Category: Historical Makers

Cataloging Early Gibson Harp Guitars

Feb 23, 2014

Flipping through the February 2014 Vintage Guitar magazine the other day at the newsstand, I ran...

Feb 16, 2014

Last month I had a very exciting weekend when I finally got the opportunity to hold in my very own...

Feb 1, 2014

Exactly one year ago, I published the special Harpguitars.net article Black Harp Guitar Players in...

Jan 25, 2014

Never heard of him? Neither had I. No one has. He’s not only the earliest named harp guitarist...

Jan 12, 2014

A couple months back, this beautiful c.1895 cabinet card sold on eBay (for a record price). I was...

Jan 5, 2014

“I have Dr. Boris Perott’s Russian Harp Guitar.” That was the curious, intriguing subject...

Oct 27, 2013

As I wait for photos from our Certified Harp Guitar Photographer Chuck Thompson, I’ll jump...

Oct 5, 2013

By now, you all presumably know my feelings about Wikipedia (my last rant is here). Yes, I try to...

Sep 15, 2013

Riddle me this: What’s More Outrageous than a Harp Guitar with a Tree-of-Life Fingerboard? A harp...

Aug 17, 2013

Well, it’s taken over a hundred years, but the world now has its first glimpse of the most famous,...