CONCRETE, Wash. – While some companies look ahead only as far as the next quarterly financial statement, Pacific Rim Tonewoods has embarked on a business plan involving figured maple wood that won’t ...

Does the wood choice of a fretboard really impact a guitar’s tone? Ask big-name players like Joe Bonamassa and Joe Satriani and they’ll give you passionate reasons for why they lean on either side of ...

CONCRETE, Wash. – In a town best known for its long-gone concrete plant, some music lovers are hoping to make Concrete better known for something much softer: wood. More specifically, residents hope ...

According to many musicians, in order to have the best sound possible, an acoustic guitar has to be made from the "right" type of wood. Unfortunately, such wood often comes from endangered, ...

When Blue Rodeo guitarist Colin Cripps heard about the 2013 wind storm that took down the Maple Leaf Forever silver maple tree in east Toronto, his first thought was unsurprising. The tree that may ...

Using reclaimed wood from vacant buildings, Wallace Detroit Guitars turns the city’s history into music-making works of art. If there’s one thing Detroit natives take pride in, it’s their city’s ...

DETROIT — General Motors is teaming up with a Detroit guitar company that makes its instruments with reclaimed wood from city buildings. Chevrolet and Wallace Detroit Guitars are working to release a ...

Oregon Corrections Enterprises surprised Peter Courtney on Friday with a custom Prison Blues electric guitar made from a 150-year-old maple that fell on the State Capitol grounds during the 2021 ice ...