PHOENIX — Jack Ward left his family and friends back home in Yorkshire, England when he moved to Phoenix to learn how to make guitars. “I’ve played guitar since I was 9,” he said. “I just want to ...

College sophomore Ian Vanveen spent 200 hours building this handmade electric guitar in his parents' basement. College ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Joshua Needelman is a special projects reporter for The New York Times. He is a Long Island native and a graduate of the University of Maryland who has worked for The Washington Post, ...

So, you want to be a luthier. Here are a few places that can get you started on the journey to making more than just a few chords. *The Chicago Luthiers Workshop offers one-on-one classes taught by ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? “Please work,” I mutter. Over the last three months senior home editor Roy Berendsohn ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University will offer two separate workshops this summer for those interested in making their own electric guitars. The High School Guitar Workshop will be held June ...

They didn’t really have a choice. After Huntsville couple Danny and Susan Davis decided to shut-down the music venue component at Tangled String Studios in July 2020 amid the pandemic’s devastating ...

Resting in its case on top of a desk at the corporate headquarters of the company that makes Gibson guitars is a technologically head-spinning model that Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz describes ...

Many moons ago I remember asking Paul Reed Smith why he didn’t use pickups made by the likes of Seymour Duncan. My thinking was that while Paul had studied and learned the guitar-making craft of the ...

As the CEO and president of Taylor Guitars, Andy Powers has seen his fair share of changes within the guitar manufacturing industry. As a guitar designer and life-long guitar aficionado, well, you ...

When you think of a guitar what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a simple maple acoustic, the kind played by countless singer-songwriters over the years, or perhaps a double-necked mahogany electric, favored ...