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Boy, you sure don’t hear enough about this sort of thing. Paul Rubenstein is an NYC-based elementary school teacher who teaches music to his students in a clever way. They make guitars together. Previous classes have constructed more-or-less standard guitars. No doubt loads of fun for kids. ...

I stumbled across this interesting guitar today. It’s a guitar controlled by lasers. Here’s a demo of the basic functionality: Pretty cool. I’d love to hear a real solo on that sucker. From the creator, jeff-o: The Prism is, quite simply, the best laser guitar on the Internet. At l...

I’m just a passing fan of Dave Matthews and the Dave Matthews Band, but I enjoyed Steve Heisler’s blog entry defending Dave Matthews: But the source of my shame is that DMB is reviled among music aficionados, and their reasons are numerous: Frat parties and cornhole-fueled cookouts pump “Ants March...

Cary, North Carolina artist Peter Geiger makes interesting guitar sculptures from car license plates. Peter was inspired to create his unique brand of art one day during a jam session when he thought his old license plates hanging on a wall might make for interesting guitar art...

Wired.com has an interesting post on the patents behind what we think of as a modern electric guitar: 1937: Guy Hart, general manager of the Gibson guitar company, is awarded the first patent for an electric guitar pickup...

Looks like Ozzy is replacing guitarist Zakk Wylde. This from FMQB: Ozzy Osbourne has been working on his tenth studio album for quite some time, but now it looks like he is looking for a new guitarist to fill the shoes of Zakk Wylde...

Did you know that the first Sony Walkman debuted in Japan on July 1, 1979? The Sony Walkman is one of the few inventions that truly changed the way we listen to our music and deserves a place alongside radio, the phonograph (record player), CD, and MP3 compression...

Update: July 12, 2009 According to the Toronto Star, United Airlines has agreed to donate $3000 to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Dave Carroll had insisted that any compensation he receive from United be donated to charity...

I love the look of this Telecaster built by the Fender Custom Shop’s Yuriy Shishkov for Keith Urban. ...

It ain’t easy being a guitar manufacturer these days. First it was Gibson, then Martin, and now Paul Reed Smith: Paul Reed Smith Guitars said Wednesday it would lay off 30 employees and implement a 4-day manufacturing week as it grappled with the recession. ...

Rolling Stone caught up with great Yes/Asia guitarist, Steve Howe, who is now touring with Yes and Asia: How did you decide to do this double tour...

The mighty shredder Buckethead (so named for his habit of wearing an inverted KFC bucket as a hat onstage and perhaps off as well) has posted a beautiful tribute to Michael Jackson on his home page named The Landing Beacon...

Here’s a bit of guitar tech for you. A University of Maryland professor and a couple of students have formed a guitar company, Coil Guitars, based around their innovations in guitar switches and electronics. ...

When Michael Jackson died, I wondered how it would affect the musicians in his employ, such asOrianthi Panagaris, his latest guitarist (a post previously held by guitar-great Jennifer Batten)...