University of Texas Permian Basin music education student Mariah Gomez is building her very own classical guitar. She began the process in May and is eager to complete it by early November. “I tend to ...

Edwards recently wrote a book, "Luthierie: The Art of Building Classical Guitars." Rather than getting bogged down in a swamp of technical jargon, the author instead takes the reader through the ...

A stone’s throw from the Borough Hall subway stop in Brooklyn is a nondescript storefront whose only identifying features are a patent -application taped to the front window and a gleaming array of ...

ALSEA, Ore. — A love for flamenco guitar brought John Shelton and Susan Farretta together during college in the mid-1960s. It was only the beginning for Shelton-Farretta Guitars. “John was always ...

Monica Esparza says she works two full-time jobs: one as the manager of distribution and accounts for her family’s drink distribution business and the other as a classical guitar maker, both in a San ...

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa -- Four students from Pennridge High School took on a unique STEM assignment building acoustic guitars from scratch. The students applied their knowledge of math and carpentry to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some artists work in oils or pastels. Tom Rodriguez operates in wood. But not just any kind of wood. He searches for wood that is handsome and aged and, in a way, sings to him. He ...