The electric guitar — an icon of American culture — is standing the test of time. Despite a lot of bad PR in recent years, manufacturers and sellers say demand is strong for American-made ...

Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.

But while the steel guitar can still be found in country and other types of music, the Hawaiian steel guitar garners little recognition today, even on the island of Oahu, its birthplace. That's ...

As per a report from The New Yorker, the collection of “500 of the finest guitars from the golden age of American guitar-making between 1920 and 1970” has been secretly curated over a number ...

The electronic guitar is more than a creative outlet, it's an American icon. Inside Texas Tech | The Electric Guitar in American Culture | Season 8 | Episode 9 | PBS Skip to Main Content ...

What made the air guitar such a fundamental part of the American mythos? Who knows. Maybe because it’s portable, for one—cowhands and rail-runners could pack it away in their flop-sacks as ...

This weekend, the city of Takoma Park, Maryland, will host the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose, the first and only festival dedicated exclusively to American-primitive guitar music.Takoma Park ...

Thomas Hart Benton’s “Jessie with Guitar” (1957) will be among the depictions of the guitar in American history that will be exhibited at the Frist from May 26 to Aug. 13.

In January 2017, Fender released its American Professional Series lineup—an extensive array of their classic guitars and basses (Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Precision Bass) all ...

Just in time for a new Netflix doc, GW sits down with Norman Harris – owner of Tarzana, California’s iconic Norman’s Rare Guitars – to discuss 50 years of sales, his kinship with Joe ...

The collection, which is set to be unveiled in Spring 2027, is quite something. Leo Fender’s first guitar made in 1948, Les Paul’s 1941 Epiphone “Klunker”, an oddball experiment that ...