BUCHANAN — Tucked into the corner of a nondescript warehouse here in southwestern Michigan, there’s an empire hidden in plain sight. Souldier, a design manufacturer that specializes in handmade items ...

StrapGraphics, an Oregon City company, makes custom guitar straps from designs supplied by buyers. (Eric Mortenson/The Oregonian) You know the old saying: Build a better guitar strap and the world ...

Rachael Becker, strap maker and owner of Heavy Leather NYC, is the craftswoman behind the straps that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler are sporting on the road this year.

Buchanan — Tucked into the corner of a nondescript warehouse in southwest Michigan, there’s an empire hidden in plain sight. Souldier, a design manufacturer that specializes in handmade items from ...

When Terry Misner fell in love with photography in 1978, he couldn't find a strap worthy of his new 35-mm camera, so he made his own. Today, Terry and his wife, Dena, make handcraft camera and guitar ...

Getting its start: Larry Mechem Sr. opened a music instrument store in Anderson in the 1960s (and later two other locations in Indiana). At some point, Mechem received a leatherworking kit for ...

SOQUEL >> Greeting visitors at her home in a quiet Soquel neighborhood, Jan Nicholas doesn’t look like a rock-n-roll fan girl. But the innovative artist has sold custom-painted guitar straps to such ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A little bit of St. Louis hit the stage this fall at the ACM Awards, and at the CMA Awards show and Christmas special.