Hammer it home

Alex Bishop begins three new guitar builds, guided by a lesson drawn from playing the instrument itself

Alex Bishop reshapes a guitar neck this month – but will he destroy a pristine new guitar in the process?

The restoration continues with some risky surgery, finish restoration and a brace repair

TRADITION CAN BE a gilded cage for guitar companies with a long and famous history such as Martin. On the one hand, Martin’s original D-28 is, to this day, most people’s mental template for what an ac

With bridge plate removed and back and sides cleaned up, it’s time to tackle the top

VERY FEW NAMES in our industry command as much respect as John Suhr’s. His creations are widely considered to be world-beating manifestations of design and craft colliding at the highest possible leve