Makers and Shakers: Fraulini Guitars’ Todd Cambio Digs for Inspiration in the Overlooked Guitars of the Past

From the September 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY E.E. BRADMAN My brother and I were in a record store looking through the bargain bin, and there was a... Read More...

Stores That Do More: Four Community-Minded Guitar Shops

From the January 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KATE KOENIG It’s odd to think of a music shop as a retail outlet. Most retail stores aren’t places wher... Read More...

Island Style: How Hawaiian Music Helped Make the Guitar America’s Instrument

From the January 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MICHAEL WRIGHT Thanks to the great commercial success of internationally exported, guitar-based America... Read More...

Learn to Play Faster by Slowing Down

From the January 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PAUL MEHLING Call it a plateau; call it being stuck in a rut. We’ve all been at that place where time i... Read More...

Great Acoustics: Circa Guitars Steve Baughman 7/8 Dreadnought

From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER In 2004, the fingerstyle virtuoso Steve Baughman was visiting the Source Guitar Festiv... Read More...

Is the Acoustic Guitar God’s Favorite Instrument?

How the acoustic guitar has shaped the modern music of the Judeo-Christian liturgy. From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KATE KOENIG For... Read More...

Album Reviews: Revealing Solo Guitar Outings from Duck Baker and Nathan Salsburg

From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KENNY BERKOWITZ There’s an essential, idiosyncratic Southern-ness in these early Duck Baker tracks, ha... Read More...

Gear Review: Recording King Rattlesnake Resonator

From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PETE MADSEN Resonator guitars have become synonymous with traditional American music. For the player m... Read More...

Rory Block Slides Into a New Tribute Series: Power Women of the Blues

From the November 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY BLAIR JACKSON Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Rory Block has been one of the country’s preeminent bl... Read More...

Next-Gen Fingerstyle: Five Young Stars Share Their Secrets

From the November 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY RICHARD BIENSTOCK Acoustic fingerstyle guitar tends to be viewed by outsiders as a sound and style ste... Read More...