By Acoustic Guitar staffAlternate tunings on the guitar are quite alluring: They open the door to unconventional sounds, generate compl... Read More...
By Doug YoungCondenser microphones are frequently recommended for recording acoustic guitar. But there are different types of condenser... Read More...
BY GARY PARKSSince you’ve already got a pair of ears to tune your guitar, you might wonder whether you really need an automatic tuner l... Read More...
By Adam PerlmutterIn recent posts we’ve looked at both large- and small-bodied affordable guitars—from PRS’ neat new parlor to Epiphone... Read More...
When Taylor Guitars introduced the Baby Taylor, a 3/4-size dreadnought, in 1996, it proved that scaled-down guitars designed for travel... Read More...
From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY STEVE JAMES"Right on Beale Street there, I bought my Stella. Paid $11 for it. It was... Read More...
From the February 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERSThe first and last time Joni Mitchell tried to learn guitar in a conventional way, she was just starting to play—swept up in the folk revival of the early ’60s—and picked up a Pete Seeger instructio... Read More...
At just 24 years old, Jontavious Willis sings and plays like a seasoned veteran of the blues. Willis grew up singing gospel music in Greenv... Read More...
From the January/February 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Alan BarnoskyEarl Scruggs single-handedly popularized the sound of the banjo as we know it. Scruggs amazed listeners when he first performed at the Grand Ole Opry in 1945, and to this day his playing is studie... Read More...
The guitar world lost one of its greatest legends when Tony Rice died suddenly on Christmas Day 2020, at his home in Reidsville, North Caro... Read More...
BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fre... Read More...
BY ADAM PERLMUTTERAlmost exactly a year ago, on Christmas night of 2019, Charlie Rauh was visiting the home in Virginia where he had le... Read More...
BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERSEvery year I love making up guitar renditions of Christmas carols, just sitting by the tree. Here are three fa... Read More...
By Acoustic Guitar StaffHere are three holiday songs for acoustic guitar, arranged for fingerstyle or solo playing. These pieces are ex... Read More...