The electric guitar — an icon of American culture — is standing the test of time. Despite a lot of bad PR in recent years, manufacturers and sellers say demand is strong for American-made guitars 10 ...

What is more American than taking a musical instrument with ancient roots and zapping it with electricity? That new creation, ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

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There are a lot of guitar history books out there, and some pretty good ones at that. But when it comes to the origins of the acoustic guitar in the United States, it’s doubtful that anyone will be ...

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There are those that believe acoustic guitar design was perfected before World War II. But for the last 35 years, the Santa Cruz Guitar Company has been improving on the designs of the past and fine ...

Alongside all the tech, there’s still an art and craft to guitar making, something that collectors will always indulge in, as well as the important work of acknowledging, indulging, collaborating and ...

This weekend, the city of Takoma Park, Maryland, will host the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose, the first and only festival dedicated exclusively to American-primitive guitar music. Takoma Park, a ...

Before we get to the end of the year, and just in case anyone is looking for a Christmas gift for that rock fan on your list, let's get to an overdue review of a really enjoyable music book from this ...

Randy Bachman was having severe back pain. His doctor told him that the solution was to stop playing guitar. The main offender was the 1959 Les Paul Standard he’d used to write and record “American ...