YouTuber Burls Art and his guitar build videos have a very zen-like quality. In his latest video, we get another 12-minute hit of chill-out vibes as Burls builds an acoustic guitar out of carbon fiber ...

In order to help prevent a guitar's neck losing the fight against the pull of the strings, a metal rod usually runs through it. South Africa's Rubato Guitars has done away with the truss rod for its ...

Carbon fiber not only has a cool aesthetic all its own, but since it's quite a tough cookie and isn't affected by changes in temperature and humidity, it's a pretty sound choice for travel guitars.

Carbon fiber acoustic/electric guitars aren’t for everyone, but many artists like Brantley Gilbert tour with them for their dependability in all climates. McPherson Guitars out of Sparta, Wisconsin ...

Guitarists and musicians may be interested in a new carbon fiber guitar created by the team at Joytar. Offering a great sounding compact unibody design complete with an integrated pickup and featuring ...

The Blackbird Rider Nylon is an odd guitar, a mix of the traditional and the high-tech. First, the "nylon" in the name refers to the strings -- the guitar itself is made from carbon fiber, from the ...

Inside Blackbird Guitars' warehouse, located on Folsom Street. Photo by Meira Gebel. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Sign up ...

Acoustic guitars come in light wood and dark. You can paint them any color you like. But there's something so distinct and odd about looking at the instrument in your lap and seeing the rough-hewn, ...

The Blackbird Rider is a guitar made out of carbon fiber that was designed using 3D CAD software. It’s 2/3 the size of an ordinary guitar but makes up for that by being hollow throughout—even in its ...

It seems like every camping trip I’ve ever been on, there has been at least one person that brought a guitar along. It also seems like everyone I’ve ever known that owns a guitar is constantly ...

It’s hard for guitar purists to move away from unsustainable woods–but this might be the answer they need. With very few exceptions, guitars—even electric guitars—are made of wood. From a ...