Review: Collings Debuts New Series with the Striking OM1A Hill Country
Designed to be "just a guitar—simply in its purest form, open and woody,” every inch of the OM1A HC speaks to lutherie at its finest.
Review: Vintage Guitar Authority George Gruhn Rewrites the Rulebook with His Bold New Versitar Design
Based on the Tacoma models that Gruhn designed back in the 1990s, the Versitar series deconstructs and reconstructs many of the touchpoints of traditional flattop design, like the neck joint, fret count, bracing, soundhole position, and more
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Review: Bourgeois’ Touchstone OM Vintage/TS is a Brilliant New Guitar with an Old Soul
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.
Review: The Acoustic-Electric D’Angelico Premier Series Tammany LS is a Whole Lot of Guitar for the Money
For $300 street, this is a quality guitar that delivers across all ranges and has good built-in electronics.
Gear Review: Preston Thompson 000-14SBA
Carrying on the work of company founder and namesake Preston K. Thompson, who died April 11, 2019, the small cadre of builders at Preston Thompson Guitars, in Sisters, Oregon, is one of those teams that’s capable of delivering extraordinarily crafted steel-strings time and again, and this Thompson 000-14SBA is one of those fine instruments.
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Gear Review: Martin OM-28 Modern Deluxe
The Martin OM-28 Modern Deluxe is a lightweight orchestra-bodied guitar, with a blend of vintage and modern features that merge to form a unique, cutting-edge composition.
Review: Washburn Solo DeLuxe Auditorium and Grand Auditorium
Washburn summons the past and looks to the future with two new guitars.
Review: Martin 000-15M StreetMaster
As you might expect from an all-mahogany guitar, the StreetMaster has miles of clarity and focused fundamentals, and a strong midrange with a dry throatiness on the lower mids.
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Review: Collings Julian Lage Signature OM1 JL
Throughout the history of guitar making, collaborations between luthiers and guitarists have influenced the discipline and produced spectacular instruments. A brilliant example of this practice is the new Collings Julian Lage Signature OM1 JL, based on a deep exchange of ideas between the late builder and company founder Bill Collings and contemporary guitar phenom Julian Lage.
Gear Review: RainSong Concert Hybrid Series CH-PA Parlor and CH-OM Orchestra
RainSong OM and Parlor guitars can be virtually immune to the terrible things that changes in climate and weather can do to an instrument.
Gear Review: Tanglewood Java Series Parlor and Winterleaf Series OM
Despite being distributed in 60 countries and receiving the “All-time best-selling acoustic guitars in the UK” award by the Music Industry Awards, Tanglewood brand isn’t a household name in the US. But that may change now that the UK-based brand of guitars made in Indonesia and China are being…
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Video Review: Stephen Marchione’s 14-fret OMC (Orchestra Model Cutaway)
A luxurious, modern OM from the Lone Star state
Video Review: Fender Paramount PM-3
This top-of-the-line guitar seems aimed toward a more refined, fingerpicking-based audience.
GEAR REVIEW: Bill Collings Revisits His Roots in the New T-Series of Acoustic Guitars [VIDEO]
The guitar inside the case—the OM1A T—is a force to be reckoned with. It’s beautifully crafted and, though newly built, has a mature sound and a phenomenal responsiveness.
GEAR REVIEW: Martin Guitar Introduces 3 New Electro-Acoustic Models in Its Popular 16 Series [VIDEO]
C.F. Martin & Co. has added three new models to its popular 16 Series.
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Gear Review: Martin LE Cowboy Is a Collectible Triple-0 Acoustic Guitar with a Lively Voice [VIDEO]
The instrument has all the hallmarks of a great 000: a brilliant, piano-like response and a sound that’s distributed evenly across the frequency spectrum.
Video Review: Washburn’s Woodline 10 Acoustic-Electric Is a Budget Beauty
This 14-fret Orchestra cutaway model—a total winner for the price—has an easy playability and a tight, focused sound that lends itself equally well to strumming and fingerpicking.
Review: Don’t Be Fooled By the Larrivée OM-40R’s Understated Looks, It’s Got an Uncommonly Good Sound
It might not dazzle with its looks, but this guitar’s excellent sound and playability make it a serious contender among much more expensive instruments.
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Review: Yamaha LS6 Acoustic Has a Bright Voice with Great Presence
For many years, especially in the 1970s and ’80s, Yamaha was virtually synonymous with inexpensive, good quality flattop guitars, and the LS6 lives up to this reputation.
Martin 000X1AE Review
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Review: Martin 000C Nylon Has Familiar Steel-String Sound with Electronics and Some Unusual Features
The Martin 000C's strong lower mids combine with a crisp high end to produce a scooped tone completely different from the sound usually associated with classical instruments.
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Review: Takamine’s TF77-PT Features Tube-Driven Electronics
This brand-new, all-solid-wood guitar is based on a 14-fret OM with a superb electronics package
Review: Santa Cruz OM Has a Unique Flavor That Somehow Oozes a “Vintage” Vibe
This OM is a slightly modified version of the standard Santa Cruz OM, featuring a top made of Italian instead of Sitka spruce, and the vintage-style “advanced” X-bracing option
Review: Collings Pete Huttlinger Signature OM 1
This signature model version is closely based on the OM1 that has been the Nashville-based fingerstyle ace’s primary guitar for many years.
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Review: Bourgeois Custom Soloist
Immediately noticeable are the rich sound, excellent sustain, and abundant overtones that make it perfect for playing lush chords