Many people associate the acoustic guitar with folk or country music, but its roots are much older, dating back to 16th Century Spain and beyond. Even Beethoven once remarked that the guitar was a ...

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 ...

Deep in the Eastern Connecticut woods an unassuming man has spent decades building and repairing wooden instruments in his backyard. He works in a red-colored shed not much larger than a medium-sized ...

Artist Scott Baxendale moved to Athens almost a year ago and opened Baxendale Guitars on Winston Street. He builds handmade guitars and has even done repairs for the likes of Elvis Costello and Johnny ...

Italian acoustic guitar player Luca Stricagnoli will be strumming his way through New Mexico making stops in Alamogordo on Thursday, Nov. 20, and Albuquerque on Friday, Nov. 21. Stricagnoli said he ...

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 ...

The Jason Isbell 0-17 is a stunning replica of his 1940 model he used on Foxes In The Snow, and if that holy grail limited ...

Acoustic and classical guitars look very similar, both made of wood, both with six strings, and both with the familiar guitar shape with a curved body and long neck. But there are key differences that ...

Whether $50 thrift store beaters or $5,000 custom shop jewels, the best acoustic guitars are the ones that resonate with the people playing them. With so many options available, it can be difficult to ...