Category: Gibson

AMIS Part 5: “Harp Guitar” Labeling: Have I Created a Monster?

Jun 29, 2024

This is the last in a series of my “AMIS Trip Report,” where I wrote about some of the people and...

Jun 18, 2024

In Part 3, I told a personal story of tracking down a French collector’s instruments at the...

Jan 31, 2024

Sadly, we’ve recently lost two more huge names in the world of music, both tangential to the harp...

Dec 5, 2023

Click on the image for a new Historical Players Feature. This one introduces a previously unknown...

Oct 13, 2023

Just in time for Christmas…to yourself! GAL members (including me) will soon get this...

Mar 3, 2023

Another shocker, as the extremely fascinating multi-instrumentalist and trailblazer David Lindley...

Nov 27, 2021

He was the legendary owner of Palm Guitars, the world-famous shop that opened in 1995 on...

Mar 14, 2021

Harp Guitarists in Women’s History Month continues from last episode’s hollow arm harp guitar...

Feb 5, 2021

Looking for something to celebrate 2021’s Black History Month, I went back through my files to see...

Nov 11, 2020

Note, 11/13/2020: I revamped this post after receiving much feedback from luthiers about black...