At Winter NAMM 2016, Dean Guitars released a model created with Craig Wayne Boyd, widely known for winning the seventh season of the NBC singing-reality TV show The Voice. Complete with a mini jumbo body, mother of pearl star inlays, and as his initials, CWB, on the headstock. Watch the video for more info from Dean Guitars.
At Winter NAMM 2016, Yamaha Guitars introduced a handful of new acoustic models. Andy Winston shows us the revamped Yamaha 800 series, complete with a new scalloped-bracing pattern, the FG180, which was designed for the 50th anniversary of Guitars in America, and its latest Silent Guitar Series, with models available in both steel-…
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Darren Wallace from Ovation shows off the: FD14, which features a cedar top, with koa rosette and binding, and abalone purling, and a wide-profile five-piece mahogany neck with a slotted headstock. It’s also available as a 14-fret regular-width neck version, with a contoured cutaway body. Two multi-soundhole models are available…
At Winter NAMM 2016, Saga Musical Instruments introduced a couple of new models for its Bristol line of acoustic guitars. David Gartland shows us the more price-affordable line of guitars, including the dreadnought made of all mahogany, and the OOO-style design. Watch the video for more info.
At Winter NAMM 2016, DR Strings released its new Veritas strings, a non-coated and long-lasting string. Watch the video for more info from Mark Dronge, accompanied by Happy Traum.
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Check out the new Sable carbon fiber travel-sized model from Kevin Michael Guitars.
At the 2016 NAMM show, McPherson Guitars of Sparta, Wisconsin, was showing off some of the beautifully intricate, one-of-a-kind inlay designs that come out of their vaunted custom shop. (Their gorgeous “Manhattan Skyline” guitar was on the December 2015 cover of Acoustic Guitar.) Larry Klenc give us the low-down on…
At Winter NAMM 2016, Eastman released three new models, including its new top-of-the-line dreadnought E40D. Watch the video for more info from Eastman.
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Jeff Gunn stopped by the Acoustic Guitar booth at NAMM 2016 to perform the song “Journey’s End/New Beginnings” on his Godin Multiac Nylon Encore. Gunn uses D’Addario EXP45 coated nylon strings, a Planet Wave cable, and a trusty Levy’s guitar strap while he performs, bringing out a sharp and clear sound.…
Jennifer Trani and Chris Aiken stopped by the Acoustic Guitar booth at NAMM 2016 for a jam session on a pair of new Fender Paramount series models. Watch as they perform on “Paramountain Top,” Jen plays a Fender Paramount PM-1, and Chris uses a Fender Paramount PM-3 Triple-0.
Watch as Brandon Schmidt of Cordoba Guitars demonstrates one of the new Master Series models, a reproduction of a vintage nylon-stringed classical/flamenco instrument made in 1931 by famed Madrid luthier Domingo Esteso. The back and sides are constructed of solid Palo Escrito (Mexican rosewood) and the top is either European…
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At Winter NAMM 2016, Collings displayed its tastefully sunburst single-O body 12-string model, complete with a European spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and mahogany neck. Watch the video for more info from Collings.
At Winter NAMM 2016, Fender released its Paramount Series, a new generation of performance models. Watch the video for more info from Fender Guitars.
When Cordoba Music Group bought the iconic Guild Guitar Co. last year, the California-based CMG quickly hired legendary builder Ren Ferguson as its VP of manufacturing and R&D and began setting up a new manufacturing factory in Oxnard. Ferguson was on hand at Winter NAMM 2016, where he unveiled Guild’s debut line of guitars…
At Winter NAMM 2016, Santa Cruz unveiled a one-of-a-kind ‘Ghost Oak’ and two other anniversary models to mark the company’s 40th year. The Ghost Oak is built from 8,000-year-old oak found in a sand pit in the Czech Republic, and 3,000-year-old Sitka Spruce found in Alaska’s newly thawed permafrost. Watch the…
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C.F. Martin & Co. unveiled a pair of stunning commemorative guitars on Jan. 21 at Winter NAMM 2016: the D-222 Anniversary Edition, marking the 100th birthday of the steadfast dreadnought; and the D-28 John Lennon 75th Anniversary model, an imaginative homage to the late Beatle. In addition, Martin introduced new…
At Winter NAMM 2016, Huss & Dalton released its new sinker mahogany-backed guitar, featuring wood that is more than 100 years old and was reclaimed from the rivers of Belize. Watch the video for more info from Jim Huss of Huss & Dalton.
At Winter NAMM 2016, Andrew White released three new Production Series guitar models, all named after goddesses: the Cybele (small body), the Eos (mid-size body), and the Freja (large body). Each is available in a variety of tonewoods, including solid spruce and jatoba, and at affordable street price as low as…
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At Winter NAMM 2016, Cort released the Frank Gambale Signature Model, an acoustic guitar created specifically with electric-guitar players in mind. It has an Adirondack spruce top, Australian blackwood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and, hmmm, are those crystals on the headstock? Acoustic Guitar magazine editor Greg Cahill caught up…
Guild Guitars Adds Quintet of Arched-Back Models to the Westerly Collection Five new affordable arched back models join Guild’s Westerly Collection. Guild’s first arched-back model appeared in the mid-1950s, a feature that’s become synonymous with the Guild brand ever since. Guild’s newest arched-back models are available in four classic body…
Meet Martin’s Custom Shop-OM True North-16 Limited to only 50 instruments, this orchestra model, seen to the left, features an ebony fingerboard, bridge and headplate, a solid Adirondack spruce top and exceptionally figured Koa back and sides, which produces a beautiful, well-balanced tone. The back features a spectacular compass design inlaid…
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Don Ruffatto, product manager at Gibson Guitars, got some AG editors behind the velvet rope Friday at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. And what they saw blew their minds. In this gallery, Ruffatto, shrouded in a purple glow much like Prince in Paradise, shows off Gibson’s one-of-a-kind Monarch Crown…
“I had some woods that were just too cool to feel worthy of working with.” So said Richard Hoover when AG associate editor Whitney Phaneuf — who’s also the editor of Ukulele magazine — visited the Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s booth at the 2016 Winter NAMM Show. Hoover’s company is celebrating its…
