To honor the centennial, Chinery commissioned 21 master luthiers to craft 22 blue archtop guitars. All are on display at the National Museum of American History through October 1. Hokey?

The growing popularity of the guitar made it the focus of Gibson ... the brand’s impressive top-of-the-line acoustic archtop that was the biggest and flashiest of its kind at launch.

The only rules: The guitar had to be an 18-inch archtop (hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitars that are favored by many ...

“My collection is about my passion for improbable things,” he said. The collection: Acoustic 12-string guitars. Number of pieces in the collection: “Roughly 300.” Recent ...