WHITTIER – Bernie Hefner knows a thing or two about guitars. And he’s parlayed that knowledge into two businesses – Guitar Alley, which does guitar repairs, and the B. Hefner Co., which builds ...

FLOURTOWN >> The smell of sawdust hung in the air of Superior Guitar Works. A pot of condensed soup steamed on the worktable behind the counter. An old dog laid motionless by the door. In the middle ...

Gibson has relaunched its Repair & Restoration Shop. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the climate-controlled facility is staffed by expert techs who will perform any repair, from a fresh set of strings ...

Guitarists who travel a lot and want to take an instrument along for the ride - but don't want to risk damaging that prized vintage Strat - might find themselves turning in the direction of a scaled ...

Regular old guitars get a makeover with NeckFX, a replacement neck full of multicolored LEDs designed to shine while you shred. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

The bustle of Hank’s Music Exchange, the instrument dealer that takes up the front half of the business on 33rd and Hawthorne, is fairly typical. While Stereolab plays over the in-house sound system, ...

Ed Snoble has been custom-building guitars and repairing guitars, banjos and other stringed instruments for the last 30 years. Oh, and he also loves a good cup of coffee. Combine the three and you’ll ...