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Gear Review: Farida Old Town Series OT-65 Wide VBS and OT-25 NA

Farida's latest offerings are contemporary takes on a couple of wartime Gibson models: The OT-65 Wide VBS, inspired by the popular Gibson J-45, and the more petite 00-size OT-25 NA modeled on the lesser-known Gibson LG-3.

Bill Leigh
March 15, 2019

Sponsored

Intermediate Fingerpicking Pattern

Sponsored by Elixir® Strings Guitarist and composer Chris Woods of The Chris Woods Groove Orchestra takes you step by step through an intermediate fingerpicking pattern. Using two very simple open dream-like chords and a repetitive picking pattern this lesson is…

Sponsored Story
January 2, 2019

Play Like Your Favorite Guitarists

Video Lesson: Inside Joni Mitchell’s Inventive Guitar Style

Mitchell reinvented the guitar as a vehicle for accompaniment and songwriting. The evolution of her guitar style is inseparable from her journey as one of the defining singer-songwriters of her generation.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
December 12, 2018

Instrumentalists

Guitar Talk: Martin Simpson Continues to Draw Inspiration From Instruments of All Kinds

Having lived and performed in the United States for 15 years, British guitarist Martin Simpson’s playing is a well-steeped blend of American blues, old-time music, and traditional English folk material. Simpson is currently at the very height of his powers,…

Glenn Kimpton
November 26, 2018

Instrumentals

Video Lesson: Learn a Sophisticated Guitar Arrangement of ‘Joy to the World’

sean mcgowan wearing chambray shirt with gray studio backdrop, demonstrating lesson material on his acoustic guitar

In this guitar lesson, you'll learn a fingerstyle arrangement of 'Joy to the World' set in dropped-D tuning.

Sean McGowan
October 19, 2018

Resonator

Gear Review: Recording King Rattlesnake Resonator

Recording King Rattlesnake resonator guitar

Mojo and character abound in this affordable wood-bodied single-cone resonator guitar.

Pete Madsen
October 15, 2018

Blues

Play the Blues Like… | Acoustic Guitar Champions

Learn the styles of 12 all-time great pre- and postwar guitarists, from Elizabeth Cotten to Charley Patton to Alvin Youngblood Hart.

Pete Madsen
October 9, 2018

Guitar Technique - Fundamental

Beyond Strumming | Acoustic Guitar Champions

Learn to create dynamic accompaniment parts in any setting.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
October 5, 2018

Interviews and Profiles

Rory Block Slides Into a New Tribute Series: Power Women of the Blues

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Rory Block has been one of the country’s preeminent blues artists for more than four decades and close to 30 albums now, but if you haven’t checked in with her in the past dozen years, you’ve missed out on some of the best music she’s ever made.

Blair Jackson
September 25, 2018

Instrumentalists

Next-Gen Fingerstyle: Five Young Stars Share Their Secrets

A new crop of players continues to push fingerstyle guitar toward the future while celebrating the sounds of the past.

Richard Bienstock
September 12, 2018