How does a laminate guitar respond up and down the neck? Does all that glue have any impact on sustain and tone? We invited one of Michigan’s most respected guitarists to share his [...]
Detroit legend Jeff Tuttle walks through the tonal range of Wallace Detroit Guitars. What does it mean to hold a piece of history? How does it feel to be part of Detroit’s comeback story? The [...]
All you finger pickers out there, check out the thoughts from Lac La Belle’s brilliant guitarist, Nick Schillace. Like that twang? Curious about weight and feel? Nick breaks it all [...]
Wallace Detroit Guitars this month will begin selling its lineup of electric guitars — made from reclaimed wood found in Detroit’s vacant houses and properties, says the company’s owner, Mark [...]
When Mark Wallace sees an abandoned building in Detroit, he’s not thinking about blight, public safety issues or the best angle to snap a photo for his Instagram feed. Read Full Article on [...]
Wallace Detroit Guitars are making musical lemonade by using disassembled wood from Detroit’s abandoned homes to create upcycled guitars. Read Full Article on Make:
Reclaimed wood from disassembled houses in Detroit is popping up everywhere these days. It can be found in trendy coffee houses, in table tops, even in the frames of sunglasses. And it’s [...]
Detroit boasts a history of legendary axmen—Jack White, Ted Nugent, Robert White, Wayne Kramer and Dennis Coffey to name a few. And now, thanks to the passion project of commercial real estate [...]
In a recent post we described the work of two photographers, Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, (The Decline of Downtown Detroit) who have made it their mission to chart the decline of what was [...]