The hunt for the perfect instrument is increasingly focusing on the production process – but with 15 billion trees ...

At UBC’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, PhD student Joseph Doh Wook Kim plays a flawless riff on an electric guitar made with plantation-grown Fijian mahogany. The sound is deep, warm and ...

What do you hear when someone strums a guitar? You might describe the sound as bright, or full, or warm. Maybe it's metallic or trebly, or maybe it's something else. All of that is, of course ...

Wood from mythical mahogany tree inspires Salem guitarist, luthier Dan Wetzel Felled in the 1960s and harvested in the 1980s, wood from what is known as "The Tree" is coveted by luthiers, guitar ...

The first all-mahogany guitar was Martin's 2-17, introduced in the early 1920s. Possibly borne out of the Hawaiian music and ukulele explosion that hit America in the interwar period - Martin ukes ...

The Pro-Mod DK22 SSS 2PT CM Mahogany with Walnut is available now, priced £1,119 / $1,399. See Charvel for more details. In recent weeks, Charvel has also announced its first signature guitar for ...

From mushroom ukuleles to kombucha leather banjos, guitar maker Rachel Rosenkrantz has assembled a curious collection of biodegradable instruments.

Paul Reed Smith on raising the Standard 24, finally cracking the noise-free guitar and why John Sykes is a tone hero Dave Burrluck Tue, April 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM UTC ...

Left, luthier Reuben Forsland gazes out his studio window. Right, a close-up of the “Legacy” guitar, custom-built by Forsland, commissioned by a son to honor his father.

A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years has sold at auction for a whopping $2.9 million.. The acoustic Framus ...