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Guitarmakers and Guitarmaking

Golden Jubilee: Bob Taylor, Richard Hoover, and Dana Bourgeois Reflect on 50 Years of Guitar Making

Guitar makers Bob Taylor, Richard Hoover, and Dana Bourgeois

Bob Taylor (Taylor Guitars), Richard Hoover (Santa Cruz Guitars), and Dana Bourgeois (Schoenberg, Bourgeois Guitars) reflect on 50 years of guitar making.

Emile Menasché
August 8, 2022

Guitarmakers and Guitarmaking

Remembering Luthier Rick Turner and His Many Contributions to the Guitar World and Beyond

Alembic, Turner, The Dead's Wall of Sound—The late luthier Rick Turner, who died last April at 78, had such an illustrious career that to fully describe it, one would need to write a medium-size book.

Martin Keith
July 24, 2022

Guides and How To, Vintage and Collectible Guitars

A Guide to Identifying Common Acoustic Guitar Shapes and Sizes

acoustic guitar body shapes (martin and gibson) from acoustic guitar magazine

The steel-string acoustic guitar appears in many different sizes and shapes. This guide gives a general understanding of the most common styles and what they may offer players.

Greg Olwell
May 19, 2022
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Guitarmakers and Guitarmaking, History and Remembrances

Remembering Guitar Innovator Rick Turner (1943–2022)

Remembering guitarist, luthier, electronics designer, and Acoustic Guitar contributor Rick Turner, who passed away April 17, 2022 at age 78.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
April 21, 2022

Auction

Acoustic Guitar Auction Bidding Updates

Gallery of soundholes of acoustic guitars in the February 2022 Acoustic Guitar auction

Check out the action so far in our February guitar auction benefiting Guitars for Vets. With less than five days remaining, it’s time to place your bids!

Acoustic Guitar Editors
February 23, 2022

Album Reviews

‘Everywhere You Go’ is a Wide-Ranging Guitar Album from Fiddle and Banjo Icon Bruce Molsky

On his long-overdue guitar album, Everywhere You Go, Bruce Molsky revisits the music that has left the deepest impressions on him.

Adam Perlmutter
February 22, 2022

Play Like Your Favorite Guitarists

Roots Guitarist and Educator Happy Traum Teaches a Few Songs from His Storied Career

Happy Traum playing a Santa Cruz guitar by Franco Vogt

At 83, the guitarist Happy Traum is remarkably youthful—still playing concerts & teaching. Here is a retrospective of his life in music as captured by 6 songs.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
February 22, 2022

Auction

Bidding is Now Open ⏰ Acoustic Guitar Auction

gallery featuring guitars from the february 2022 instrument collection

This awesome collection of guitars features something for everyone - plus, your participation supports Guitars for Vets. Get in on the action!

Acoustic Guitar Editors
February 17, 2022

Sponsored

New for 2022: Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension Strings for DADGAD

Sponsored by Santa Cruz Guitar Company: Available in both low and mid tension, we are pleased to introduce the newest variation of our Parabolic Tension Strings, specifically engineered for DADGAD players. Santa Cruz Strings are engineered to do what others…

Sponsored Story
February 16, 2022

Auction

Watch Mimi Fox Play ‘Old Friends’ on a 1997 Santa Cruz OM

This exceptionally clean Santa Cruz OM was custom ordered with a stunning bookmatched set of Brazilian rosewood and a tightly grained German spruce top.

Acoustic Guitar Editors
February 14, 2022