During the 2021 holiday season, I’m setting out to find the coolest gifts in the land (Buffalo land, that is). The search for some of the coolest gifts in Buffalo led me to luthier Declan Ryan’s front ...

In her 34 years, Maegen Wells has — twice — fallen in love at first sight. When she was 7, she picked up a nylon-string acoustic guitar for the first time and strummed along to the soundtrack of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Guitar aficionados can meet and play with Rob Chapman of Chapman Guitars on May 15 (one day only) during the Chapman Guitars tour at Scotty’s Brewhouse Downtown on the Jefferson Plaza, 1 Virginia Ave.

The lush, exotic wood and flawless craftsmanship are the first qualities one notices in a Montrose guitar. It’s the sound, though, that truly brings the instrument to life. In a remote studio near ...

Jim Jaros' workshop looks like a high school woodshop class if there existed one that focused on making guitars instead of birdhouses and cutting boards. Step inside the New Sewickley Township ...

NORFOLK, Va. - The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted a lot of local businesses across Hampton Roads, as well as the local music industry. But one local guitar shop is committed to keep going, repairing ...

Ron Mann's portrait of a New York custom guitar maker is a delectable celebration of analog culture, DIY craft, and the heart of rock 'n' roll. “Carmine Street Guitars” is a one-of-a-kind documentary ...