I had already mastered the ukulele on my own ... and soon I could even “chart” simple songs on my own. I began taking guitar lessons with a high school junior who lived a few blocks away.

The neck is also made from sinker mahogany paired with an East Indian rosewood fingerboard that stops at the body joint, a nod to vintage ukulele design that opens up more of the instrument's top for ...

Any wood that comes into regular contact with foreign bodies needs to be kept clean, conditioned and protected – your guitar's fingerboard is no different. But I've read some conflicting advice when ...