Ed Snoble has been custom-building guitars and repairing guitars, banjos and other stringed instruments for the last 30 years. Oh, and he also loves a good cup of coffee. Combine the three and you’ll ...
Jonathan Levister at his new music store and custom guitar-making operation in Chester, Experience Custom Shop. photos by ANDY BURRISS [email protected] Peek inside the doors of the shop at ...
Justin Kennedy's passion for guitars began in childhood and led to a career as a guitar tech, including touring with Cincinnati band Walk the Moon. At his custom guitar shop, the guitar-building ...
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 ...
Epiphone has expanded its top-of-the-range Inspired By Gibson Custom series with eight new electric guitars, all featuring a range of premium appointments, including Gibson USA electric guitar pickups ...
ROCKLAND FOR THIS MORNING’S MAIDEN MASS. FIRST THING I DO IS DRAW IT ONTO THE BODY BLANK INSIDE HIS WORKSHOP IN ROCKLAND. GARY TAFT IS RIGHT AT HOME HANDCRAFTING HIS CUSTOM DESIGNED GUITARS RATHER ...
That heady scent of nitrocellulose lacquer in the early February air is the unmistakable sign that the Fender Custom Shop has just rolled out his Custom Collection, with 2024 yielding a bumper crop of ...
Better known in the industry as Ray Akira, Kuala Lumpur-born Raymond Choo’s journey with music started at the age of 15—late, perhaps, by some musicians’ standards. However, that didn’t stop the man ...
“I try to avoid ‘guitar geek’ stuff,” the Edge tells Rolling Stone earnestly. “But now that I’ve begun letting my inner geek come out, I have to say, I love all this shit. I’m fascinated by the ...
You might think that most musicians are artistically driven, creative thinkers who don’t exactly have a propensity for science. Likewise, you might assume scientifically minded people aren’t the sort ...
Pity the poor guitarist: there's a lot of string-slingers out there, fretboards a-heaving with flashy licks. You really have to work hard to get noticed. And even to get in the ring, you'll be ...
Trevor Woodland had a practical reason for taking up the bass guitar as a middle school student on Vancouver Island. "Basically, they needed someone to play bass guitar, and I was the only one big ...