Is the tone really in the wood, and do old guitars really sound better because the wood has dried out? The answers are yes and no. Contrary to popular belief, the seasoned wood used for guitar ...

This custom guitar build features meteorite pickups and unconventional materials rarely used in instrument making. Explore ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As one of the world's most popular instruments, the electric guitar is the primary instrument of many musicians and songwriters nowadays.

This project shows how a guitar pick, or plectrum, can be crafted from parts of old guitars using precise shaping and ...

For decades, Gibson built its acoustic guitars at a factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Artists such as B.B. King and Johnny Cash made the instruments famous. Mandolin designer Orville Gibson opened the ...

Since the seventies, New Yorker Rick Kelly has been making guitars from the “bones of old New York.” Handmade guitars on display at Carmine Street Guitars in the West Village were crafted from wood ...