Stuck in a Rut With Your Guitar? Try These Practice Techniques

By Adam Perlmutter It’s not uncommon for even the most accomplished guitarists to hit walls when practicing—whether caused by difficulties in learning to pl... Read More...

How Do Guitarists Practice?

By Adam Perlmutter Practicing is one of the most important things you can do as a guitarist, whether you’re an absolute beginner or seasoned professional. Y... Read More...

Is One Guitar Enough? A Guide to Determining (and Justifying) Your Need for Multiple Guitars

Ideally, a new guitar should fulfill a need so it doesn’t end up getting resold as an unused piece of gear. Here are some reasons why you might need multiple guitars.

A Guitarist’s Guide to Managing Aging and Overuse Injuries

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By David McCarty Playing guitar is a pain. At first, we suffer through blister... Read More...

A Guitarist’s Guide to Live Streaming

By Doug Young Live streaming—performing live via video over the internet—has been growing in popularity for a while, but is surging with the current global ... Read More...

DIY Folk: What It Takes to Survive and Thrive in the Streaming Era

From the November/December 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS At the 2019 Folk Alliance International conference,... Read More...

How To Choose and Use a Guitar Capo

Capos are valuable tools for changing the tuning of your guitar, and as such, you should learn how to use a capo and not view them as “cheaters.”

How to Promote Your Music

From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PHIL HOOD Three big bombs went off in the computer industry in the 1990s. The first was the browser... Read More...

Home Recording for Acoustic Guitar: The Best Ways to Capture Your Music

Here are some tools and techniques for home recording to make your acoustic guitar sound great.

Get Heard: A Guide to Acoustic Guitar Pickups and Amplification

Here we cover the 3 main elements of an acoustic guitar amplification system: pickups, preamps/DIs, and amplifiers/PA systems.