Down a wood staircase behind a shop counter in Manitou Springs lies a dark, cool world of musical magic. Welcome to the basement of Cripple Creek Dulcimers where, tucked behind dusty rows of ...

FRANKLIN – The "aha! moment" for Bill Warmoth was realizing that Middle Tennessee, with its plethora of guitar stores, didn't have a single shop offering only handmade guitars. In Music City, Martin, ...

YARMOUTH (CBS) -- It happens here: Yarmouth Port. It's home to the original Christmas Tree Shop. This Cape Cod community has salt and freshwater beaches, and it's here where SeaGlass Guitars was born.

We love to take our love for things above and beyond. And when the world has gifted you with a unique talent or gift, what better than to share that with everyone? One Alabama-based craftsman is ...

People regarded as experts are pretty much expected to know nearly every facet of their subject matter, and for Aurora University instructor Richard Larsen that area of expertise is the guitar. Larsen ...

It's beginning to rain on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, but Bill Collings doesn't seem to notice. Sitting across from me in a rusty metal chair behind his factory that makes guitars, mandolins and ...

Shania Twain has been presented with a bespoke guitar that celebrates her Irish heritage by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. The unique instrument represents Twain's rich ancestry through intricate ...

A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. A handmade cigar box guitar by Louisiana native Kirk Dupre. It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an ...

Three years ago, on a fateful Christmas morning, Greg Hembree received a book from his sister on how to make guitars out of cigar boxes. He'd been a fan of woodworking for over a decade and a fan of ...

Ed Stilley in his studio, from ‘Gifted: The Instruments of Ed Stille’ (all images by and courtesy of Tim Hawley) One evening in 1979, Ed Stilley, a preacher and homesteader in Hogscald Hollow, ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...