Collections

If you can tear yourself away from the art museums, bistros and bars, Paris has more than enough music shops to justify a trip.

An encounter with Rick Nielsen helped fuel Mike Long’s passion for the classics. The owner of Cheltenham’s ATB Guitars since 1998, he’s bought and sold over 1,500 vintage pieces…

Duncan Findlay’s guitars reflect a varied musical career that has incorporated musicals, orchestras, and advertising jingles. We find out how a jack of all trades has amassed a guitar collection that has helped him succeed in a fickle industry…

Paul Connop’s taste for designs from the electric guitar’s golden era has seen him assemble a highly desirable array of six-strings that have seen plenty of use in the studio and on the road.

With 50 years in the business and one of the world’s leading guitar collections, Norman Harris is the proprietor of a destination guitar store in Tarzana, California, which is frequented by A-list musicians and vintage obsessives alike.

Not all guitar collections have to be sprawling exhibitions of the six-string art from. As the choice collection of instruments belonging to David Plues proves, small can be beautiful, too…

In nearly four decades of collecting, Richard Kingsman has amassed an enviable selection of classic guitars and one-off curiosities.

Malcolm Lindsay’s TV and film career has been a creative journey. However, as G&B finds out, the project to build his dream guitar could be his most remarkable yet.

Bill Tonkin is a die-hard Beatles fan who plays the part of George Harrison in a Fab Four tribute band. Lars Mullen takes a look at his George-influenced collection…

A close encounter with the First Burst – the first known 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard in sunburst – at Nashville's Carter Vintage Guitars.