Gear Review: Lava Me 2 Carbon Fiber Guitar
By Emile MenaschéAfter decades around the periphery, manufactured materials like carbon fiber and HPL (high-pressure laminate) are finding a place alongsid... Read More...
Gear Reviews
Gear Review: Collings 001 14-Fret Acoustic Guitar
From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Greg Olwell | Video demo by Mimi FoxEven weeks after receiving the freshly... Read More...
Gear Review: Curtis Novak Magnetic Soundhole Pickups
From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick MillevoiThe sound of a magnetic pickup on a steel-string guitar can b... Read More...
Gear Review: Orange Crush Acoustic 30
From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Matt BlackettKind of like an onomatopoeia sounds like what it means, Orang... Read More...
Gear Review: Lowden WL-35 Jazz
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Mark GoldenbergThe venerable Irish luthier George Lowden has been building fi... Read More...
Gear Review: D’Angelico Premier Series Tammany LS
By Kate KoenigThe D’Angelico story begins with the New York–based luthier John D’Angelico handcrafting archtops for jazz musicians, from the 1930s until hi... Read More...
Gear Review: Taylor Builder’s Edition 324ce and 816ce
By Nick MillevoiTaylor has a well-earned reputation for making bold and innovative design and production decisions. When the company unveiled its V-Class g... Read More...
Gear Review: SonoTone Symphonic Strings
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick RossiSonoTone, a small-batch guitar-string company based in Massachusett... Read More...
Gear Review: Shubb Capo Royale
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Kate KoenigThe new Shubb Capo Royale series shows off the brand’s classic des... Read More...
Gear Review: Henriksen The Bud Head Amplifier
By Sean McGowanIn
the not-too-distant past, acoustic guitarists and singer-songwriters were
relegated to hauling around large PA systems replete with a mix... Read More...