The Mandolin Orchestra The early years of the 20th century saw a dramatic rise in the…
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With the help of Gibson historian Darryl Wolfe, we take a look at the evolution of Gibson’s…
Dealer, private sale or online auction? In the past, used instruments were purchased from a…
In Part One of our feature on Eddie Lang’s guitars, luthier and guitar historian Todd…
Musician and luthier Todd Cambio established Fraulini Guitars (https://fraulini.com) to offer traditional performers’ instruments modelled…
The Gibson L-5 went through a number of modifications before it was relaunched in 1935…
Introduced in 1912, the Gibson L-4 had a 16-inch wide body, an oval soundhole, a…
Nitro Nightmare One of the first thermoplastics, Celluloid – a material produced by combining nitrocellulose with camphor and added…
“The 1941 L-5 guitar pictured below (Serial Number 97291) was purchased at the Southern California…