John Wilson of Minneapolis has made a few alterations to his existing Stella amp kit to create a solar-powered version of the Stella amp. This innovative design is equipped with a useful solar panel, ...

Not much detail here, but some creative soul squeezed a Fender amp into an old cigar box. Although not entirely practical, it’s a fine example of a good way to re-use something you’d otherwise discard ...

You never know when inspiration will hit you. For Steve Armstrong, his moment arrived one evening last year while watching television. On the screen, a blues musician known as Seasick Steve set down ...

The pages of newspapers, or history books for that matter, don’t runneth over with stories of happy accidents involving chainsaws. But that’s just what put Philadelphia musicians Lucy Tight and Wayne ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of producing ...

LOS ANGELES — The pages of newspapers, or history books for that matter, don’t runneth over with stories of happy accidents involving chain saws. But that’s just what put Philadelphia musicians Lucy ...