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Just because a guitar is expensive doesn’t mean it’s good, and just because a guitar is cheap doesn’t mean it’s bad! In fact, some of our favorite instruments in the shop [...]

Supro Amps: Classic American Tube Tone Supro Amps are a bit of a legend in the guitar world. Used by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Albert Lee and countless others, Supro amps helped lay [...]

The Music Man journey began in 1971, with a small company called Tri-Sonix, Inc. After a few hits and misses, founders Forrest White and Tom Walker invited their old friend Leo Fender to come [...]

Most people know that Leo Fender was the father of the modern electric guitar, but fewer people know that Leo Fender is also responsible for innovations in guitar amplifiers that shaped the sound [...]

Saying goodbye to an old friend… In the spring of 2000 I was driving with Ian Hunter and we were having a conversation about Mick Ronson as we had done many, many times. Ian told me he [...]

The saga begins Let’s face it: since the early 90’s, Ibanez hasn’t had the best reputation in the guitar industry – but it wasn’t always like that. Ibanez has had its ups and downs over the [...]

Guitar Hangar is the ONLY custom shop that is officially licensed by the Ronson family to produce and sell the Mick Ronson Tribute Les Paul. Mick Ronson burst onto the scene in the early [...]

So softly a super god dies… I started writing this in my head at 3:00 this morning as I woke to the rushing wave of disbelief that I had been experiencing all day. David Bowie has died. Much like [...]

For decades, guitarists all over the world have painstakingly searched for the perfect guitar. For players with the means, these perfect guitars often take the form of Strats, Teles, and Les [...]