Ask the Expert: Caring for Your Guitar Over the Long Haul
Guitar repair expert Mamie Minch gives a rundown of some basic things a guitar owner can do, and not do, to maintain the health of their guitar.
These articles originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
Gearing Up: A Guide to Old-School Blues Guitars and Their Modern Counterparts
The sound of blues players on a budget remains an aesthetic legacy to the present day.
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Gear Review: Kyser Low-Tension Quick-Change Capo
Kyser's Low-Tension Quick-Change capo ($19.95 street), represents the most significant variation on the accessory’s design since its introduction in 1978.
Top Gear 2018: AG Editors & Readers on the Best Gear of the Year
After several years of quiet trends in the acoustic guitar world, the legacy guitar brands announced big changes that will make this a year to remember.
Review: Sunnaudio Stage DI Has an Intangible Vibe
Sunnaudio preamps should especially appeal to any guitarist who wants to put together a high-quality pickup system based around a passive transducer
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Dobro Master Jerry Douglas on Building Musical Conversations
Jerry Douglas seems to be everywhere. Apart from fronting his eponymous Jerry Douglas Band, he boasts a 20-year tenure with Alison Krauss and Union Station, as well as a crucial role in a supergroup of sorts, the Earls of Leicester, whose recent release, Live at the CMA Theater in the…
Guitar Talk: Todd Albright’s Raucous 12-String Fingerstyle Blues
Many musicians can cop the notes played by blues and ragtime greats, but few are as successful at conveying the energy and driving feel as Todd Albright.
Great Acoustics: Circa Guitars Steve Baughman 7/8 Dreadnought
In 2004, the fingerstyle virtuoso Steve Baughman was visiting the Source Guitar Festival in Lewiston, Maine, when he encountered a steel-string that changed his life.
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Wood Science: Tom Bedell’s Commitment to Sound Optimization and Sustainability
Commitment to understanding variations in the trees that become guitars are the pillars of his design philosophy at Bedell Guitars and at Breedlove
Is the Acoustic Guitar God’s Favorite Instrument?
How the acoustic guitar has shaped the modern music of the Judeo-Christian liturgy. For an instrument that’s been so vital to the evolution of popular music over the past century, the guitar has traveled a long road in finding its place in religious culture. In the United States, this mostly…
How to Pack a Guitar for Shipping
You can’t control everything that happens to a guitar while it’s in transit, but there are steps you can take to protect it during shipping and handling.
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Album Reviews: Revealing Solo Guitar Outings from Duck Baker and Nathan Salsburg
Two albums reviewed, Duck Baker's Demos & Outtakes, and Nathan Salsburg's Third
Gear Review: Henriksen’s ‘The Blu’ Acoustic Amp
Henriksen’s Blu amp is a smart, one-channel version of its earlier, much admired, Bud.
Learn George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’
The song is arranged here as a strum-along, and hold ups nicely in this setting, despite the lushness of the original studio recording.
Video Lesson: Learn a Sophisticated Guitar Arrangement of ‘Joy to the World’
In this guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle arrangement of 'Joy to the World' set in dropped-D tuning.
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‘Spanish Fandango’: Learn a 19th-Century Acoustic Classic in Open-G Tuning
Henry Worrall scored his biggest hit with this tune, a bright melody in triple meter, played in open-G tuning.
Review: Orange Acoustic Pre Preamp/DI Offers Great Tube Sound and More for Acoustic Guitarists
The Acoustic Pre delivers tone in spades without compromise
Video Lesson: All About the Essential ii–V Chord Progression
Given the guitar’s well-established role as an accompaniment instrument, it behooves acoustic players to learn a lot about chords. Backing up your own singing or someone else’s means you’ve probably recognized familiar chord progressions that occur throughout popular music. As you add songs to your repertoire, you’ll likely notice that…
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Video Lesson: How to Build Pentatonic Scales Up and Down the Fretboard
The pentatonic scale is everywhere. Its characteristic sound is useful in a wide variety of genres.
Gear Review: Recording King Rattlesnake Resonator
Mojo and character abound in this affordable wood-bodied single-cone resonator guitar.