Date |
Topic |
Title | |
May 3rd, 2021 |
The story of a father and son and their misnamed lyre guitar |
The Lyric Harp Guitar, or The Flying Beehees and Other Stories |
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April 4th, 2021 |
My memories of the late 6-string player and harp guitar builder |
Enormously Sad, Forever Glad. Dave Evans (Dec 3, 1940 – Apr 4, 2021) |
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December 17th, 2020 |
Today's builders of re-created, interpreted and original theorboed guitars | ||
November 4th, 2020 |
Rich Eberlen's harp guitar conversion kits | ||
October 12th, 2019 |
Phil Schappert takes us through installing sharping levers on a Timberline |
U Got 2 B Sharp: Adding Sharping Levers to a Timberline Harp Guitar |
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February 9th, 2019 |
Fantastic new sub-bass tuners hit the market | ||
January 28th, 2019 |
Harp guitars at NAMM, 2019 | ||
September 3rd, 2018 |
The makers and style of this modern instrument |
A Short – Yet Surprisingly Complete – History of the Modern Archguitar |
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April 27th, 2018 |
A new invention I discovered in Genoa | ||
January 28th, 2018 |
Harp guitars at NAMM | ||
January 12th, 2018 |
Profile of an obscure Italian harp guitar builder |
Milanese Master Luthier Luigi Galimberti |
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December 14th, 2017 |
A physics student studies a Kathy Wingert soundboard |
Fun with Harp Guitar Physics or Will the Real Stephen Bennett Please Stand Up? |
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October 25th, 2017 |
Unveiling a new entry-level instrument |
Announcing the new Timberline Harp Guitar |
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January 22nd, 2017 | Harp Guitar players and builders at Winter NAMM, 2017 |
NAMM 2017 |
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October 7th, 2016 | Harp guitar builders at the first Santa Barbara Acoustic Instrument Celebration |
Harp Guitars at SBAIC |
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August 27th, 2016 | New instruments with supers |
Super-Treble Harp Guitar Videos |
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April 30th, 2016 | Phil deGruy's new Guitarp |
Guitarp Number 4! |
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April 17th, 2016 | Steve Klein gets back into harp guitars |
Eine Kleine Harpguitarmusik |
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January 29th, 2016 |
A short visit to NAMM |
NAMM, 2016 |
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October 30th, 2015 |
Budding luthier Blair Johnson passes away |
The Harp Guitarist Friend I Never Met |
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October 17th, 2015 |
Recent historical instrument builds |
New Harp Guitar Players, Builders and Music, Part 2 |
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September 25th, 2015 |
Recent contemporary instrument builds |
New Harp Guitar Players, Builders and Music, Part 1 |
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August 22nd, 2015 |
The new Dyer Harp Guitar Company |
21st Century Dyer Harp Guitars |
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April 25th, 2015 |
More new harp ukuleles |
Harp Ukes – the Next Craze |
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February 21st, 2015 |
An accidental fire destroys Steve Wishnevsky's shop |
Harp Guitars on Fire |
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February 12th, 2015 |
Scott Holloway's new "Dyer" trademark brand |
The Return of the Dyer Harp Guitar |
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November 22nd, 2014 |
Latest "harp guitar relative" creations |
Recent Harp Guitar Relatives |
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November 15th, 2014 |
Latest harp guitar creations |
Recent Harp Guitar Builds |
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August 17th, 2014 |
John Sullivan's last harp guitar hits the market |
John Sullivan’s Final Harp Guitar |
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July 10th, 2014 | The new travel harp guitars from Luke Brunner |
French Harp Guitarists Travel in Style |
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June 8th, 2014 |
The story of my aborted commission of a new Doolin harp guitar |
The Harp Guitar That Never Was |
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April 13th, 2014 |
Builders' harp guitars are sometimes more zither than guitar |
Zither-Guitars |
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March 4th, 2014 |
Part 2 of our Fred Carlson Humanitar adventure with Alex de Grassi |
Road Trip – Destination: Humanitar! |
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March 1st, 2014 |
The Humanitar, Part 1 |
It Lives! Unveiling the Humanitar |
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January 19th, 2014 |
The "folk art" musical instruments of Evan Binkley |
Gujuleles and Other Creative Adventures |
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November 8th, 2013 | More new instruments from the 11th Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG11: The Luthiers, Part 2 |
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November 5th, 2013 | New instruments at the 11th Gathering |
HGG11: The Luthiers, Part 1 |
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October 27th, 2013 | I present the first-ever history of the harp guitar's open treble strings |
HGG11: Sir Gregory on Super-Trebles |
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September 1st, 2013 | Latest news on players of Tim's TDEHG |
Checking in on Tim Donahue’s Plan for Electric Harp Guitar Global Domination |
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August 24th, 2013 | Latest new harp ukulele designs |
Harp-Uke-O-Rama! |
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August 11th, 2013 | A new luthier or two |
Calling All Harp Guitar Builders |
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July 14th, 2013 | Kinloch Nelson makes his own temporary HG |
Kinloch Builds a Harp Guitar… |
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June 10th, 2013 | Luthier presentation at the French harp guitar festival |
Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 3 |
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June 6th, 2013 | More instruments and players from the ground-breaking festival |
Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 1 |
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May 10th, 2013 | Emerald Guitars' new carbon fiber harp guitar |
The Harp Guitar of the Future is Here |
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March 21st, 2013 | I finally track down all the known harp guitars of the late Lance McCollum, and also reveal the full Michael Hedges/McCollum story |
McCollum Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 2 |
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March 16th, 2013 | This one was sadly not able to be preserved in its original state |
McCollum’s Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 1 |
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February 21st, 2013 | Gigantic harp mandolins! |
The Mandolone Basso a Mezza-Lira |
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February 15th, 2013 | Several new Indonesian builders get into the act |
Indonesian Custom Harp Guitar Craze! |
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February 6th, 2013 | Title says it all |
Harp Guitar Modern Art: Then and Now |
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January 27th, 2013 | Holloway and other interesting things at NAMM |
NAMM: January, 2013 |
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November 28th, 2012 | Luthiers at the 10th Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG10: The Luthier Panel |
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November 26th, 2012 | Keith Medley, our featured player, built his own unique instrument |
HGG10: Keith Medley and his 27-string Harp Guitar |
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September 8th, 2012 | A new re-creation of an old idea |
The Thumb-buster Harp Guitar |
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August 26th, 2012 | Not as rare as they once were |
New Archtop Harp Guitars |
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August 18th, 2012 | A new design |
The Aliquotguitar |
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August 5st, 2012 |
New aNueNue harp ukuleles |
The Harp Uke Craze |
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June 21st, 2012 | New harp guitar builder Woodley White from Hawaii |
New Hawaiian Harp Guitars |
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June 21st, 2012 |
A re-cap of all past and current Canadian builders |
Canadian Harp Guitars, Past, Present and Future |
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June 15th, 2012 |
Italy's Max Monterosso creates a brand new travel HG! |
Monterosso Travel Harp Guitar |
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June 10th, 2012 |
Fred Carlson's latest may be his most intricate yet |
Taproot |
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May 11th, 2012 |
Not harp guitars, but "cousins," as I visit Milan's School of Lutherie |
Milan, Day 3: Civica Scuola di Liuteria |
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March 14th, 2012 | New luthiers revisiting the curious "combolins" of the late Roy Williamson |
The Mysterious, Magical Combolins |
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February 29th, 2012 | Tim's got a new line of production TD electric harp guitars going |
Tim Donahue’s Growing Electric Harp Guitar World |
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February 21th, 2012 | New Holloway harp guitars include made-in-the-U.S. prototypes and a lefty |
Holloways to the Right and Left of Me |
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January 2nd, 2012 |
Recent historical reproductions (some with a twist) by Bernhard Kresse |
First Harp Guitar Build of the New Year |
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December 27th, 2011 |
Musician Tom Hoelle builds his first guitar - a Sullivan-Elliott harp guitar |
Hoelle Harp Guitar |
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December 18th, 2011 |
Antonello Saccu builds a custom modern classical harp guitar for Christian Saggese |
New Saccu for Saggese |
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December 16th, 2011 |
India's harp guitar builder Arul is back with a new Dyer variant |
New Arul Harp Guitar |
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December 13th, 2011 |
Beloved harp guitar luthier Fred Carlson has his "Imaginary Instruments" book finally published |
Fred’s Book is Here! |
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December 9th, 2011 |
Latest new builders |
New Luthiers |
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October 20th, 2011 |
The Luthier Panel at the 9th annual Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG9: Luthier Panel and Demo |
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September 4th, 2011 |
Yes, there are other options besides Dyer knockoffs |
Knutsen Kopies |
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August 27th, 2011 |
New Ukraine-built harp guitars |
The Ukrainians Are Coming! |
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August 22nd, 2011 |
Another visit with Fred Carlson |
…and Post-Healdsburg |
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August 20th, 2011 |
More harp guitars at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival |
Healdsburg, Part 2 |
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August 16th, 2011 |
New harp guitar sightings at Healdsburg |
Healdsburg Trip, Part 1 |
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August 6th, 2011 |
More on Keith Medley, who built his own imaginative instrument |
Keith Medley, Part 2 |
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July 24th, 2011 |
Latest luthier finds |
New Luthiers |
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July 21st, 2011 |
Kathy and Jimmi Wingert are profiled in the FJ. Plus Muriel Anderson, with her Doolin harp guitar |
Fretboard Journal #22 |
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May 16th, 2011 |
Jeffrey Elliott's unique classical steel-string harp guitar is back on the market |
Dream Harp Guitar |
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May 12th, 2011 |
New builder Luciano Buscarini |
New Italian Luthier |
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May 10th, 2011 |
Not a harp guitar, but a new form of an old "cousin" |
Have You Heard of the Liuto Forte? |
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April 25th, 2011 |
Another handmade harp guitar of sorts |
Pikasso HG on a Budget |
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April 20th, 2011 |
Respected builder Sedgwick is profiled in this issue |
Steve Sedgwick’s U.K. Article |
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April 11th, 2011 |
More on the new build of an old design |
Bogen-Building |
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March 30th, 2011 |
A rare historical harp guitar is recreated by Jan Tuláček |
The Bogengitarre Lives Again |
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March 29th, 2011 |
More "meets minimum requirements" harp guitars - reproduction of original Viennese instruments |
And MORE 8-strings (plus the odd 7…) |
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March 28th, 2011 |
Several players using new 8-string copies by Jan Tuláček |
Attack of the 8-string Riess Copies |
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March 21st, 2011 |
A new modern harp mandolin by Martin Delabano |
Latest Harp-Mando Finds |
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March 20th, 2011 |
Latest electric harp guitar finds on eBay |
New Electric HGs |
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March 19th, 2011 |
An original harp guitar by the late Lance McCollum is up for sale |
McCollum Harp Guitar |
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March 16th, 2011 |
New player and builder |
Wallace & Reeder |
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March 12th, 2011 |
Mervyn Davis adds extra strings to his unique guitars |
Smoothtalker Harp Guitar |
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March 10th, 2011 |
Builder Max Monterosso's first harp guitar is also a lefty |
Harp Guitar Southpaws |
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February 23rd, 2011 |
Allan Beardsell's well-regarded harp guitars get some P.R. |
Beardsell Sightings |
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February 22nd, 2011 |
The discovery of musician Keith Medley, who designed and built his own unique take on the harp guitar |
Harp Guitar Medley |
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January 22nd, 2011 |
Several more new luthiers |
New Luthiers, Part 4 |
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January 15th, 2011 |
Harp guitar sightings at NAMM |
NAMM, Day 3 |
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January 14th, 2011 |
Holloway harp guitars at NAMM |
NAMM Day 1 |
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January 10th, 2011 |
Many new luthiers and instruments |
New Luthiers, Part 3 |
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January 7th, 2011 |
Catching up on the many new luthiers and instruments |
New Instruments, Part 2 |
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January 4th, 2011 |
New luthiers and instruments - harp ukes this time |
New Instruments, Part 1 |
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January 3rd, 2011 |
Tony Karol designs a new harp guitar |
New Luthiers for the New Year |
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December 12th, 2010 |
A visit with Fred Carlson |
Harp Guitar Road Trip! |
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December 9th, 2010 |
Not so much about the few harp strings, but the other unique gizmos |
The Kertsopoulos Pneumatic Foot Pedal Guitar |
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December 3rd, 2010 |
Luthiers at the 8th annual Harp Guitar Gathering |
HGG8: The Luthiers |
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November 8th, 2010 |
A baritone harp guitar build by David White |
How Low Can You Go? |
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November 5th, 2010 |
Yes, a cigar box harp guitar! |
Harp Guitar in a Box |
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October 23rd, 2010 |
Luke Brunner expands his Outdoor Harp Guitars with more custom commissions |
Travel harp guitars are going strong |
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October 21st, 2010 |
Ken Bonfield's new harp guitar from Alan Carruth |
Just in time for Halloween: The “Beastess” |
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October 17th, 2010 |
Focus on decent Chinese harp guitars |
Chinese HGs, part 2 |
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October 16th, 2010 |
The title says it all |
Chinese harp guitars: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
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October 13th, 2010 |
Michael Dunn builds me a custom harp-uke! |
Dunn is done! |
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October 5th, 2010 |
New harp uke by Harry Eibert for Dick Dilloff |
Tenor, Dick and Harry |
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