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The November issue of Acoustic Guitar is on newsstands now. Access these features, articles, and lessons online: GEAR RALLY AG editors Teja Gerken and Shawn Hammond survey 24 of the latest, greatest tone toys unveiled at that summer NAMM show. NEW GEAR: Taylor 701 CE-L9 short-scale dreadnought. Scott Nygaard reviews this versatile hybrid charmer. HERE'S HOW: Play It Loud. Nicole Solis serves up seven ways to adjust your technique and attitude so you can increase your flatpicking volume. LESSONS AND MUSIC TO PLAY: --THE BASICS:  Crosspicking Pop Songs. David Hodge offers up simple crosspicking techniques to use for full, driving accompaniments. With music to the Counting Crows song 'Rain King.' --WOODSHED: Legato Lines. Mix open strings with higher notes up the neck and use hammer-ons and pull-offs to make your single-note melodies sound more fluid. By Stevie Coyle. With music to 'Cousin Sally Brown.' --SONGBOOK: 'Kansas City Lowdown.' An open-C blues inspired by such pianists as Jelly Roll Morton. Music by David Hamburger. LUTHIER'S WORKBENCH: Teja Gerken profiles veteran luthier Charles Fox, who is taking acoustic guitar design into the future with the radical structural innovations of his new Ergo model.  READER'S RIG: Country-blues and folk guitarist Marjorie Thompson gets the most out of her custom Lizard Eye and Gottschall guitars thanks to their slim, speedy necks.  Each month we feature one of our readers’ rigs in the magazine. To be considered, send a description of your setup to editors.ag@stringletter.com CD REVIEWS: Badi Assad, Eliza Gilkyson, Michael Penn, Terry Robb, Rick Ruskin, Iron and Wine/Calexio, The Frank and Joe Show, and more. Subscribers gain access to even more online features, including audio files and lessons, via the password included in each issue of Acoustic Guitar. www.acousticguitar.com Return to Top |
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Enter by January 31, 2006, and you could be the winner of a McPherson MG 3.5 guitar, the smallest in the highly lauded McPherson line of guitars. List price, $4,000. Enter the giveaway by clicking here or by clicking on 'Win a McPherson MG 3.5 acoustic guitar!' or the 'Win' button in the left-hand menu bar at www.acousticguitar.com To meet some of our previous giveaway winners, click here: Previous Giveaway Winners Return to Top |
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BULLETIN BOARD Edit Your Own Tab Put Arobas Music’s Guitar Pro 4.0 CD-ROM in your PC and you'll soon be ready to roll out your own guitar tablature. Now distributed in North America by eMedia Music, the software allows you to create scores for guitar, bass, and other stringed instruments. In addition to a chord-diagram generator, guitar tuner, metronome, scale tool, and animated fretboard, Guitar Pro allows you to import and export MIDI and ASCII formats. A Macintosh version will be available in 2006. Guitar Pro 4.0 software, $59.95, eMedia, www.emediamusic.com. Gilewitz Fingerstyle Workshop Guitar-clinic veteran Richard Gilewitz has organized the 24 chapters and multiple appendices of his new book/CD/DVD package around the questions he’s most commonly asked from players of all ages and skill levels. The CD includes audio examples of the exercises, picking patterns, and original songs written out in standard notation and tablature in the book and DVD. Gilewitz’ advice extends to practice routines, amplification, live performance, studio tips, and more. Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop by Richard Gilewitz, $22.95, Mel Bay, www.melbay.com.  Return to Top |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING Imaginational Anthem Fans of visionary '60s 'American primitive' guitarists John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and Peter Lang have reason to rejoice as Imaginational Anthem, the first release by the new Manhattan-based record label Tompkins Square, arrives in stores on October 25. Compiled by Josh Rosenthal, this new acoustic guitar spans several generations, with performances by Harry Taussig, Sandy Bull, Max Ochs, Steve Mann, Bern Nix, Kaki King, Brad Barr (of The Slip), Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, Harris Newman, Gyan Riley (in a duet with his dad, Terry Riley), Suni McGrath, Janet Smith, and Bob Hadley, plus Fahey's version of 'O' Holy Night.' www.nearmintrecords.com/imaginational.html Rockgrl Music Conference 2005 Patti Smith will receive the Woman of Valor award, deliver a keynote address, and play a special acoustic set with Lenny Kaye at this year's Rockgrl Music Conference, which takes place November 10-12 in Seattle, Washington. Other highlights include a keynote address by Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, a Shop Talk Q&A between Bonnie Raitt and Ann Wilson, and Cris Williamson interviewed by Ann Powers on the 30th anniversary of the release of the classic women's music album Changer and the Changed. www.rockrgrl.com/conference Return to Top |
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UPCOMING IN ACOUSTIC GUITAR December: Lessons with Tommy Emmanuel and John Miller; an interview with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, with music to 'We Are Nowhere and It's Now'; 20 tips on home recording; reviews of a new Tanglewood dreadnought and a new Guild 12- string; music to 'Peaceful, Easy Feeling'; a profile of Australian rocker John Butler; eight ways to make your arrangements more dynamic; and lots more.  January: A feature blues lesson with John Hammond; advice about shopping for the classical guitar that will fit your playing level and your budget; and interview with John Prine, with music to his acoustic classic 'Angel from Montgomery'; reviews of new guitars from Durango and Ovation; and more. Return to Top |
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