Guild Guitars Adds Quintet of Arched-Back Models to the Westerly Collection Five new affordable arched back models join Guild’s Westerly Collection. Guild’s first arched-back model appeared in the mid-1950s, a feature that’s become synonymous with the Guild brand ever since. Guild’s newest arched-back models are available in four classic body…
Meet Martin’s Custom Shop-OM True North-16 Limited to only 50 instruments, this orchestra model, seen to the left, features an ebony fingerboard, bridge and headplate, a solid Adirondack spruce top and exceptionally figured Koa back and sides, which produces a beautiful, well-balanced tone. The back features a spectacular compass design inlaid…
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Don Ruffatto, product manager at Gibson Guitars, got some AG editors behind the velvet rope Friday at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. And what they saw blew their minds. In this gallery, Ruffatto, shrouded in a purple glow much like Prince in Paradise, shows off Gibson’s one-of-a-kind Monarch Crown…
“I had some woods that were just too cool to feel worthy of working with.” So said Richard Hoover when AG associate editor Whitney Phaneuf — who’s also the editor of Ukulele magazine — visited the Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s booth at the 2016 Winter NAMM Show. Hoover’s company is celebrating its…
Taylor Issues a 610e Dreadnought Offers the Mojo of Big Leaf Maple The Taylor 610e is an impressive dreadnought blessed with power and lush tone. The secret is the torrefied Sitka spruce top paired with big-leaf maple back and sides, and featuring the 600 Series Advanced Performance bracing, and amplified…
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Introducing the Taylor 858e 12-String Grand Orchestra A new addition to the celebrated lineup of 12-string guitars from Taylor Guitars pairs a Sitka spruce top with Indian Rosewood back and sides for a grand orchestra that offers clarity and punchy bass. Watch as Taylor Guitars master luthier Andy Powers demonstrates…
In conjunction with the National Association of Music Merchants winter conference, which runs January 22-25, Martin Guitar will debut ten new models—some of which include its new Martin Vintage Tone System (VTS) process. See the full list below and here. 000-15M Burst – The 000-15M Burst, constructed with solid mahogany…
