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 ...

Furch Guitars has become the latest guitar company to innovate with the design of the soundhole and its positioning, unveiling the player-facing Booster Soundport, which promises not only a louder ...

For many of us, a resonator is a 'nice to have' kind of guitar we can't justify buying because we're priced out. Well, Harley Benton is aiming to address that with its new Custom Line N-150CE ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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