This fire and epoxy guitar project explores an experimental finishing technique used in custom guitar building. See how heat ...

SAN DIEGO — Students at De Portolla Middle School are turning piles of parts into musical masterpieces as part of an innovative technology program that teaches engineering skills through guitar ...

This custom guitar build features meteorite pickups and unconventional materials rarely used in instrument making. Explore the design choices, construction process, and how these unique elements ...

When David Browning was a boy, his father's workshop was a shared universe -- a place where father and son could connect over tools that had heft and purpose. They built a dune buggy together when ...

At the base of the unattached wooden guitar neck, there's an inscription labeled in pencil,"9-10-15," along with Tom Shepard's initials, "TS." The date refers to when Shepard began building his latest ...

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 ...

He’s got an axe to grind. A Bay Ridgite descended from Norwegian woodworkers builds one-of-a-kind guitars in his Sixth Avenue basement using a mix of old- and new-school skills. Scandinavians notched ...

A local rock musician is building on his passion by not only in playing the guitar, but also in making a custom versions of ...

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 ...

Tony Leicht started playing bass guitar when he was 6, then switched to electric guitar a couple of years later after being inspired by the 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive! He started performing with ...