We’re back with Part Two of Axvault’s interview with Ed Gerhard. (Here’s Part One in case you missed it). In the second half of our conversation, Ed waxes on the evolution of guitar music, the rise of a global instrumental guitar scene, and gives us a detailed preview of his forthcoming album. Check the links [...]

Last Saturday, Axvault sat down with Grammy Award-winning acoustic guitarist Ed Gerhard, before his show at the Music Emporium inLexington,Mass.Ed is on the cusp of releasing his 9th album. He is renowned for his virtuosity on 6-string, 12-string, and Weissenborn-style slide guitar, as well as for both the emotional and compositional depth of his instrumental [...]

  The National Association of Music Merchants’ (NAMM) is hosting a “Public Day” at this years Summer NAMM, the annual musical instruments and products trade show taking place inNashville,Tenn. The typically trade-only show will open its doors to the public on Saturday, July 14, featuring special events geared towards music enthusiasts, including new music product and [...]

American singer Katy Perry has bought her new boyfriend a $20,000 vintage Fender. The lucky guy is Florence + the Machine guitarist Rob Ackroyd, who  also received a flash reverb pedal. The two have reportedly only been together since this years Coachella music festival in April. Perry’s divorce with actor/comedian Russel Brand is apparently set [...]

The National Guitar Museum is opening at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, featuring 70 guitars from the private collection of Connecticut man, H.P Newquist The collection includes notable instruments such as the first mass-produced electric guitar, as well as the largest guitar ever made, produced by a science academy in Texas, and modeled after a [...]