Here’s an interesting story on money.cnn.com about entrepreneur Jimmy Brown, owner of the Guitar Emporium in Louisville, Kentucky.
Still a teen, [Jimmy Brown] had a pretty savvy business plan: After he acquired a few quality guitars that could fetch several thousand dollars, his mother would drive him to concert halls during sound check. He’d knock on [...]

No one is more rock and roll then Lemmy, bass player and singer for one of metal’s greatest bands, Motörhead (although really, Lemmy is Motörhead). And, at 63, he’s still doing his thing. IrishTimes.com posted a longish article about the man today: Lemmy the Legend. One of the most surprising things in the article (to [...]

Here’s an interesting story for you… Ronnie Montrose, founding member of the band Montrose, bought a guitar from J. Geils backstage during a 1972 concert in Dudley, Massachusetts.
The guitar went missing shortly thereafter.
Ronnie stopped the show and turned up the house lights, determined to catch the culprit, but whoever stole the guitar, one of the [...]

AcousticGuitar.com has a long article posted about a landmark book: Martin Guitars: A History. The original book, written by Mike Longworth, who worked at Martin for nearly 30 years, is a must have for Martin guitar collectors and owners. But, when Mike retired from Martin in 1995, Martin let the book go out of print.
Now, [...]

There’s a mildly amusing article over at MusicRadar.com about the Coldplay/Joe Satriani/Cat Stevens mash up, in which Coldplay’s drummer admits that certain “elements” of Coldplay’s music sound like others’ music. I think he means “melodies,” but I could be wrong. And then there’s this:
“There are only eight notes in an octave and no one owns [...]

Gibson.com posted a great article about the long, hard road one man’s SG travelled before getting a complete overhaul by Gibson techs.
 
“For as long as I can remember, my father always had that guitar,” said Stewart Inman, 51, one of George’s seven offspring. “He was quite the hell-raiser in his day, and that SG just [...]

As reported in March here at Guitarbalooga, the historic Manny’s Music in New York City is closing its doors forever. One of the cool things about Manny’s was that the walls were lined with signed photographs containing messages to Manny Goldrich, who died in 1968, and his son Henry, who took over the store and [...]

Nice little article about guitar building in Australia in the theage.com.au today. It would seem, not surprisingly, that building guitars for a living is as hard in Australia as it is in the States:
 
Carson Crickmore has been a luthier for 29 years. Give him another 10 to reach a level of mastering the craft, he [...]

Let’s face it. Guitar face is something guitarists can’t control. It’s something you’re born with, like man boobs or a third nipple. In fact, guitar face is a subject worthy of physiological study…or at least a crappy top-10 list on a guitar blog of dubious worth. 
I’m sure this won’t be the final word on the subject [...]

I loudly applaud programs like the one at Butler County Community College in Pennsylvania in which students build their own guitars, featurned in today’s Post-Gazette.com:
 
Mr. Elder is one of 12 students who built a guitar from scratch as part of a drafting class at the college. Each guitar is an individual creation that both sounds [...]

Joey Leone hit the nail on the head with his article in the UCDailyNews.com about the importance of a good guitar setup:
Scenario #1: My Seagull sounds better then my Martin!
How many times have I heard this story, “I bought this cheap guitar at a local music store for $200 bucks, and it really needed a [...]

According to this LA Times story, now might a good time to look for bargains on a vintage guitar. Drew Berlin and David Belzer of the Guitar Center’s Vintage Room have seen an uptick in inquiries from sellers, who are coming back again and again with lowered expectations.
“There are a couple of good things about [...]

Is China the new Japan when it comes to guitars? According to TimesArgus.com, it might be. I can remember a day when Japanese guitars were really cruddy. They’ve come a long, long way since the early days with the success and quality of brands like Ibanez. Perhaps the same will happen with Chinese brands:
Since the [...]

Earlier this month, I posted a link to a wonderful article on the Modern Guitars site about your basic bread-and-butter jazz players. Today, I discovered another similar article by Dr. Matthew Warnock on classical guitar.
Though many of us know the basic history of the nylon-string guitar, and may own one and play it from time [...]

Every year, Johns Hopkins University rewards a graduating senior who “has demonstrated excellence and the highest standards of proficiency in performance, execution, or composition in music, theater, dance, fiction, poetry, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film, or videotape” the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts.
This year, 23-year-old political science major Paul Eliasson won for his wood [...]