The guitar was brought into George Parfitt’s guitar shop, but a deep dive into the instrument’s history led him to a baffling ...

Did you know? A luthier is a maker of stringed instruments. Antonio Stradivari (circa 1644-1737), was a legendary luthier. An instrument made by him is called a Stradivarius. According to the ...

His latest is “A Luthier’s Life: The Guitar Odyssey of Roger Fritz.” If you’re a person whose hopes perk up at the words “guitar odyssey,” rest assured that Moseley’s book and Fritz ...

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — Seven years ago, Shawn Weimer started Zoe Guitars, a custom luthier business in Oceanside named after his infant granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for “life ...

Today we found out that Jim DeCola isn't just a Master Luthier at Gibson – he's a secret inventor too. Well, not so secret anymore, thanks to the fine folks over at the new Gibson Gazette site (a ...

Every guitar is unique and handmade, only the luthier himself or a guitarist with a highly trained ear could pinpoint the exact qualities that separate them, but Millham says they're distinct.

He’ll be the first to tell you, a challenge of a luthier is connecting the mystical, musical side of the instrument to the mechanical realm. But after years of finding that connection ...