It has been almost 100 years since the resonator guitar was born of necessity. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make their acoustic guitars louder, and the striking ...

Tim Scheerhorn, the genius behind the coveted Scheerhorn Resonator Guitar and recent inductee into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame, led me into his ascetic, sub level workshop and offered me a ...

A strange old instrument that was thought to be extinct has made a stunning comeback, with even Harry Styles jumping in on the action. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make ...

Matt Eich plays one of his hand-crafted steel Mule Resophonic resonator guitars Matt Eich, 31, plays one of his hand-crafted Mule Resophonic resonator guitars at his shop in the Central Warehouse on ...

Don Young, left, in his trademark engineers cap and McGregor Gaines at National Resophonic-Guitars shop in San Luis Obispo in 2000. Many National guitar fans say Young and McGregor's work exceeds the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Knopfler holds one of his prized resonator guitars. This April will see the release of Mark Knopfler’s 10th solo album since ...

Gretsch has announced a small but significant expansion to its 2025 catalogue as the brand unveils a limited edition take on its aluminium-bodied Honey Dipper resonator – and, for the player with some ...

First designed by John Dopyera and George Beauchamp in the late 1920s, National resonator guitars were a solution to two problems plaguing guitarists. First, volume: prior to the invention of electric ...