Hiro Takai, Rest In Peace
The worldwide harp guitar community and friends beyond the music world are mourning the loss of...
Read More
Gibson Harp Guitar No. 5703 Lost and Found
You may recall my revelation 2-1/2 years ago about the fanciest Gibson harp guitar ever built –...
Read More
A Lute Out of a Nightmare
And now for something completely different. Much of my energy this year was spent on a long...
Read More
Stephen Bennett’s HGG16 Workshop by Tommy Loose
Just like my last blog, guest-penned by Martin Pleass, today’s is another guest spot by Martin’s...
Read More
Tony Barnard’s Gathering Workshop by Martin Pleass
One of our new Gathering regulars is the talented, hilarious, rock and roll star and...
Read More
Harp Guitar Gathering 16
For those of you who missed it, HGG16 photos are up! Taken by our resident CHGP (Certified Harp...
Read More
The Ballad of Serge Singer
It’s extremely rare when my main two nerdy obsessions – harp guitars and Disney – overlap in any...
Read More
Are You an Orville-ite?
2018 is the 100th anniversary year of Orville Gibson’s death (August 19th) and I was recently...
Read More
A Short – Yet Surprisingly Complete – History of the Modern Archguitar
Those of you who attended our 12th Harp Guitar Gathering in Idaho in 2014 will recall that (in...
Read More
Dyer Harp Mandolas: All Present and Accounted For
Yeah, this is probably wishful thinking, but then again, it could be true. We’ll likely never...
Read More