Jazz guitarist Mimi Fox puts this 2008 Taylor 914ce Grand Auditorium through its paces on her original tune “Buddy’s Blues.” This is one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that began May 13, 2021. Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public schools…

When I say “jazz guitar” you think Martin, right? Well, maybe not yet . . . but Mimi Fox may change your mind with this rendition of “Autumn Leaves” on a 1965 Martin D-18, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that began May 13, 2021. Learn…

Giacomo Fiore performs a seminal work by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and his own composition “Tennant” on a 2012 Santa Cruz 00, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public schools…

“Stag” Lee Shelton—aka Stagger Lee, Stackolee, Stagolee—was a bad, bad man who hung out with other bad men, one of whom, Billy Lyons, he shot and killed. Possibly over a hat. His wickedness, like that of a few favored others, gave the world a very catchy new murder ballad. Here,…

Mimi Fox showcases this 2002 Kenny Hill Munich, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021, with a tasty rendition of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “One Note Samba.” Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public schools and programs through…

The Beatles’ amazing gifts for melody and orchestration have inspired fingerstylists for decades. Here, Giacomo Fiore puts his prodigious arranging powers to work on the Fab Four song “In My Life.” Take a listen to it, along with a Fiore original, “Embers in the Fireplace,” played on a 2004 Langejans…

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys turned an old ballad called “Darling Nelly Gray” into the country sensation “Faded Love.” Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, and Ray Price each had top-ten singles with it, and countless others have recorded it. Here, Dix Bruce goes back to the tune’s instrumental roots with…

The guitar heard on Brazilian bossa nova recordings is most often the DiGiorgio Serie Artistica model. Here, Mimi Fox plays Jobim’s “Triste” on a 1965 DiGiorgio Serie Artistica Autor No. 3, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. Learn more about this…

What better way to showcase this 1998 Gibson ES-175 archtop—one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021—than by summoning two standards from the jazz canon? Here, Mimi Fox dishes up the theme song from the film Green Dolphin Street along with Johnny Green’s…

Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Wave” was the title track of his fifth album, released in 1967. Mimi Fox summons the spirits of several jazz guitarists in her rendition on this 2011 Santa Cruz Firefly parlor guitar, one of 27 instruments offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021.…

James DePrato pairs contrasting tunes—Jerry Reed’s rollicking instrumental “Kicky” and Charlie Chaplin’s wistful “Smile” from the classic film Hard Times—in a virtuoso display on this 1993 Gibson J-200 VS, one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. Learn more about this exciting event,…

Is it kosher to play Led Zeppelin tunes on a Steve Howe signature model guitar? Yes! James DePrato solos on “What Is and What Should Never Be” and “Ramble On” with the help of this 1999 Martin 00-18SH. Patterned after Howe’s original 1953 00-18, the guitar has a vintage vibe, thanks…

James DePrato’s “Blues for Nola” and Bob Dylan’s “Abandoned Love” both ring bold and true on this custom 1999 National Tricone Style 4, one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public…

A bit of whimsy from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album and Merle Haggard’s bittersweet ballad; no wonder James DePrato makes this 2008 Collings D42 dreadnought truly sing. It’s one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. The Collings dreadnought tone is unmistakable, with…

Mimi Fox gives Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six” a workout on this Alvarez-Yairi WY1BR, one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May 13, 2021. Learn more about this exciting event, which benefits guitar education in public schools and programs through the Bill Collings Memorial Fund.…

Was outlaw Morris Slater the original Railroad Bill, or did he acquire the nickname from an earlier blues ballad? Ethnomusicologists may differ, but there‘s no question that the familiar folk tune sounds great when Dix Bruce fingerpicks it on this 1943 Martin 000-18, one of 27 guitars offered in the…

Italian-born guitarist and musicologist Giacomo Fiore has released eight albums and premiered more than two dozen new works for justly tuned, electric, and classical guitars. “Genteel” is an original composition, performed here on a 2017 Jewitt OM-MPL, one of 27 guitars offered in the Acoustic Guitar Auction that begins May…

Early jazz guitarist Nick Lucas was among the first to record this 1924 Ray Henderson composition, now a standard in the Great American Songbook.