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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.
Todd Sharp holds a vacuum tube — what he says is key to high-quality sound from an amp.
Paige Pfleger/WPLN News

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.
Consumer interest in guitars and other instruments has increased during the pandemic and the  reopening period.
Jemal Countess via Getty Images

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

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

Apr 1, 2015
The love and heartbreak of a musician's first guitar.

Gibson CEO: We're so much more than guitars

Dec 16, 2014
Iconic guitar company moves into headphone business, leases Tower Records building in L.A.

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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

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

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...