References to a guitar-like stringed instrument date back nearly a thousand years, but honestly, none of these lute-ish, uke-ish oddities qualify as a guitar. There is a lot of debate about when the ...

Few flat-tops command the reverence of a Martin 45. Emerging in the early part of the 20th century and few in number, they are now some of the most collectible acoustic guitars known. Among them are ...

Classical guitarist Jiji Kim runs through her performance of ''Aluminum Flowers'' with composer Steven Mackey during a rehearsal at Curtis Institute of Music. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa.

Next year, guitar manufacturer C.F. Martin Co., based in the Lehigh Valley, marks the 100th anniversary of its "Dreadnought" model. When it was introduced, the instrument seemed odd; it was much ...

I remember the first time I saw Eddie Van Halen on MTV, the way he played two hands on the fingerboard during his "Jump" guitar solo. I loved his cool "Frankenstein" guitar, so named because he ...

If most of us had to list the 40 most important guitars throughout history on the spot, hastily conjured entries might include (jokingly or not) the Guitar Hero control and the air guitar. While both ...

At age 54, Tim Olbrych decided it was about time he record an album. So the founder of William and Mary’s guitar program and performing artist faculty member of the College’s music department since ...

(DMN file / Larry Morris/The New York Times) The Italian luthier Andrea Amati crafted the first modern violin in 1555, and music was never the same. A century later, Paduan music master Bartolomeo ...

Since its birth in New York in the early 1950s, Guild had established itself as a serious player in the US guitar-manufacture scene. Jazz was still the dominant serious musical force and, indeed, was ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - About five years ago, Bill Jehle decided to build the perfect electric guitar. Dissatisfied with all of his equipment, Jehle began to take note of certain features in his dozen or so ...

NEW YORK – Bob Dylan and historians at PBS are in a dispute over the whereabouts of an electric guitar that the singer plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, quite possibly the most historic ...

If most of us had to list the 40 most important guitars throughout history on the spot, hastily conjured entries might include (jokingly or not) the Guitar Hero control and the air guitar. While both ...