Category: Gibson

Mr. Palm: Soren Venema (1952-2021)

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...

Sep 18, 2020

Another boon for researchers! Just the other day an AMIS pal of mine (Jayme Kurland) announced to...

Sep 13, 2020

Most readers have seen Eddie Peabody’s fascinating turn playing plectrum-style tremolo harp...

Jun 5, 2020

The last print copies of the exhibit catalog I wrote for our Carlsbad exhibit 3 years ago are long...

Apr 20, 2020

Readers may recall that I wrote about Gene and his friend Matteo two months ago in The Tale of...

Apr 3, 2020

That’s right … “Those Three Boys” are finally enshrined for all time. I just sent the monograph on...

Sep 17, 2019

I’m typically not a procrastinator, but yes, I was planning for the last 10 months to get to MIM...