Category: Gibson

First Harp Guitar to the South Pole Wins

Jul 5, 2019

I recently finished the book I mentioned picking up at AMIS: A Stowaway Ukulele Revealed: Richard...

Jun 17, 2019

Time for a shout out to the Guild of American Luthiers, of which I seem to perpetually find myself...

Apr 8, 2019

Firstly, make sure that no matter what, you get to the bottom of this post to play the video Matt...

Apr 5, 2019

“What do they sound like?” “What music did they play?” These are two common questions I am...

Dec 15, 2018

You may recall my revelation 2-1/2 years ago about the fanciest Gibson harp guitar ever built –...

Sep 8, 2018

2018 is the 100th anniversary year of Orville Gibson’s death (August 19th) and I was recently...

May 6, 2018

The world’s most elaborate and spectacular public display of harp guitars has ended. It was...

Mar 3, 2018

Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t yet read the new issue of The Fretboard Journal (#41, Spring 2018),...

Feb 8, 2018

In 2011, one of the participants at HGG9 (the 9th Harp Guitar Gathering) was Michael Lohr, who had...

Oct 19, 2017

For those of you who couldn’t make it – and for those of you who were there but...