Team building

This month Alex Bishop unravels the intricate fretwork of a century-old concert mandolin

This month, Alex Bishop tours the studio, and considers how to plan out the perfect lutherie workspace

Nearly 40 years on from the Custom Shop’s inception, its creations are more ambitious than ever. Find out how the team walks the tightrope between ‘canon’ and ‘cannot’, and where its guitars are heading next

Can this early 60s Gibson Southern Jumbo be saved or has it gone belly up?

Fender’s Custom Shop had a precarious start in the mid-1980s, but the story of its formative years is full of big ideas, some bizarre instruments, and a queue of famous guitarists

A QUIET village in the Scottish Highlands will soon be buzzing as it hosts the annual chainsaw carving competition. It’s Carrbridge’s 22nd year of staging the Scottish Open Chainsaw Championships so,