If you play the guitar or want to learn, you might be interested to find out that some of those guitars are handcrafted, ...

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — Seven years ago, Shawn Weimer started Zoe Guitars, a custom luthier business in Oceanside named after his infant granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for “life,” which is ...

Nickel is the one-man show behind Flyway Guitars, Alton’s own guitar-making and restoration business. Started two years prior, the DIY luthier operates his business out of his home, where he has honed ...

About twelve years ago, a group of local guitar makers came together to share information, techniques and ideas about their craft — and about their shared passion for making instruments. They call ...

At a workbench tucked into the side room of a music store, Woody James builds his namesake guitars. Dozens of necks hang from the wall. The bench is cluttered with tools. A stack of bins hold switches ...

NASHVILLE — A scant eight weeks after Ron Volbrecht got his first guitar for his 16th birthday, he played his first gig.The band was composed mostly of his football buddies from Morton High School in ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FALMOUTH — Jack Kilbride says his shop is probably the only place in the ...

FALLBROOKFALLBROOK — For hundreds of years, scientists and musicologist have puzzled over the secret behind the one-of-a-kind sound produced by 17th-century Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesu violins.

This story originally aired on November 1, 2012. About nine years ago, a group of local guitar makers came together to share information, techniques and ideas about their craft — and about their ...