The Telecaster is a classic electric guitar introduced in 1950 by Fender, initially known as the Broadcaster. However, after a trademark dispute with Gretsch, a competing manufacturer, the guitar was renamed as the Telecaster in 1951. The name was inspired by...
Most manufacturers and some independent luthiers use CNC machines to build their guitars. The process starts with drawing a design on the computer. My favorite program for doing this is Rhinoceros. Rhino (for short) is a powerful 3-D drafting and rendering program...
Brad King’s journey to Guitar Craft Academy Nashville started with his dad’s car radio. “My dad would listen to the radio and knew every song, everybody in the bands, all the instruments they played — it was like a history lesson,” he said. “To me, that was the...
