As the guitar industry faces mounting pressure, Taylor Guitars CEO Andy Powers reveals how the company is grappling with these challenges ...

EAST COUNTYEAST COUNTY — With the nimble fingers of a surgeon, Rockne O’Brien glued kerfing around the curves of the guitar frame on the table in front of him, affixing the slim strips with wood ...

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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 ...

Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

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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 ...

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 ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. (Nov. 9, 2010) -- For the past 19 years, Capt. Chad Ryg of the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) has considered playing the guitar to be one of his favorite pastimes. Ryg, a ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Kent Barcus said he couldn’t afford to buy the kind of quality guitar he wanted. So he decided to build one. Then he built another. Then nine more. Barcus, 63, has always enjoyed ...