Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, ...

One day in 1947, three visionaries put their heads together to imagine a new instrument that didn’t really exist yet: a solid ...

Yet, the trailblazing musician and inventor is little known in his own hometown. Paul Tutmarc, actor, radio star and electric-guitar manufacturer, died in 1972. And he was never fully recognized ...

By his teens he was supporting his powerful voice with intricate blues guitar work and harmonica embellishments, but his ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

And while in the RJ mode, do check out another one of his guitar gizmos, the Buskerstar Guitar, the first guitar in the world ...