Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Mark Growden fashions a wind instrument from a bicycle handlebar.

A brutal design by Jeff Stratton for a wooden five-string electric violin, just in case you were thinking of adding an extra voice to your progressive metal band. It can be yours for only three thousand dollars.

At a certain point in your life you realize that many stars of the music industry are more celebrity than musician.

A 46-string guitar of the kind favored by jazz guitarist Pat Methany. With a guitar like this, you're either extremely skilled or extremely desperate to overcompensate for something.