During the 2021 holiday season, I’m setting out to find the coolest gifts in the land (Buffalo land, that is). The search for some of the coolest gifts in Buffalo led me to luthier Declan Ryan’s front ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X TAYLOR – Zachary Guy combs through stacks of wood at specialty hardwood lumberyards looking for ...
At a workbench tucked into the side room of a music store, Woody James builds his namesake guitars. Dozens of necks hang from the wall. The bench is cluttered with tools. A stack of bins hold switches ...
OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — Seven years ago, Shawn Weimer started Zoe Guitars, a custom luthier business in Oceanside named after his infant granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for “life,” which is ...
The specialty guitars crafted by the three luthiers of Ronin Guitars in Eureka have found their way into hands of New York jazz and blues musicians, Van Halen’s David Lee Roth, and country music star ...
At 16, a year after learning to play the guitar, Frisco resident Bevan Frost decided he wanted to design and build the instruments for a living. He was living in Germany in 1997, doing a student ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Guitar parts are scattered everywhere in Marcus Engstrom’s Four Corners shop. A shelf hangs from ...
Some musicians spend years trying to find a reliable guitar best suited for their needs, playing style and personal tastes. There's a myriad of factors to consider: intonation, body shape, neck size, ...