For me, I’m listening for the bite,” said Brandon Waltz, a guitar craftsman who fine-tunes each aspect of his custom guitars ...

One persona’s small-shop attitude and one-to-one service secured his company’s place in a challenging market, and helped ...

I can do this!’” After starting his guitar-building career in the basements of rental homes, the Appleton-native found an opportunity to move his family to Hollandtown. “We bought this place and tore ...

But playing on the keyboard was a drag. Instead of buying a controller he built his own hacked Guitar Hero controller from a scrapped keyboard and a toy guitar. The plastic toy he started with ...