The guitars kept coming, like pitches at a batting cage. Before long, we reached the heart of the collection, the dawn of the solid-body electric guitar and, eventually, of rock and roll.

The Spanish factory closed by the late ’30s, so Hoshino adopted the name for itself and made acoustic guitars in Japan ... the $495 2650CS Solid Body DX. That same year, Gibson’s regular ...

What’s considered the best-selling pop instrument of all time was invented by Southern Californian Leo Fender. Aug. 10, 1909: Clarence Leonidas Fender is born in Anaheim. 1928: Fender graduates ...

"And it sounds good, just like a good solid-body electric guitar," Collie said. Collie isn't done yet with his unique instruments. He said he also wants to make a Celtic harp, but he needs "fairly ...

Through Skip’s Music, Maggiora equipped top-tier professionals, aspiring musicians and weekend garage band heroes with instruments for 50 years ... Sunburst solid body electric guitar from ...

The guitar was played on Led Zeppelin’s 1969 self-titled debut album, and only 50 of the new range ... In 1952, it introduced its first solid-body electric guitar, the Les Paul, which became ...

"If I hadn’t had 50 years of experience in guitar building ... accessing electronics and components in semi-hollow body guitars that have solid wood backs, like a Gibson 335.

Knopfler's collection, which was auctioned at Christie's in London on Wednesday, spans the entirety of his 50-year career ... A Schecter solid body electric guitar, being held up by a gallery ...

In a working musician who picked a guitar up 50 years ago and hasn’t put it ... is the title of his first solo album, from 2008: ‘Guitars, Beers & Tears’). Hobbits, after all, are known ...

If you have a beginner budget, it does you no good to look at multi-thousand-dollar guitars, except to dream ... the most important if you have a solid-body model. There are two main types of ...