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For vintage guitar enthusiasts, a shopping trip to the US is surely a fixture on the bucket list. Nashville, LA and Chicago may seem like the obvious destinations, but don’t discount New York ...
The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room.
He attended a school trip to a guitar festival; he came back a champion. Now, Marywood music student Kyle Jenkins, a student of Diogo Salmeron Carvalho, Ph.D., the assistant professor of music, wil… ...
The 12-string instrument thought to have been lost for almost 60 years has become the most expensive Beatles guitar ever sold at auction.
For The New York Times for Kids, the photographer Christopher Payne visited the Martin Guitars factory to see how humans and machines make music.
Queen‘s Brian May has teamed up with Gibson to launch a brand-new limited edition 12-string acoustic guitar. The Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar from Gibson Custom was made in close ...
John Lennon’s long-lost Framus Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar goes on the auction block this month and is estimated to bring in more than $800,000.
The long-lost guitar, played by John Lennon, could set a new world record as "the highest-selling Beatles guitar." After spending the last 50 years in an attic, John Lennon’s famous 'Help ...
A new generation of solo guitarists is offering fresh directions forward for the future of the instrument.
You’ll need the cash of a rock star to pluck this acoustic guitar from its hard-shelled case. Bidding on the 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe will start at $875,000 but it’s expected to reach b… ...