CHERRY FINISH. GOLD TUNERS. GIBSON TONE. Fiery Australian-born guitarist Orianthi Panagaris has been knocking people out with her playing for over a decade and has played and collaborated with Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Carrie Underwood, and Richie Sambora, among others. Now she has a new Gibson signature model, and it’s…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Keeping your acoustic guitar sounding and looking its best requires periodic maintenance. Learn the basics, from polishing your guitar to tightening the tuning nuts, in this video from the Taylor Guitars repair facility. Proper care of your guitar would not be complete without restringing. Since 1999, Taylor has…
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From our friends at Breedlove: Two values drive Breedlove—protecting our world’s forests and maximizing acoustic guitar sound. Breedlove’s ECO Collection addresses both. In a visionary feat of engineering, Breedlove has developed a process to integrate three layers of tonewood—sustainably harvested from forests visited by Breedlove owner Tom Bedell—avoiding the soft…
Want to take your guitar playing to a new level? Take inspiring lessons with master artist-teachers in the comfort of your own home? And build your personal library of outstanding instructional books and videos? Then it’s time to enter Acoustic Guitar’s Be a Better Guitarist Giveaway. As the lucky top…
Sponsored by ToneWoodAmp: Recorded live for ToneWoodAmp’s monthly Artist Workshop series, June’s session features world-renowned fingerstyle artist Andy McKee. Explore “Melody and Dynamics” with this acoustic guitar master and follow ToneWoodAmp for upcoming live events (up next: Mike Dawes on Friday July 2nd!). Watch Melody and Dynamics with Andy McKee now.
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Sponsored by Cole Clark: With 97% of their guitars containing no endangered timbers, major Australian brand Cole Clark is at the forefront of sustainable guitar making. As part of their mission, they are encouraging more effort and transparency across the industry in the sustainability discussion. Since the beginning, 20 years…
Sponsored by LR Baggs: “The LR Baggs Voiceprint DI is an absolute game changer! That has been said before about new pieces of gear, but this is a piece of gear that I don’t ever want to play without again. In less than three minutes, I was able to dial…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Incorporating low notes into progressions that aren’t simply the root note of chords gives great scope for changing the feel and leading the listener’s ear. These “slash chords,” as they’re sometimes known, are great to use on acoustic guitar for a big, full sound, but can be used…
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Sponsored by Santa Cruz Guitar: Santa Cruz Guitar Company has made it even easier to order the custom acoustic you’ve always wanted. They invite you to email them directly at scgc@santacruzguitar.com to be walked through the design process, where they will take the time needed to answer all your questions about models,…
Sponsored by Fender: The American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster features five unique voice pairs for a total of 10 acoustic and electric tones that can be played solo or blended to create all-new sounds. The American Acoustasonic® Jazzmaster® represents the next phase of purposeful innovation that drives Fender acoustic guitars. The power of…
Sponsored by Kyser: Kyser® Partial Capos open you––and your hands––to new possibilities and sounds. The Kyser Short-Cut™ can be used on any fret, in standard or inverted position and opens a new world of alternate tunings. Create drone strings, drop into new tunings, or explore open ones in ways your…
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Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: Born from adversity, the American Dream Series represents the most accessible line of solid-wood, USA-made guitars ever released by Taylor. Featuring three new guitars with the round-shoulder dreadnought Grand Pacific body shape, the American Dream Series is made with solid tonewoods boosted by the tone-shifting power…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Combining techniques like percussive slaps, harmonics and left hand hammer-ons is a great way of coming up with complex guitar parts containing both rhythmic and melodic interest. Composer and Elixir® Strings artist Calum Graham illustrates the various techniques he uses in his stunning track Ma Lumiére. In this…
Want to take your guitar playing to a new level? Take inspiring lessons with master artist-teachers in the comfort of your own home? And build your personal library of outstanding instructional books and videos? Then it’s time to enter Acoustic Guitar’s Be a Better Guitarist Giveaway. As the lucky top…
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Sponsored by PK Thompson: We have a variety of artist playlists and guitar reviews on our YouTube Channel to hear the different sounds of our Thompson Guitars. Recently we acquired an Edwina Ear Trumpet Mic to record more of our guitars heading out the door to customers/dealers and continually add…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: Award-winning fingerstyle guitarist Maneli Jamal demonstrates in this short acoustic guitar lesson how to play a two-hand tap exercise that really pushes our ability to multitask with left and right-hand coordination. This is done with a capo on the 2nd fret as it makes tapping with the fingers…
From our friends at Fender: Unlock an impossible range of sounds with the American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster. Our most versatile guitar yet lets you combine iconic acoustic voicings and big electric tones with a powerful Blend Knob to pivot between the two. Learn More.
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Sponsored by ToneWoodAmp: Available in limited quantities, our open box ToneWoodAmps have been fully-inspected, fully-tested, professionally sanitized, and come with a full 1-year warranty. Now is your chance to save on the revolutionary acoustic effects device you’ve been dreaming of—while supplies last! Limited quantities available, shop now! SHOP NOW.
Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: Meet the Taylor GT, a new acoustic body shape designed from the ground up to provide an accessible, exciting playing experience for guitarists of all styles. Crafted with a reduced scale length of 24-1/8″, the compact GT offers a fun, relaxed feel that will appeal to…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: What do you get when you mix a fingerstyle acoustic award winner in Toronto, a prog-hop artist from LA, an extreme shredder in Vienna and more? That was exactly what guitarist/composer Chris Woods set out to discover when he started writing ‘Octet.’ Written by The Chris Woods Groove…
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Want to take your guitar playing to a new level? Take inspiring lessons with master artist-teachers in the comfort of your own home? And build your personal library of outstanding instructional books and videos? Then it’s time to enter Acoustic Guitar’s Be a Better Guitarist Giveaway. As the lucky top…
Sponsored by Elixir® Strings: This essential blues style is based on a straightforward 12-bar blues progression, making it easy for even beginners to understand this acoustic blues shuffle tip from Elixir® Strings artist Mandy Rowden. But while the idea might be uncomplicated, nailing the feel will take some time, so take it…
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Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: When Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug founded Taylor Guitars in 1974, they did it with barely more than an idea and a dream. Named after the guitar shop where Taylor Guitars was born, the American Dream Series represents Taylor’s commitment to creating through adversity and meeting…
