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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 1 Tips on flying with your guitar, links to on-line guitar galleries, bass jokes, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 2 Tips on humidifying your instrument, links to guitar instruction sites, some additional bass jokes, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 3 Guitar myths debunked, links to cool Web radio sites, and more. This time the joke's on the drummer. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 4 A few more guitar myths debunked, links to great Web sites for kids and music, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 5 News about the upcoming Vintage Guitars book, a gig-from-hell story, yet more guitar myths debunked, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 6 Shocking news about pickguards, a great story about some red-hot guitar playing, and some vital news about Spinal Tap, the Fab Four, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 7 News about Dylan and R.E.M. and Gillian Welch, more guitar myths about straps, strings, and air pressure, a great gig story, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 8 Great websites for lutherie, more gigs from hell, and the conclusion of our guitar myths feature. This issue includes the inside scoop on vintage guitars, old wood, and factory-made axes. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 9 Great information about an exciting new instruction book, useful links to online alternate tuning information, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 10 An interview with Jewel, The Complete Acoustic Guitar Method Series, A New History of the Lute, Guitar Talk gatherings, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 11 Guitars and humidity, home recording, a lesson on barre chords, ear training on the Web, a lesson on jazz chord basics, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 12 Chris Isaak and Vicente Amigo in AG; news about recordings by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian; discovering your own alternate tunings, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 13 Great information about setting up an open mic, music history on the Web, a new lesson on D A D G A D tuning, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 14 String gauges and tension, live music on the Web, a new lesson on Simple Syncopated Grooves, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 15 The value of your guitar, jazz guitar on the Web, the Complete Acoustic Guitar Method, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 16 Vintage guitars, H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers) on the Web, Rick Ruskin's arrangement of 'We Three Kings,' and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 17 The 2003 Homegrown CD Awards, a slack key website, Acoustic Guitar's Complete Method book, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 18 Classical connections on the Web, spring festivals, tips on travelling with your guitar, a lesson on hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slieds, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 19 Building your own guitar, Joni Mitchell and Merlefest DVDs, a lesson on breaking out of fingerpicking patterns, a new book on Fiddle Tunes and Folk Songs, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 20 Summer camps, a lesson on chord names, practicing tips, the Acoustic Guitar Cruise, a book on Children's Songs for Beginning Guitar, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 21 Selling your CD online, strumming arrows in notation and tablature, a new chord book from Acoustic Guitar, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 22 Classical sheet music on the Web, a bossa nova lesson, a new book on singer-songwriters, a new German book on gear, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 23 The Acoustic Guitar Online Store, temporary pickguards, a fingerpicking lesson with 'House of the Rising Sun,' and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 24 Acoustic Guitar's holiday wish list, Little Kids Rock, a lesson with a favorite holiday song to play, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 25 The return of the Acoustic Guitar Cruise, an Irish accompaniment lesson, bridge pins, folk music on the web, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 26 Acoustic Guitar's summer study guide, Julian Bream on DVD, tortoiseshell picks, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 27 Maintenance and repair on the web, alternate tunings and string breakage, mix CD cafes, and lots more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 28 Win passage on the Acoustic Guitar Cruise, the summer gear showcase, a new slack key lesson online, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 29 The Acoustic Guitar Players' Choice Awards, a lesson on Power Chords, a review of some great new pickups, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 30 The new Acoustic Guitar website, two new online lessons, the Guitar Maker Directory, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 31 New books at www.stringletter.com, radio from Scotland, a DVD dilemma, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Wire No. 32 The new Play Guitar magazine website, a lesson on fingerstyle playing for flatpickers, a lesson on right-hand fretting, tips on licks, Halloween music riddles, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes No. 43 The latest, greatest tone toys unveiled at the summer NAMM show, Taylor 701 CE-L9 short-scale dreadnought review, adjust your technique and attitude so you can increase your flatpicking volume, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes No. 44 Conor Oberst has made the leap from heartland wunderkind to indie-pop idol, Tanglewood TW15-N-NS Dreadnought review, eight simple ways to use dynamics to get to the emotional heart of your band's songs, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes No. 45 Critical factors to consider when shopping for a classical guitar, Durango B-46 Slope-shoulder Dreadnought review, conquer stage fright, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes No. 46 Patty Larkin turns the spotlight on women guitarists with La Guitara, Teja Gerken tests the new Epiphone AJ-500RC 12-Fret, help your kids learn to play, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes No. 47 Tim O'Brien brings his own distinctive voice to traditional music, Ibanez EW20ASENT Acoustic-Electric review, Summer Study Guide, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 48 Chris Smither demonstrates some of the techniques that make his performances so dynamic, Johnson JD-26 Dreadnought review, Kent Hamblin builds high-end fingerstyle guitars in his Telluride, Colorado shop, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 49 Ben Harper’s command of roundneck and lap-steel guitars makes him perhaps the premier roots-rock Renaissance man of Generation X, Bryan Sutton’s new album is a round-robin with the world’s greatest bluegrass guitarists, Teja Gerken reviews Taylor’s first new body shape in more than ten years, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 50 Andy Summers changed the sound of rock when he added his jazz-inflected chord palette to the Police, Scott Nygaard reviews the immaculately built, incredibly responsive Santa Cruz Vintage Southerner, restringing your guitar doesn’t have to be difficult, tedious, or time-consuming, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 51 New old-school flattops, Larrivée LSV-11E fingerstyle guitar review, “Fingernails 101,” Tim Scheerhorn continues to push the envelope of resophonic design, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 52 Merle Haggard is still writing songs with a vengeance, electrify your axe, National Reso-Phonic 14-fret Style O review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 53 Check out a self-contained digital multi-track recorder, Alvarez-Yairi Masterworks DYM95C Aura review, depression-era Gibson L-00s are excellent guitars for blues and fingerstyle players, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, No. 54 Teja Gerken reports on some of the coolest guitars and accessories we found at this year's Summer NAMM show, Gibson CJ-165 review, Bob Taylor’s manufacturing innovations have influenced the way acoustic guitars are built, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 12/20/06 Acoustic Guitar Players Choice Awards, the Loar LH-500 Acoustic Archtop review, Private Lesson with Del Rey, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 1/26/07 Gain 24/7 access to exclusive content with Acoustic Guitar Online, John Renbourne demonstrates his distinctive fingerstyle technique, Chris Sharp explains his Lester Flatt-inspired rhythm style, learn to use harmonics, Michael Millham reviews the Yamaha CPX 900, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 2/28/07 Gain 24/7 access to exclusive content with Acoustic Guitar Online, David Wilcox stays surprised by music, a private lesson with bluegrass phenom Chris Eldridge, Steve James shows you how to sound like the Delta Blues masters, add color with augmented and diminished chords, Teja Gerken reviews the Stonebridge Fingerstyle G-23-CR, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 3/29/07 Modern bluesmeister Keb' Mo' reveals his approach to composing and playing; a conversation with Dave Alvin: the King of California; a private lesson with Frank Gambale; take a big swing rhythm lesson; learn to play blues turnarounds; Michael Millham reviews the Walden G57OTB, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 4/25/07 Interview and lesson with Tony Rice: flatpicker extraordinaire; a private lesson with Phil Keaggy; Teja Gerken reviews the Bourgeois DBJ-C; new guitars and gear from Namm 2007; learn to play chordal harmonics, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 5/23/07 Learn some signature licks from Los Lobos; take a private lesson with Adrian Legg; Andrew Dubrock reviews the Taylor GC-7; learn to visualize chord changes; straighten out your strumming; a roundtable discussion with acoustic-guitar pickup manufacturers, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 6/21/07 Exclusive interview and lesson with Bert Jansch; feature on the Santa Cruz Guitar Company; private lesson with Steve Gillette; Sean Coleman reviews Larriveé's new PV-09, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 7/24/07 Kenny Wayne Shepherd interview and lesson; learn about building a guitar from a kit; private lesson with Rick Ruskin; articles from AG's new Guitar Pro section, including tips on online musical collaboration, advertising your gigs, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 8/28/07 Feature lesson with Richard Thompson, a Private Lesson with Duck Baker, Guild CV-1C review, great tips for songwriters, an introduction to DADGAD tuning, a lesson in modal playing, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 9/19/07 The return of David Bromberg, Private Lesson with El McMeen, new products for Fall from all the manufacturers at the Summer 2007 NAMM show, Takamine Flatpicker TF360SBG review, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 10/25/07 Russ Barenberg feature lesson, Private Lesson with Chris Proctor, Guild Guitars feature article, Baden D-Style Mahogany review, Sierra SS112 review, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 11/21/07 Clarence White feature lesson, Private Lesson with Peter Finger, Ramirez 125th Anniversary review, Recording King RD-227 review, Shadow Sonic Doubleplay Pickup System review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 12/20/07 Madeleine Peyroux feature lesson, Private Lesson with Nina Gerber, The Future of Tonewood feature article, Collings 0-1 SB review, Blueridge BR-40AS review, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 1/29/08 Pat Donohue lesson; Steve Baughman lesson; independent luthiers; Martin OMCRE review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 2/21/08 Rodrigo y Gabriela feature lesson; Don Alder lesson; Larrivée Guitars; Washburn WB400SWK review, and much more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 3/25/08 Ornamentation for Celtic music; Private Lesson with Dean Magraw; Record Your Acoustic Guitar; Goodall Grand Concert Short Scale review; Radial Tonebone PZ-Pre review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 4/23/08 Keller Williams lesson; Willy Porter lesson; hot new gear from Winter NAMM 2008; Zemaitis GZA300 review; Yamaha CPX500; Bose L1 Personal Amplification System review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 5/21/08 Bob Brozman lesson; Private Lesson with Pat Kirtley; Carbon-Fiber Guitars; Gibson Southern Jumbo True Vintage review; Ibanez EWN28 Bubinga review; Fishman Matrix Infinity review, and more. |
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Acoustic Guitar Notes, 6/18/08 Alternate Tunings for Accompanists; Bob Weir lesson; Doug Smith lesson; R. Taylor Style Two review; Walden T550 review; Tascam DP-02 review, and more. |
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