David Lusterman – Acoustic Guitar https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:02:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 David Lusterman – Acoustic Guitar https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 Remembering Happy Traum (1938–2024) https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:02:25 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145380 Remembering Happy Traum (1938–2024) Happy Traum was a Renaissance man in both senses of the term, a person of wide and deep interests and pursuits and a man capable of invention and reinvention throughout the long life that just ended after 86 eventful years. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-happy-traum-1938-2024/feed/ 15 145380 Steve James | The Acoustic Guitar Podcast https://acousticguitar.com/steve-james-podcast-episode-11/ https://acousticguitar.com/steve-james-podcast-episode-11/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:20:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=135040 Steve James posing with his resonator guitar alongside the Acoustic Guitar Podcast logo Join us for a rollicking conversation and to hear some original tunes performed by the late, great roots-and-blues raconteur Steve James.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/steve-james-podcast-episode-11/feed/ 0 135040 Remembering Roots Musician Steve James 1950–2023 https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-roots-musician-steve-james/ https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-roots-musician-steve-james/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:43:12 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=134809 Steve James with resonator guitar To his colleagues at Acoustic Guitar, Steve James was not only the knowledgeable, reliable author of 185 well-regarded articles and reviews, he was a cherished friend, close collaborator, and the source of endlessly entertaining tales from the road.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/remembering-roots-musician-steve-james/feed/ 60 134809 May 2021 Acoustic Guitar Auction Report https://acousticguitar.com/may-2021-acoustic-guitar-auction-report/ https://acousticguitar.com/may-2021-acoustic-guitar-auction-report/#respond Sun, 08 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=124719 Two acoustic guitars with bright light A 1943 Martin 000-18 and a 1999 custom engraved National Tricone Style 4 were among the 19 guitars sold in Acoustic Guitar’s recent online auction.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/may-2021-acoustic-guitar-auction-report/feed/ 0 124719 Five Questions for David Hamburger, Author of ‘The Acoustic Guitar Method’ https://acousticguitar.com/five-questions-for-david-hamburger-author-of-the-acoustic-guitar-method/ https://acousticguitar.com/five-questions-for-david-hamburger-author-of-the-acoustic-guitar-method/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:21:42 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=118525 Five Questions for David Hamburger, Author of ‘The Acoustic Guitar Method’ We checked in to learn about what David's been up to lately and to hear his suggestions on remote learning.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/five-questions-for-david-hamburger-author-of-the-acoustic-guitar-method/feed/ 0 118525 Video Exclusive: Alex de Grassi and the Making of His New Solo Album, ‘The Bridge’ https://acousticguitar.com/video-exclusive-alex-de-grassi-and-the-making-of-his-new-solo-album-the-bridge/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:35:12 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=118163 Alex De Grassi playing acoustic guitar on a rocky beach Listen and watch as de Grassi talks about his evolution as a guitarist and his compositional techniques in this new video]]> 118163 Place Your Bid on Our Custom Collings D41 https://acousticguitar.com/place-your-bid-on-our-custom-collings-d41/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:15:20 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=117168 Place Your Bid on Our Custom Collings D41 By DAVID LUSTERMAN Like all 12 custom guitars in Acoustic Guitar magazine’s 10th Anniversary Collection, for many years we displayed our Collings D41 on an office wall. I called it ‘Il Cannone’ – The Cannon – the nickname Nicolò Paganini bestowed on the 1743 Guarneri del Gesú violin he played for most of his life. […]]]> 117168 Hear Three Great Acoustics from Our 10th Anniversary Collection https://acousticguitar.com/hear-three-great-acoustics-from-our-10th-anniversary-collection/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:34:14 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=116247 Hear Three Great Acoustics from Our 10th Anniversary Collection On April 20, 2020 we’ll open the bidding on the Acoustic Guitar 10th Anniversary Custom Guitar Auction: Twelve outstanding instruments from twelve great makers, with 50% of the net proceeds benefiting the Bill Collings Memorial Fund for guitar education in public schools. This week we’re showcasing three of these guitars. Gretchen Menn plays Led Zepplin’s […]]]> 116247 Hear Pete Madsen Play John Fahey’s ‘In Christ There Is No East or West’ on Our Custom Gibson SJ-200 https://acousticguitar.com/hear-pete-madsen-play-our-custom-gibson-sj-200/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:58:43 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=115594 Hear Pete Madsen Play John Fahey’s ‘In Christ There Is No East or West’ on Our Custom Gibson SJ-200 This custom 2000 Gibson SJ-200 is from Acoustic Guitar magazine’s 10th Anniversary Collection. In celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2020, we’re putting our collection up for auction from April 20 through May 10, giving you the opportunity to bid on a piece of guitar history and support guitar education at the same time. 50% […]]]> 115594 Hear Gretchen Menn Play Led Zeppelin’s ‘Bron-Yr-Aur’ on Our Custom Breedlove C22 https://acousticguitar.com/hear-gretchen-menn-play-our-custom-breedlove-c22/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:20:44 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=115584 acoustic guitar 30th anniversary auction breedlove acoustic guitar This custom 2000 Breedlove C22 is from Acoustic Guitar magazine’s 10th Anniversary Collection. In celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2020, we’re putting our collection up for auction from April 20 through May 10, giving you the opportunity to bid on a piece of guitar history and support guitar education at the same time. 50% […]]]> 115584 Bob Dylan Couldn’t Have It. But You Can. https://acousticguitar.com/bob-dylan-couldnt-have-it-but-you-can/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:07:38 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=115497 Bob Dylan Couldn’t Have It. But You Can. OK, he’s got the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, a special Pulitzer, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. But when Bob Dylan saw a photo of the “photonegative” Martin HD-28V owned by Acoustic Guitar magazine in our December 2000 issue and requested one from Martin via his guitar […]]]> 115497 Acoustic Guitar Auction Supports Guitar Education Through the Bill Collings Memorial Fund https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guitar-auction-supports-guitar-education-through-the-bill-collings-memorial-fund/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:52:06 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=115007 bill collings with guitar cases When we launched Acoustic Guitar magazine in 1990, the guitars of Bill Collings had been turning heads among discerning musicians for well over a decade, but the Collings factory brand was a recent arrival in the larger music industry. The buzz was practically deafening, especially among the independent acoustic music shops who could not keep […]]]> 115007 10th Anniversary Guitar Collection Back from the Shop https://acousticguitar.com/10th-anniversary-guitar-collection-back-from-the-shop/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:00:09 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=114908 10th Anniversary Guitar Collection Back from the Shop It turns out you can fit 12 hard guitar cases in the back of a Volvo XC70 and still see out the rearview mirror! I’m just back from Sonoma Guitarworks in bucolic Petaluma, California, where owner Geoff Luttrell and guitar tech Cormac McGrath just finished putting our 10th Anniversary Collection into world-class condition. I’m starting […]]]> 114908 Revisiting the Acoustic Guitar 10th Anniversary Guitar Collection https://acousticguitar.com/revisiting-the-acoustic-guitar-10th-anniversary-guitar-collection/ https://acousticguitar.com/revisiting-the-acoustic-guitar-10th-anniversary-guitar-collection/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:33:58 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=114401 Revisiting the Acoustic Guitar 10th Anniversary Guitar Collection To celebrate Acoustic Guitar magazine’s 10th anniversary, we asked 12 top guitar manufacturers to design and build custom instruments incorporating our logo.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/revisiting-the-acoustic-guitar-10th-anniversary-guitar-collection/feed/ 0 114401 Recognize These Signatures? Take the Quiz! https://acousticguitar.com/recognize-these-signatures/ https://acousticguitar.com/recognize-these-signatures/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:00:42 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=113551 Recognize These Signatures? Take the Quiz! See if you can identify the guitarists who helped design these instruments.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/recognize-these-signatures/feed/ 0 113551 Adam Perlmutter Named Editor of Acoustic Guitar https://acousticguitar.com/adam-perlmutter-named-editor-of-acoustic-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/adam-perlmutter-named-editor-of-acoustic-guitar/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:00:07 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=113488 Adam Perlmutter Named Editor of Acoustic Guitar Adam Perlmutter, long-time contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, has been named Editor, succeeding the magazine’s founder, David Lusterman, effective immediately. Adam has been a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar since 2008 and became the magazine’s full-time Music Editor in 2014; he has written more than 260 articles, reviews, and song introductions as well as engraving […]]]> https://acousticguitar.com/adam-perlmutter-named-editor-of-acoustic-guitar/feed/ 0 113488 The Top 100 Songs Acoustic Guitar Readers Want to See in the Magazine https://acousticguitar.com/the-top-100-songs-acoustic-guitar-readers-want-to-see-in-the-magazine/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:08:40 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=111615 The Top 100 Songs Acoustic Guitar Readers Want to See in the Magazine In April 2019, we surveyed Acoustic Guitar audience members to find out which songs to publish in Acoustic Guitar magazine. More than 2,000 guitarists responded and not surprisingly, suggested more than 1,600 different songs! We winnowed that list down to a more manageable number based on the frequency of mentions. Starting in the November/December 2019, […]]]> 111615 The Hands Behind the Hands: Albanie Falletta’s Single-Cone Resonator https://acousticguitar.com/the-hands-behind-the-hands/ https://acousticguitar.com/the-hands-behind-the-hands/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:00:39 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=110816 The Hands Behind the Hands: Albanie Falletta’s Single-Cone Resonator Bonham Design is immersed in the hand-making of many things, resonator ukuleles and guitars among them.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/the-hands-behind-the-hands/feed/ 0 110816 A Tribute to Izzy Young https://acousticguitar.com/a-tribute-to-izzy-young/ https://acousticguitar.com/a-tribute-to-izzy-young/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:05:43 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=109968 A Tribute to Izzy Young Izzy Young’s accomplishments are the stuff of legend, from producing hundreds of folk concerts (among them Bob Dylan’s first) to organizing protests and beyond.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/a-tribute-to-izzy-young/feed/ 0 109968 Learn from the Best: Plan Your Summer Camp Getaway https://acousticguitar.com/learn-from-the-best-plan-your-summer-camp-getaway/ https://acousticguitar.com/learn-from-the-best-plan-your-summer-camp-getaway/#respond Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:37:21 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=104821 Learn from the Best: Plan Your Summer Camp Getaway Take your guitar to a camp, clinic, or workshop to hone your technique, study with your guitar heroes, learn new songs, see old friends and make new ones.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/learn-from-the-best-plan-your-summer-camp-getaway/feed/ 0 104821 Summer Guitar and Music Camps, Workshops, and Clinics https://acousticguitar.com/2018-guitar-camps/ https://acousticguitar.com/2018-guitar-camps/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:09:40 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=104689 Summer Guitar and Music Camps, Workshops, and Clinics We asked Acoustic Guitar readers and audience members where they've been to camp recently. Here's the list.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/2018-guitar-camps/feed/ 0 104689