paint sprayers and the occasional bark from two dogs roaming the factory floor. And ...