Huntington Beach boutique guitar emporium offers satisfaction for shredders

Huntington Beach resident Scott Friedland and former Guitar Center CEO Ron Japinga teamed up to launch Rocket Guitar Emporium, featuring boutique, hand-built guitars.

Nuno Bettencourt gave his new guitar brand its debut at Back to the Beginning – but Washburn had no idea it existed

The Extreme icon took to the stage at Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show with a guitar that no-one – not even the brand he had ...
Music Connection

New Toys: Taylor Gold Label 714e Acoustic-Electric Guitar

Expanding on the success and warm reception of the new Gold Label Collection, Taylor Guitars adds three models. Debuted in 2025, the Heritage-inspired Line adds new 514e mahogany and 714e and 817e ...

“For me, the amplifier is even more important than the guitar”: Joe Perry on the evolution of electric guitar tone

The Aerosmith guitarist is a self-confessed gear obsessive and makes the case that, historically, the speaker is the most ...
The Telegraph

From mortgages to music: Alton luthier Michael Nickel builds guitars by hand

Alton's Michael Nickel builds art by hand, one electric guitar at a time ...
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Axe Electric Bass Guitar, signed by Gene Simmons

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Men's Journal

Epiphone's Top-Selling Acoustic-Electric Guitar Is Now Under $400 at Guitar Center

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The New York Times

Anthony Jackson, Master of the Electric Bass, Is Dead at 73

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar. Fernando Trueba PC (Spain) & Cinétéve (France)Credit... Supported by By Alex ...
Post and Courier

Here's what sets Rock Hill's next music store apart from Amazon and Facebook Marketplace

ROCK HILL — A new music store that specializes in buying and selling used instruments is gearing up to bring more rock ’n’ roll to Rock Hill. Located at 2049 Celanese Road in Rock Hill, formerly the ...
The Quietus

Darren Hayman and his Electric Guitars

“Somebody just died / Nobody you’d know,” Darren Hayman intones in the opening line of his latest album, Amazing Things. Not being formally acquainted with Hayman’s deceased friend, for whom these ...
The New Yorker

A Secret Trove of Rare Guitars Heads to the Met

In 2007, Jayson Dobney, an Iowan with a master’s degree in the history of musical instruments, from the University of South Dakota, moved to New York to be a curator in the department of musical ...
Pitchfork

Sonic Youth to Reopen Reverb Shop to Sell Studio-Used Guitars, Pedals, and More

On May 21, Sonic Youth will reopen their Reverb shop for the third time since launching it in 2018. The legendary New York art-rock band is selling a collection of vintage pedals and guitars, among ...