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...

‘Landslide’: A Fleetwood Mac Classic, Distilled to Its Essence

From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER In 1973, the singer-songwriter Steve Nicks, then 27, had been supporting herself fo... Read More...

Video Lesson: Inside Nick Drake’s Idiosyncratic Guitar Style

From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Nick Drake achieved scant commercial success in his brief lifetime, but after he ov... Read More...

Gear Review: Taylor Grand Pacific 717 and 517e Builder’s Editions

From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JAMES ROTONDI (Video by James DePrato) The name Taylor has always evoked a particular sound—articul... Read More...

Ask the Expert: How to Know When to Hang ‘er on the Wall

From the February 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MAMIE MINCH I have a Takamine dreadnought that I bought used, and it has been a trusted companion... Read More...

Beyond Rosewood: 12 Mid-Priced Alt-Wood Guitars

From the February 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG OLWELL The guitar world went through a revolution that few saw coming. Guitarists were left baffl... Read More...

Video Lesson: Inside Joni Mitchell’s Inventive Guitar Style

From the February 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS The first and last time Joni Mitchell tried to learn guitar in a conventional w... 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...