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Discover Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension Strings

Sponsored by Santa Cruz Guitar Company: When it comes to strings, it’s all about tension. While gauge is simply the measurement of the string’s diameter, the tension of a string determines its relative volume to the other strings (EQ). String…

The Inimitable Hummingbird Meets Its Sonic Future

Sponsored by Gibson: Modeled after the Gibson Hummingbird™, our flagship square-shouldered dreadnought, the G-Bird continues the unmatched legacy of the Hummingbird…but with a twist.  The Player Port™ is an original Gibson concept from the early 1960s that has since been…

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Essential String Skipping Exercise for Acoustic Guitar

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Pro guitarist and Elixir® Strings artist Marc Seal introduces a string skipping exercise to add to your daily practice routine. In this short acoustic guitar video lesson, watch as Marc adds some ear-catching interest to his playing by…

See Why Guitar Players Love the Taylor GT

Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: Players of all styles and skill levels love the Taylor GT. With its blend of bold solid-wood tone, bass-boosting C-Class bracing and compact, accommodating dimensions, the GT is in a class of its own in the…

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Learn to Play a New Orleans-Style Rhumba on Guitar

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Want to groove like Doctor John or Professor Longhair? Play piano on guitar! Renowned guitar instructor and Elixir® Strings artist Mary Flower takes you through three ways to play the rhumba beat and capture that New Orleans feel.…

Add Blues-Style Flavor with Inverted Thirds

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Mandy Rowden demonstrates in this quick guitar lesson inverted thirds and how easy it is to move the shapes around the fretboard for different keys. Either fingerstyle or plectrum-and-fingers hybrid picking works great with inverted thirds, so they’re…

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Enter to Win a Taylor GT 811e + TaylorSense

Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: Now through September 30, 2022, you could be the lucky winner of a new Taylor GT 811e acoustic-electric guitar featuring a preinstalled TaylorSense guitar health monitoring unit. The GT 811e is crafted in the U.S. with…

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Acoustic Effects, Unplugged. No Amp Required!

Sponsored by ToneWoodAmp: ToneWoodAmp has been leading a revolution in acoustic guitars with the invention of a compact box that creates effects, unplugged—NO AMP REQUIRED!  Hear it from guitarist and composer Gretchen Menn: “What an incredible innovation! ToneWoodAmp brings the sonic…

Watch: Small Bodies, Big Taylor Tone

Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: Taylor Guitars has always been on the cutting edge of design when it comes to acoustic guitars. Get ready for a summer of music with Taylor’s wide array of smaller guitars, from the three-quarter-scale Baby Taylor…

Blog Posts by Thompson Guitars

Sponsored by PK Thompson: Over the years we have featured news from the shop, artist info, custom appointments and tonewoods options. Take a look at some of the information offered in our posts. The future is bright with all we…

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Acoustic Effects, Unplugged. No Amp Required!

Sponsored by ToneWoodAmp: ToneWoodAmp has been leading a revolution in acoustic guitars with the invention of a compact box that creates effects, unplugged—NO AMP REQUIRED!  Hear it from world-renown fingerstyle guitarist Mike Dawes: “ToneWoodAmp is the best acoustic gadget since the…

Finger Independence and Hybrid Picking Part 2 | Massimo Varini

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Massimo Varini, award winning guitarist, distinguished educator and Elixir® Strings artist, shows a simple but challenging exercise designed to build fluidity and accuracy in your picking hand in this second part of his three part series. Download free…

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Enya NEXG Smart Audio Guitar

Sponsored by Enya: Enya NEXG is an all-in-one smart audio guitar combining a Bluetooth speaker, preamp, sound card, and onboard effects. With the modes of karaoke, silent playing, jamming, and digital output, Enya NEXG is designed to simplify your musical…

Enter to Win 2 Luna Guitars!

One Grand Prize Winner Will Receive Vineyard Koa Bevel Grand Auditorium $1,049Constructed with the pro musician in mind, this Vineyard Koa is built on a 25.5 scale length traditional grand auditorium cutaway body with koa back & sides, a solid…

Introducing the Dave Mustaine Songwriter

Sponsored by Gibson: Dave Mustaine pioneered a new path for thrash metal, and now he’s breaking ground at Gibson. The Gibson Acoustic Custom Shop is excited to introduce the new Dave Mustaine Songwriter. Part of the Dave Mustaine Collection, the…

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Urban Ash Tone Meets Builder’s Edition Comfort

Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: The Builder’s Edition collection boasts an array of comfort-focused contours and top-tier tonewoods. This Grand Auditorium model, the Builder’s Edition 324ce, serves up a bold voice thanks to back and sides of solid Urban Ash, which…

Fingerstyle Techniques in a Solo Arrangement | Mary Flower

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Mary Flower, a renowned guitar instructor and Elixir® Strings artist, demonstrates how a range of fingerstyle techniques can be used in a solo guitar arrangement.  In this short acoustic blues video, you will appreciate her stylistic range as…

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6 Chances to Win a Shubb Paua Pearl Iridescent Capo

The Paua Pearl capo uses the same durable titanium process as our other Capo Royale models, so its color-shifting beauty will last practically forever.  And it’s randomly occurring color patterns make each capo unique.  Six lucky winners.  Choice of C1P…