The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer like Gibson. The winds of change would soon blow through the company’s ...

D’Angelico guitars have always been rare beasts. John D’Angelico and his various apprentices completed approximately 30 guitars per year between 1932 and his death in 1964. From company ledgers, it’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. If you’re in the mood for some jazz music ...

Fibonacci Guitars is renowned for high-end guitars and their latest, the swish spruce-topped Ambassador, promises to be another sweet-sounding jazz box. The Ambassador is an archtop with a ...

A Gibson hollowbody was in the hands of the first electric guitar hero, and helped shape the blueprint of rock alongside another icon in 1955. They can be a jazz mainstay or a choice for rock legends ...

The death of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli on April 1 from Covid-19 was a gut punch to the music world. In his honor, D’Angelico Guitars is auctioning a signed Excel EXL-1 model guitar played by ...

While the violin maker gets most of the acclaim and prestige for turning lumber into musical instruments, you can’t deny the sheer beauty and grandeur of a jazz-style archtop guitar. Much larger than ...

Wife swap jokes aside, this thing is pretty cool and VERY culturally significant. Anyone with a passing knowledge of classic rock lore is familiar with the most famous rock-n-roll love triangle of all ...