Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? “Please work,” I mutter. Over the last three months senior home editor Roy Berendsohn ...

If you're wishing to take up the guitar, the world of the electric – with all those makes and models and pedals and amps – can be more than a little daunting. You're far better off starting with the ...

“To somebody else, it’s just some wood glued together,” Freeman Vines, 80, said. “To me, it’s something else.” Credit... Supported by Text by Joshua Needelman Photographs and Video by Sasha Arutyunova ...

To the uninitiated an electric guitar seems fairly simple: you pluck a string and the electronics send the corresponding audio signal on the 6.3 mm jack output, all ready for for the amplifier to work ...

For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree Ted Scheinman - Senior Editor Freeman Vines has spent almost ...