Festivals around the world have paid tribute to late Motorhead frontman and all-around legend, Lemmy Kilmister. Bloodstock Open Air has special plans as to how they will honor the icon, displaying two ...

Every year, the talented Master Builders of the Fender Custom Shop are given a challenge to each build a guitar with no boundaries. This is the result; the 2021 Prestige Collection of electric guitar ...

That heady scent of nitrocellulose lacquer in the early February air is the unmistakable sign that the Fender Custom Shop has just rolled out his Custom Collection, with 2024 yielding a bumper crop of ...

The business of a Nevada man is tied to his passion for guitars. For years, Andrew Drake has been crafting custom bass guitars in his garage in the northeast part of town. With more than 150 guitars ...

You can’t rush a painstaking artist like Iowa City's Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand. Known for years in prominent nationwide orchestral circles for his exquisitely crafted string basses selling for $40,000 ...

Pity the poor guitarist: there's a lot of string-slingers out there, fretboards a-heaving with flashy licks. You really have to work hard to get noticed. And even to get in the ring, you'll be ...

The business of a Nevada man is tied to his passion for guitars. For years, Andrew Drake has been crafting custom bass guitars in his garage in the northeast part of town. With more than 150 guitars ...

The fact the bass guitar looks so much like a regular, six-string electric guitar can lead some to assume it’s an inferior or secondary instrument. However, anyone who's ever played one knows this is ...

Justin Kennedy's passion for guitars began in childhood and led to a career as a guitar tech, including touring with Cincinnati band Walk the Moon. At his custom guitar shop, the guitar-building ...

Jonathan Levister at his new music store and custom guitar-making operation in Chester, Experience Custom Shop. photos by ANDY BURRISS aburriss@heraldonline.com Peek inside the doors of the shop at ...