When C.F. Martin & Co. began making its iconic guitars in the 1830s, and it sold every guitar it produced, leaving behind no records of its evolution. "We don't have record books to say this is how we ...

Almost 100 people crowded into the McCalla School’s multipurpose room Thursday to hear Chris Martin, also known as C.F. Martin VI, give a lecture on his family’s history. While the Martins likely have ...

Whenever Christian F. Martin IV hears a Martin guitar, whether it’s the timeworn piece Willie Nelson’s nearly strummed a hole through, or a customer nervously picking a D-300 that looks like fine art ...

The exact moment that the hammer fell as Kurt Cobain’s “MTV Unplugged" Martin guitar sold for $6 million. The pumped fist belongs to RØDE Microphones founder Peter Freedman who will leverage the ...

Eric Clapton’s 1992 set for MTV Unplugged was one of the all-time great moments in acoustic guitar. Rearranging his most-famous tracks, performing them on a pre-war Martin guitar, Clapton’s session ...

A rare guitar crafted nearly two centuries ago now rests in the permanent collection at the Moravian Historical Society, offering visitors a glimpse into the origins of American acoustic guitar making ...