Makers & Shakers: Matt Eich of Mule Resophonic Guitars
"I wanted to make a resonator guitar that was closer to an acoustic instrument, with traditional resonators that sounded and looked different, and were warmer."
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Review: “Primitive Guitar & Banjo” Collection is a Trip Back in Time
This stuff is rough and ragged in places, much of it clearly improvised, and sonically not what modern audiences perhaps expect/demand. But it’s undeniably heartfelt and soulful in a deep and occasionally even spiritual way.
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45 Acoustic Guitar Albums From the 2000s You Should Hear
We asked our writers and our readers to give us lists of their favorite acoustic-guitar-dominated recordings that came out between 2000 and 2017.
Video Lesson: Learn to Play Like Memphis Minnie in Open-G Tuning
Memphis Minnie’s guitar playing has gone mostly underappreciated through the decades, but for many blues-inspired fingerpickers she is a crucial link in the chain of Delta blues through to Chicago blues.
I’m With Her Brings Out the Best from Aoife O’Donovan, Sara Watkins, and Sarah Jarosz
What happens when these three musicians band together is something greater than a typical all-star project, where the members take turns in the spotlight.
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The Acoustic Jazz Guitarist | Acoustic Guitar Champions
Delve deep into the world of jazz guitar with this book of 10 extended lessons from master guitarist Sean McGowan.
Mary Gauthier Helps Veterans Turn Stories into Songs on ‘Rifles and Rosary Beads’
In 2015, singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier was sipping coffee inside the Carey Center for Global Good in upstate New York, watching one of the participants arrive for a weekend retreat led by an organization called SongwritingWith:Soldiers.
Acoustic Classic: Eddie Lang’s ‘A Little Love, A Little Kiss’
Transcribed here in its entirety is Eddie Lang's unaccompanied interpretation of this popular song.
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Eddie Lang, Wes Montgomery, Django and More | A Century of the Acoustic Guitar in Jazz
When you see the words “jazz guitar,” what pops into your mind’s ear first? Odds are that you hear the clean, smooth, rich sound of an electric archtop, possibly with its tone knob rolled down for extra low-mid emphasis, picking out chord melodies à la Joe Pass or octave lines in the manner of Wes Montgomery. Without a doubt, this is the stereotypical jazz guitar sound, but over more than 100 years of history, there have been many others. And a significant percentage of them were (and are) produced without the aid of a pickup, cable, or amplifier.
Review: Martin Model America 1 and Standard Series D-28
In an era when tropical tonewoods such as mahogany and rosewood have become increasingly regulated and scarce, it makes perfect sense to make a guitar entirely from North American woods. The Model America 1 is based on the stalwart D-18, but with tonewoods that can be found in Martin’s—or maybe even your own—back yard.