When it comes to bass guitars, players often face the decision between fretted and fretless instruments. Both options offer distinct advantages and considerations, and both have influencing factors ...

Two generations ago there arrived in the U. S. a troupe of Spaniards who toured the land as “The Spanish Students,” dressed in their native costume and performing on guitars, mandolins, bandurrias. On ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Members of the international ALL FRETS organization visit Louisville for their annual convention, July 17th - 19th. Originally established in Chicago in 1957 as the Fretted ...

The guitar’s evolution over the past two centuries sits in a 1920 New Hyde Park farmhouse that LI music aficionados know as the American Guitar Museum. The museum, owned by resident Chris Ambadjes, ...

The Academy of Fretted Instruments isn't just about learning to play guitars or banjos or mandolins anymore. Just like Northwoods Mall isn't just about shopping for clothing and appliances anymore.

The vintage Kay Silvertone guitar, curved like a violin beneath layers of dust and battered varnish, has found its way to Homewood Instruments after 70 years, and shopkeepers Bob Tedrow and Jason ...

Put down those sugar cookies, music lovers, and stop making that last-minute list for Santa. Christmas is almost here, but we bet there’s still time to pick up a free holiday CD at Fretted Instruments ...