Palen may not be a musician, but during the past three years, he has earned the respect of jazz guitarists throughout the world. When these professionals pick up one of Palen’s archtop guitars ...

It will take several repeated listening sessions to discover all the layers of this album, as it is rich in ideas and clever arrangements; a delightful musical experience for sure, for anybody who ...

The only rules: The guitar had to be an 18-inch archtop (hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitars that are favored by many jazz guitarists); and it had to be the exact shade of blue as D’Aquisto ...

A Wilkie Blue Nocturne model was featured in the Blue Guitar Collection exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The collection was originally built by the late archtop ...