Category: Historical Makers

Harp Guitar Working Vacation: Genoa Part 3

Jun 24, 2015

Genoa, Days 4-5 Our traveler’s luck held out once again and our entire trip – both in Genoa and...

Jun 20, 2015

Genoa, Day 3 afternoon After my Monday morning visit to Gianmaria’s lutherie shop, Jaci and...

Jun 16, 2015

Genoa, Days 1-3 After our not-altogether-uncomfortable flight from L.A. to Paris and amazingly...

Apr 10, 2015

It began almost four years ago, when mandolin buff Jim Garber discovered this extremely cool...

Mar 1, 2015

I’m still pinching myself, as I honestly never thought that this day would ever come. ...

Feb 27, 2015

My talented friend Joachim Csaikl (tracks on Further Beyond Six Strings and Christmas Present) has...

Feb 12, 2015

A couple weeks back, when Jim Worland ordered some string sets, I asked “Are these for some...

Feb 7, 2015

Yes, I looked it up and they’re real words. And just the words to describe Gibson’s harp guitars...

Jan 16, 2015

No, not exactly a “harp”-something, but a cool hollow arm American invention all the same – and a...

Nov 28, 2014

The current Harp Guitar of the Month – another one-of-a-kind instrument – got me thinking again of...