To honor the centennial, Chinery commissioned 21 master luthiers to craft 22 blue archtop guitars. All are on display at the National Museum of American History through October 1. Hokey?

In 2011, Dobney put together an exhibition celebrating the work of the Italian American luthiers who had designed and built the archtop guitars beloved by jazz musicians. Seeking objects for the ...

It was an incredibly rare guitar, even in 1968, and fitting that even two world-class rock stars would be forced to share custody of just one (free love, free guitars, I guess). Reverb/Victor ...