I've repaired a bunch of acoustic guitars, but I've only built a couple from the ground up.  Along the way, I've learned a thing...

Before In a recent post, I explained how this guitar, which was found in a high school storage closet, had taken a beating.  The badl...

My young friend Ian found this Martin guitar in a closet at his school.  He asked someone if he could have it,. and the rest is histor...

Crafting an acoustic guitar is not only about design and acquisition of desired wood.  It's about tools necessary to accomplish the proj...

Why do we name our guitars, and why do we seem to always choose a woman's name? I don't know, and I've really not put much tho...

I bumped into a lady the other day who wanted to sell a banjo. Why do I need a banjo?  I don't play one. I don't know much about t...

I bopped over to the monthly swap meet this past weekend hoping to find a few unusual trinkets I could use to decorate or enhance a cigar bo...

A week ago I happened to come across a damaged acoustic guitar.  The headstock was completely severed from the neck in an accidental fall to...

This picture is very old and quite funny. My friend Joe the tall guy with his sister Mary Ann and someone we don't even remember. An...

I received word today from Lora Lee Ortiz of Vintage Albuquerque http://dev.vintagealbuquerque.org/ that the auction in support of art fo...

The only carry-over from the last hotrod I built is the license plate.  What to do with it? I decided the proper thing was to use it ...