Early last year, YouTube guitar wizard Jared Dines began a quest to find a skilled luthier who could make him a one-off 17-string guitar. After being let down by a US builder, and left seriously out ...

YouTuber Steve Terreberry has taken delivery of what he's calling the most metal guitar ever, a 20 string monster that takes the Djent battle straight to Jared Dines, who had an 18 string beast ...

Imagine strumming your favorite tune on an acoustic guitar, feeling each note resonate with a warmth and depth that seems almost magical. For many musicians, achieving that perfect sound often means ...

On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an ...

In newly shared footage, Billy Strings gets his hands on Ol' Hoss, an acoustic guitar owned and played by bluegrass legend Doc Watson.

Brian Calhoun has made guitars for music legends. His latest clients are kids. At what age do most kids start learning how to play guitar? If you ask guitar maker Brian Calhoun, based on conversations ...

What’s more American than apple pie or baseball? The guitar, it seems, and arguably by a wide margin. “Americans have a particular predilection for guitars,” said Mark Scala, chief curator at the ...

John Lennon’s long-lost, newly repaired 12-string guitar has set a world record as the most expensive Beatles guitar sold in auction history. The Framus Hootenanny, which was used by the famed ...

If you’ve ever played guitar, you’ve probably seen a pack of Ernie Ball guitar strings. Wrapped in psychedelic packaging, Ernie Ball strings are often the first products to catch your eye when you ...

In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...

The convention couldn’t sound less rock-and-roll — the National Association of Music Merchants Show. But when the doors open at the Anaheim Convention Center, people stream in to scour rows of Fenders ...

Harley Benton has expanded its Custom Line range with a 12-string jumbo acoustic guitar that’s all dressed up in maple, spruce and gold, with a vibe that nods to the original King of the Flat-tops, ...