Some musicians spend years trying to find a reliable guitar best suited for their needs, playing style and personal tastes. There's a myriad of factors to consider: intonation, body shape, neck size, ...

Guitarists are a special breed, and many of them have a close connection with the instruments they play. It might be a specific brand of guitar, or a certain setup required to achieve the sound ...

Bill Brunton says a good classical guitar maker uses his gut as much as his hands. "There's an alchemy in making a guitar," says Brunton, 63, Fargo. "You have to find your own way. There's a ...

A wood guitar can be a fickle thing. Oh sure, the best of them sing with tone to die for. But let it get too hot or too cold, or too humid or too dry, and that beautiful voice can change. Alternative ...

FRANKLIN – The "aha! moment" for Bill Warmoth was realizing that Middle Tennessee, with its plethora of guitar stores, didn't have a single shop offering only handmade guitars. In Music City, Martin, ...

Aspiring guitar builder Jukka Sollasvaara and one of his friends have built what might just be the world’s heaviest acoustic guitar in a madcap experiment that swaps out tonewoods for concrete. Guitar ...

Ed Sheeran doesn’t use a lot of gear when he plays a stadium – just a few small acoustic guitars and a pedal board. Now, fans can own the same kind of guitars as Sheeran, who at a surprise appearance ...