Review: Taylor’s GTe Urban Ash Is a Little Guitar that Packs a Punch
The smaller Taylor GTe doesn’t feel like a travel guitar and plays and sounds like a front-line instrument; the TaylorSense App helps you maintain it.
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Review: Cort Gold-Edge Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Cort's Gold-Edge acoustic guitar is a lovely grand auditorium that stands out as an instrument designed with vintage feel and sound.
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Gear Review: Beyerdynamic TG I51 Dynamic Microphone Delivers Onstage or in the Studio
The Beyerdynamic TG I51 is well-built, affordable, and has a very wide frequency response. For the acoustic guitarist, it has something to offer both on the stage and in the studio.
Guitar Review: Breedlove Organic Signature Concert Copper CE Is an Entry-Level Acoustic-Electric Made from Sustainable, All-Solid Woods
What sets Breedlove's Organic Collection guitars apart apart from other entry-level models is their lightly built, solid-wood construction with thin UV finishes.
Acoustic Guitar Review: Gretsch G9520E Gin Rickey Parlor Guitar Is a Secret Tone Weapon
Based on Gretsch's Rex guitars from the 1930–1950s, the Gretsch Gin Rickey is a low-cost parlor guitar that would serve as a cool entry-level instrument.
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Tracking and Editing Your Acoustic Guitar—Home Recording Part 3/3
When you are confident that you’re capturing a good sound, you’re ready to record. There are many ways to approach the actual recording, depending on the type of music. If you’re overdubbing or playing to a click track, you will…
Gear Review: Lava Me 2 Carbon Fiber Acoustic Guitar
While carbon fiber guitars are unlikely to supplant wooden guitars anytime soon, the Lava Me 2 seems less eccentric than it would have even a few years ago.
Makers & Shakers: Audrey Bartlett of Waterloo Guitars
Audrey Bartlett, the lead builder and department manager of Waterloo Guitars, in Austin, Texas, says, “I’m not a musician—which makes me different from most of the people doing this work.” That can make her feel like she doesn’t fit in,…
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Review: New World Guitars P640S FS Nylon-String Guitar is an Affordable, Acoustic-Electric Kenny Hill–Designed Instrument
The New World Guitars P640S FS nylon-string guitar is an extremely well made guitar & great choice for steel-string guitarists looking to expand their sonic palette.
Top Gear: The Best Acoustic Guitars & Accessories of 2019
“Giant steps” might just be the motto of guitar makers in 2019. It was a year in which we saw the results of several large makers looking to the future of the guitar and daring to do something different. Martin hit the ejector-seat button on its popular Vintage series to launch the new Modern Deluxe line; Taylor built on last year’s buzz around a new bracing system to debut an all-new guitar that’s unlike anything they’ve made before; and Fender dropped an ambitious new acoustic/electric hybrid. Each move stirred the souls of the brands’ biggest fans, and you can say one thing for sure: These companies aren’t treading water. They’re challenging their own legacies by rethinking what can be done—and they’re delivering some of their finest guitars yet.