Brett Milano Hooker’s biggest commercial success was during the years 1949 to 1951 when he was in his thirties; he put six singles in the US R&B charts ... guitar, on which he strummed guitar ...

Chris Smither tells a story about how a custom guitar that one person rejected became a guitar he’s embraced.

How any string instrument sounds depends on hundreds of factors; even the tiniest details matter. Seemingly inconsequential things like whether the tree that the wood came from grew on the north ...