Stories Tagged as
Guitars
Russian sanctions result in a shortage of prized vacuum-tube guitar amps
Apr 13, 2022
Few factories make the tubes, valued for the sound quality they bring to amplifiers. A run on the market is driving up prices.
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How this music store owner is dealing with skyrocketing demand and a stalling supply chain
Jun 16, 2021
Demand for instruments hasn't slowed down during the pandemic, and the reopening of venues means even more business.
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For Guster's Adam Gardner, sustainable logging is part of the music
Jan 15, 2016
A musician tries to root out guitars made from poached wood.
A check on equity-based crowdfunding
by
Jim Burress
Aug 21, 2015
Georgia was one of the first states to allow this type of regulated crowdfunding.
While my guitar gently tunes itself
Jul 31, 2015
With one press of a button, this instrument is ready to play.
The Transaction: The right price
by
Tommy Andres
Apr 1, 2015
The love and heartbreak of a musician's first guitar.
Gibson CEO: We're so much more than guitars
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 16, 2014
Iconic guitar company moves into headphone business, leases Tower Records building in L.A.
For public good, not for profit.
Guitar-maker Fender helps to revive IPO market
Jul 9, 2012
Fender Musical Instruments, whose electric guitars fueled the rise of rock and roll, is going public to tap new music markets in India and China.
Guitar makers worried about wood import law
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Eve Troeh
Jan 23, 2012
Gibson Guitar was raided by the Justice Department last year. Now instrument makers want clarification on a law that protects endangered trees.
Les Paul Google Doodle
by
John Moe
Jun 9, 2011
"Well that's the coolest one of these I've ever seen," said my 10-year-old son this morning when I showed him the Google Doodle (google.com home...