The WL-14 is Waterloo‘s flagship model and the guitar that started it all. Watch above as Steve McCreary introduces the new maple back and sides WL-14, named Scissortail for its headstock design inspired by an acrobatic kingbird common to the American Southwest. This…
by Whitney Phaneuf The legendary Dick Boak — a Martin employee for 40 years and wearer of many hats, from design draftsman to director of artist relations to company historian — is retiring next year, on January 8, 2018. Watch above as…
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Steve McCreary of Collings Guitars introduced a new guitar-case prototype at Winter NAMM 2017. Bill Collings, founder of the company, spent years designing the details, which include the custom-foam padding for the neck rest and fingerboard. The case comes with a latch that was crafted with appropriate…
Mark Dalton of Huss & Dalton Guitar Company introduces the latest guitar from its MJ jumbo series: the Dusk Sky. It’s built with a flamed-maple back, sides, and neck; and a Sitka-spruce top. Dalton was inspired by a beautiful sunset he witnessed while sitting on his…
At Winter NAMM 2017, guitarist and AG contributor Ron Jackson stopped by our booth to show us the Kremona NG-1 pickup. The NG-1 is a passive piezo pickup that attaches right onto the bridge of any nylon string guitar without any obtrusive…
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Jonathan Lee, director of design and development at Washburn Guitars, demonstrates the new Revival Series 1939 Solo Deluxe, a grand auditorium with torrefied Sitka top, solid rosewood back and sides, celluloid ivoroid binding, smile bridge, crown headstock, GraphTech Ratio Tuners,…
At Winter NAMM 2017, Takamine launched their new LTD-2017 Magome guitar. Over 400 years ago, during Japan’s Edo period that was renowned for arts and culture, there was a highway called Nakasendō that stretched from Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto….Today in the…
by Greg Olwell Taylor launched a companion to its popular GS-Mini series, the Taylor GS-Mini-e Bass at NAMM 2017. This four-string bass mates a short-scale bass neck to a Grand Symphony body. Though almost ten-inches shorter than a standard acoustic bass guitar’s…
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By Greg Cahill Jake Allen demonstrates the ToneWood Amp, a breakthrough in acoustic-electric guitar technology. To understand why this device is so unusual, start with the unique feature that gives the ToneWoodAmp its name. After mounting this small, portable, and…
In this video from Winter NAMM 2017, Zemaitis showcases several of their guitars including the dreadnought, grand auditorium, and jumbo models. Watch the video for more details on these instruments. Check out more Winter NAMM 2017 coverage.