PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Guitar maker Greg Savage plays one of his own creations in the woodland studio behind his home in Valencia. He's been making custom guitars ever since, well, just a couple years ...

Nick Perri, a guitarist who cut his teeth playing with rock acts like Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell, and Matt Sorum, has launched Perri Ink. Guitars, a company that sells durable handmade ...

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 ...

Ed Stilley in his studio, from ‘Gifted: The Instruments of Ed Stille’ (all images by and courtesy of Tim Hawley) One evening in 1979, Ed Stilley, a preacher and homesteader in Hogscald Hollow, ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

Justin Edwards was studying sculpting and airbrushing when he made a shark sculpture. As he held it, he had an idea. “It kind of felt like a guitar,” he said. He chopped off the tail, slapped on a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists Luthier as “one who makes stringed musical instruments (such as violins or guitars)” It’s a specialized skill that has been around for ...

It's beginning to rain on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, but Bill Collings doesn't seem to notice. Sitting across from me in a rusty metal chair behind his factory that makes guitars, mandolins and ...