Archive for January, 2022


Learn to Play Rock-Solid Rhythm Guitar

Cathy Fink playing acoustic guitar

In this guitar lesson you will focus on tightening up your timing on rhythm guitar using a variety of different strumming rhythms.

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Watch Pete Madsen Demo a 2016 Eberhardt Jumbo

Pete Madsen playing an Eberhardt Jumbo Guitar

Based in San Juan Capistrano, California, Tim Eberhardt offers several models; this Jumbo pairs pale flamed maple with Sitka spruce to produce a big, complex sound.

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Guitar Basics: How to Build Scales on Acoustic Guitar, Part I (Major Scales)

Gretchen Menn seated with acoustic guitar

In this acoustic guitar lesson, Gretchen Menn breaks down the basics of scale formation and shows you how to apply that knowledge to the fretboard.

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Watch Mimi Fox Play “Mr. White‘s Blues” on a 1994 Hollenbeck Simplicity

mimi fox plays a 1994 hollenbeck simplicity

This archtop guitar was handmade in Bill Hollenbeck’s Illinois shop in 1994 as part of his Simplicity series. It’s one of 20 awesome guitars in our February 2022 auction.

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Gibson Generation Collection | Amythyst “Wild Turkey”

Gibson Generation Collection | Amythyst “Wild Turkey”

Sponsored by Gibson: Rolling Stone partnered with Gibson for an exclusive interview and live performance with Amythyst Kiah using her Gibson Generation Collection G-45 at the Gibson Garage. In this live performance, Amythyst performs “Wild Turkey.” Introducing the Generation Collection featuring the exclusive Gibson Player Port™ for a new sonic experience. Inspired by a 1964 […]

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Watch Bruce Sadownick Demo a 1935 Dobro Model 37 Squareneck

Bruce Sadownick with a 1935 Dobro across his lap

“I’ll admit that I had expected this 1935 Model 37 Dobro to have more of an old-school, swampy sound… Instead, I was stunned by how modern and responsive this beauty sounded.”

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“Tangled Up in Blue,” Bob Dylan’s Apparently Unfinished Masterpiece

Bob Dylan holds a guitar in a promotional photo from Columbia Records

One of eight different takes on ‘The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14,’ this version of Bob Dylan’s “Tangled up in Blue” is intimate and intense and features just Dylan and bassist Tony Brown.

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Watch Gretchen Menn Play “Going to California” on a 1997 Santa Cruz D

Video demo of a 1997 Santa Cruz D

Watch Gretchen Menn, member of the popular Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella, play “Going to California” on a 1997 Santa Cruz D.

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Kenny Hill’s State-of-the-Art Modern Legacy Model Classical Guitar

Kenny Hill Legacy model classical guitar

This 2019 Kenny Hill Modern Legacy classical guitar, the luthier’s main guitar for his own playing, is a prime example of his company’s top-tier offerings.

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Gearing Up: A Guide to Old-School Blues Guitars and Their Modern Counterparts

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From the December 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY STEVE JAMES “Right on Beale Street there, I bought my Stella. Paid $11 for it. It was hangin’ in a window. Played it ’til it wore out.” Joe Callicott was talking to blues historian Gayle Dean Wardlow about the instrument he used at the Memphis sessions of 1929 and ’30, […]

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