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 ...

Saturday night Garth Brooks played a custom guitar designed right here in Michiana. The man behind it all is Perry Germann. He's been making guitars from scratch for more than 20 years at Germann ...

Alan Hamel is living his dream — again. As a founding member of the legendary Fender Custom Shop for guitars, he designed the sonically expanded Twisted Tele neck pickup and also worked on the Western ...

Music isn't the only thing Dierks Bentley is creating these days. The '5-1-5-0' singer is set to release a special Dierks Bentley Custom Signature Edition guitar, which will be made available to the ...

Whether you're new to the guitar or a seasoned git-fiddler, chances are that the shape, color and hardware of your go-to axe have been determined by the company that produces it. The cost of having an ...

Jim Macdonald of Burnham holds a guitar that he made for a friend, with a design based on a mural at Capricorn Recording Studio in Macron, Georgia. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer The first guitar Jim ...

He’s famous for what he does with words, but Jason Isbell can make magic with a guitar too. And while technology doesn’t yet allow you to download Isbell’s songwriting skills, you can buy one of his ...

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 ...

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 ...