Custom Guitar Shows: Meet Your Luthier, Find Your Dream Guitar
Lutherie shows draw guitar fanatics through a mix of exhibitions, master classes, panels, and demonstration performances.
Brian Wise
Brian Wise is an audio producer, journalist and editor.
Taylor Guitars Rolls the Dice—Again
Taylor looks to the future with its new V-Class bracing system, which was designed to boost the volume and sustain of its instruments, while also improving their intonation.
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The State of the Independent Music Store
If there’s one breed of customer that rankles guitar-store owners, it’s not the unreasonable haggler or the teenager who overworks a Nirvana riff for an afternoon. More than anything, it’s the shopper who comes to examine an item but fully intends to purchase it online elsewhere. “Showcasing,” as it’s known, is not new, but it’s increasingly in the open, and indicative of a fickle retail environment where buyers chase deals via the internet.
Celebrated Vintage Guitar Store To Close This Weekend
Umanov Guitars, a Greenwich Village mainstay since 1969, closes for good.