Ed Stilley in his studio, from ‘Gifted: The Instruments of Ed Stille’ (all images by and courtesy of Tim Hawley) One evening in 1979, Ed Stilley, a preacher and homesteader in Hogscald Hollow, ...

Nick Perri, a guitarist who cut his teeth playing with rock acts like Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell, and Matt Sorum, has launched Perri Ink. Guitars, a company that sells durable handmade ...

FRANKLIN – The "aha! moment" for Bill Warmoth was realizing that Middle Tennessee, with its plethora of guitar stores, didn't have a single shop offering only handmade guitars. In Music City, Martin, ...

In a world of high tech phones and cars that drive themselves, quietly in Nashville, Tennessee another generation of a Latino family is continuing an impressive tradition. Only this time, it’s a girl ...

Since the seventies, New Yorker Rick Kelly has been making guitars from the “bones of old New York.” Handmade guitars on display at Carmine Street Guitars in the West Village were crafted from wood ...

Ed Sheeran doesn’t use a lot of gear when he plays a stadium – just a few small acoustic guitars and a pedal board. Now, fans can own the same kind of guitars as Sheeran, who at a surprise appearance ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Guitar maker Greg Savage plays one of his own creations in the woodland studio behind his home in Valencia. He's been making custom guitars ever since, well, just a couple years ...

A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an ...

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 ...