Master luthier TJ Thompson of West Concord, Mass., demonstrates how guitar wood sounds before it's made into guitars... and how a guitar-maker's task is to find the music in the wood. So far our ...

Over the years, Gibson Guitars has developed a legendary status. Its long roster of great guitar players includes Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry and Les Paul. To live up to its rich ...

Urbana High School has a woodworking club that rocks.The six student members are making electric guitars this spring under the guidance of a teacher who has been crafting stringed instruments for more ...

Silver Mountain Hemp is a boutique musical instrument company producing custom guitars, guitar cabinets, guitar straps, ukuleles, guitar picks and volume knobs - all using hemp as a main ingredient in ...

A wood guitar can be a fickle thing. Oh sure, the best of them sing with tone to die for. But let it get too hot or too cold, or too humid or too dry, and that beautiful voice can change. Alternative ...

According to many musicians, in order to have the best sound possible, an acoustic guitar has to be made from the "right" type of wood. Unfortunately, such wood often comes from endangered, ...

This intricate, lightweight "Greenaxe" electric guitar by Olaf Diegel shows off a new 3D printing technique that turns waste products like sawdust into high-strength, production-grade wood parts that ...

Using reclaimed wood from vacant buildings, Wallace Detroit Guitars turns the city’s history into music-making works of art. If there’s one thing Detroit natives take pride in, it’s their city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woodworker and guitar maker Eric Blackwell makes wood artwork and clocks from upcycled guitar scraps. Stepping into woodworker ...