https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:38:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/christie-lenee-explains-sounds-and-textures-on-coming-alive/ https://acousticguitar.com/christie-lenee-explains-sounds-and-textures-on-coming-alive/#respond Wed, 10 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=135773 The albums is an extension of Lenée’s current fascinations, which include experimenting with fingerstyle on the 12-string and an ongoing exploration of alternate tunings. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/christie-lenee-explains-sounds-and-textures-on-coming-alive/feed/ 0 135773 https://acousticguitar.com/review-bourgeois-touchstone-om-vintage-ts/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-bourgeois-touchstone-om-vintage-ts/#respond Sun, 16 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=134926 The Bourgeois Touchstone OM Vintage/TS is a collaboration with Eastman Guitars that has resulted in an excellent tradition-inspired guitar with a relatively affordable price.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-bourgeois-touchstone-om-vintage-ts/feed/ 0 134926 https://acousticguitar.com/luthier-william-eaton-has-made-a-life-in-music-with-a-passion-for-unconventional-instruments/ https://acousticguitar.com/luthier-william-eaton-has-made-a-life-in-music-with-a-passion-for-unconventional-instruments/#respond Sun, 09 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=134944 William Eaton has made many unconventional instruments since the mid-1970s, and he has helped students learn how to build much more straightforward guitars at Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery]]> https://acousticguitar.com/luthier-william-eaton-has-made-a-life-in-music-with-a-passion-for-unconventional-instruments/feed/ 0 134944 https://acousticguitar.com/walter-strauss-for-melody-wherever-she-may-find-me/ https://acousticguitar.com/walter-strauss-for-melody-wherever-she-may-find-me/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=135364 The California-based acoustic fingerstyle guitarist expresses himself in a joyous, ebullient chorus of guitar voices.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/walter-strauss-for-melody-wherever-she-may-find-me/feed/ 0 135364 https://acousticguitar.com/maegen-wells-is-building-next-level-archtop-guitars-in-her-northern-california-workshop/ https://acousticguitar.com/maegen-wells-is-building-next-level-archtop-guitars-in-her-northern-california-workshop/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:05:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=125766 “I don’t ever say that I chose to get into guitar making,” says archtop guitar maker Maegen Wells. “I felt like I was surrendering to a mission.”]]> https://acousticguitar.com/maegen-wells-is-building-next-level-archtop-guitars-in-her-northern-california-workshop/feed/ 0 125766 https://acousticguitar.com/cristina-vane-make-myself-me-again-review/ https://acousticguitar.com/cristina-vane-make-myself-me-again-review/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=133295 On Christina Vane's album Make Myself Me Again, the slide guitarist is exploring what it means to reconnect with herself in a new, unfamiliar city where she seems to fit right in.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/cristina-vane-make-myself-me-again-review/feed/ 0 133295 https://acousticguitar.com/review-prs-se-a20e-angelus-cutaway-acoustic-electric/ https://acousticguitar.com/review-prs-se-a20e-angelus-cutaway-acoustic-electric/#respond Sun, 04 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=134116 In this review of the PRS Angelus SE A20E acoustic-electric guitar, we were impressed as much by its easy playability as its bright yet flexible tonal range.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/review-prs-se-a20e-angelus-cutaway-acoustic-electric/feed/ 0 134116 https://acousticguitar.com/5-luthiers-30-and-under-share-their-stories-and-talk-shop/ https://acousticguitar.com/5-luthiers-30-and-under-share-their-stories-and-talk-shop/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=133545 Five promising young luthiers—Brian Itzkin, Oliver Marchant, Eve Meister, Max Spohn, and Olivia Elia—chat about their personal visions and approaches to the craft of building guitars.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/5-luthiers-30-and-under-share-their-stories-and-talk-shop/feed/ 0 133545 https://acousticguitar.com/john-henry-play-this-acoustic-guitar-tribute-to-an-american-folk-hero/ https://acousticguitar.com/john-henry-play-this-acoustic-guitar-tribute-to-an-american-folk-hero/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:30:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=120940 Passed down from the late 1800s, the folk ballad “John Henry” tells the story of a Black steel driver who dies in an effort to best a steam drill in laying down steel for the construction of a railroad. 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