Acoustic Guitar Maintenance 101: 4 Tips to Keep Your Instrument Playing, Sounding, and Looking Great

Here we give primers on acoustic guitar maintenance, including adjusting the truss rod and saddle height, fixing loose tuners, and properly cleaning the instrument

Add Some Color with Open-G Tuning, Dropped-D, and Other Easy Alternate Guitar Tunings

Here's how to use alternate tunings on guitar to open the door to new sounds, generate complex chords with easy fingerings, and extend the range of the instrument.

Guitar Wall Mounts, Floor Stands, & More—How to Keep Your Instrument Safe at Home

Cases? Floor stands? Wall mounts? Here's how to keep your acoustic guitars safe and protected at home.

Woody Mann (1952–2022): Remembering a Vital Fingerstyle Guitarist and Educator

Guitarist Woody Mann’s unique musical style was rooted in both traditional blues and progressive jazz, with many influences in between.

Guitar Concert Impresario Richard Patterson Celebrates 40 Years of Creative Programming

For 40 years, Richard Patterson and his Omni Foundation for the Arts have been one of most vital producers of classical guitar concerts in the U.S.

DADGAD Guitar Essentials | Acoustic Guitar Plus

This is the perfect guide for getting to know DADGAD, whether you're just starting out in alternate tunings or have a bit of experience under your fingers.

Guitar Talk: Hear Adam Miller Play and Discuss a Fan-Fretted Traugott 00 and Ken Parker Archtop

Adam Miller, a guitarist and composer from Australia, stopped by Acoustic Guitar's San Francisco Bay Area office with some choice Traugott and Ken Parker guitars.

Three More Christmas Carols for Solo Acoustic Guitar

Check out Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers' fingerstyle guitar arrangements of 3 Christmas classics: “The First Noel,” “Joy to the World,” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.”

D’Addario Announces New ‘String Finder’ Tool

D’Addario has announced a new online tool called String Finder to help guitar players find their perfect string set.

Electric Guitar Virtuoso Mick Barr Discovers the Joy of Unplugging

Across these three new acoustic albums, guitarist Mick Barr has opened up worlds of possibility. We chatted about how he came to finally love the acoustic guitar.