HARRISBURG TODAY. MUSIC LOVERS ENJOYED THE FINAL DAY OF THE ARTISAN GUITAR SHOW. THE SHOW FEATURES HANDCRAFT GUITARS, MANY OF WHICH WERE MADE BY ARTISTS WHO ATTENDED THE SHOW AND SPOKE ABOUT THEIR ...

As a new book on artisan guitarmakers (or "luthiers") shows, rumors of the death of the artisan are greatly exaggerated. (Brian Marks / Flickr) Division of labor has always been central to industrial ...

FRANKLIN – The "aha! moment" for Bill Warmoth was realizing that Middle Tennessee, with its plethora of guitar stores, didn't have a single shop offering only handmade guitars. In Music City, Martin, ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The philosophical riddle is posed so often it has grown mossy with cliché: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? It turns out the ...

For the past two years, master guitar builder Leo Scala has been creating a series of ultra high-end ‘playable art pieces’ with his Master Artisan collection of guitars, and the recently revived ...

SANTA CRUZ – When a country western idol meets with a West Coast luthier, the result is a handmade guitar of exceptional quality. That’s what happened when Brad Paisley collaborated with Richard ...

BENSON -- There remains a place in the modern economy for the skilled artisan. The best place of all for this artisan - a luthier known all over North America - is his hometown of Benson. "I love this ...

PHOTOS BY DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Todd Hubbard of Evansville cuts the nut for his newest creation, The Astropoly, a double-cutaway guitar with dark-toned Honduran rosewood and maple, ornate ...