Archive for November, 2021


Meet the Compact, All-Solid Taylor AD22e

Meet the Compact, All-Solid Taylor AD22e

Sponsored by Taylor Guitars: The latest addition to Taylor’s American Dream Series, the AD22e is a Grand Concert acoustic-electric guitar made with solid sapele back and sides, a mahogany top, and V-Class bracing, all available at an exceptional value for everyday musicians. Blending rich projection and sustain with a warm, punchy midrange response, this model […]

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How to Strengthen Your Picking Skills Through Efficient Patterns

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In this guitar lesson you’ll learn economy picking, which includes alternate and sweep picking styles, as well as legato techniques for your fretting fingers.

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Open Tuning Lesson: How to Play the Blues in DADGAD

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In this lesson, I’ll show you some fingerpicking exercises based on some of my blues in DADGAD ideas.

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Why Isn’t My Acoustic Guitar Intonating Well, and What Can I Do About It?

compensated bridge on acoustic guitar

Here are some things to check if you notice something is outside of the reasonable range of intonation on your guitar and it’s off enough to bother the ear.

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Review: Breedlove Pursuit Exotic S Concert Edgeburst CE Features Sustainable Tonewoods

Breedlove Pursuit Exotic S Concert Edgeburst CE side view

The Breedlove Pursuit Exotic S Concert Edgeburst CE, constructed with responsibly-sourced woods, is an attractive and well-made guitar at a reasonable price.

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New from Santa Cruz Guitar Company: Baritone Parabolic Tension Strings

New from Santa Cruz Guitar Company: Baritone Parabolic Tension Strings

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 acoustic baritones. Santa Cruz Strings are engineered to do what others cannot, to put the exact tension on each individual string to create the appropriate download […]

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Jakob Dylan Uses His Trusty Gibson J-45 to Bring His Movie-like Songs to Life on the Wallflowers’ ‘Exit Wounds’

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Jakob Dylan’s new album with the Wallflowers, Exit Wounds, was written the help of his longest-serving songwriting partner, a mid-1960s Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar.

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New Joseph Spence Collection Is Full of Unreleased Folk Guitar Treasures

Joseph Spence performs Smithsonian-Folkways-by-Sam-Charters

“Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing” is the latest archival release of music by Joseph Spence—the late Bahamian folk guitarist.

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Guitar Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like R.L. Burnside

Guitar Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like R.L. Burnside

If you like your blues with funky drive, listening to and learning Burnside’s riffs and licks will get your mojo working. Learn to play in his raw percussive style.

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Guitar Review: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird

epiphone hummingbird pickguard

The street price on Epiphone’s “Inspired By Gibson” Hummingbird acoustic guitar? Just $799—and you get much of the vibe of its costlier Gibson counterparts.

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