From Gospel Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar | BY STEVE BAUGHMAN What is it about hymns and gospel music that so engages us across philosophical lines? Surely it is not their theology, for that does not explain their wide appeal to nonbelievers. In fact, sometimes the music speaks movingly despite the seeming implausibility of the message. It […]
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AG Live is a new, in-person workshop series hosted by Acoustic Guitar magazine in our Point Richmond, California studio. Get involved and learning with touring and local artist instructors, who you’ll recognize from the pages of our magazines, books, and beyond. Upcoming Events: Jazz guitarist and educator Ron Jackson will get guitarists improvising—regardless of style—using common scales like […]
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BY DOUG YOUNG | FROM THE MARCH/APRIL 2019 ISSUE OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR Whether you’d like to release an album, share music with friends, or just capture your practice sessions to evaluate your performance, recording is an important part of your musical journey. Although recording used to mean going to a studio, you can now achieve professional-quality […]
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BY ADAM PERLMUTTER (Video by Maurice Tani) | From the MARCH/APRIL 2019 Issue of Acoustic Guitar Few songs are as evocative of the ideal of the American West as “Home on the Range,” that old ode to frontier life. The original lyrics were penned by Brewster M. Higley, a doctor who moved to Kansas as a […]
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From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFF GUNN If you’ve ever paid any attention to the acoustic guitar parts in songs like “Roundabout” by Yes or “Black Mountain Side” by Led Zeppelin, then you’re no doubt familiar with the chiming sounds of harmonics. These ringing notes are called natural harmonics and are produced at certain nodes, […]
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From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY TONY MARCUS When you think of the Collings guitar company, one of the things that stands out is nonpareil workmanship. The new C100 is certainly no exception. Although it’s not a fancy guitar by any means, everything about it shouts “quality.” The mahogany back, sides, and neck and Sitka spruce […]
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From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Nick Drake achieved scant commercial success in his brief lifetime, but after he overdosed on antidepressants in his childhood bedroom in 1974, at the age of 26, the British singer-songwriter became a veritable cult hero, venerated equally by musicians, critics, and fans. His music has now long been […]
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From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY EDDIE SCHER Projecting the tone and dynamics of an acoustic instrument at volume shouldn’t be that difficult. But with sound reinforcement, it’s often the simplest things that are the biggest challenges. You can dial in your tone to perfection at home, but say hello to a drummer, or the rowdy […]
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From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JAMES ROTONDI (Video by James DePrato) The name Taylor has always evoked a particular sound—articulation and clarity in the top end; plenty of supportive low-end information, top-notch tuning, intonation, and projection; and a bright harmonic richness in the overtones—that’s ideal for thick, overdubbed acoustic rhythms in the studio and detailed, open-sounding […]
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By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers In early January in New York City’s Greenwich Village, the Fender company offered a preview of its latest products, a few weeks before their official launch at the NAMM Show in southern California. On one side of the showroom was, as you might expect, a battery of electric guitars—the American Performer […]
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