Red Label Guitars from Yamaha pay tribute to the original guitars from the 1960s featuring the new A.R.E. Wood Torrefication, all solid wood construction, and the Atmosfeel pickup system making this a great sounding guitar either acoustic or plugged in! BUY NOW: Yamaha FSX5 Made in Japan Reissue (422A) GUITAR SPECS: 1960s aesthetics and modern […]

In this exclusive lesson, acoustic guitar legend Happy Traum looks back on his long musical life, teaching what he learned from the bluesman Brownie McGhee, the accompaniments he played with Bob Dylan, and much more. Be sure to follow along using the notation in AG’s November/December issue, available at https://bit.ly/3yXU7b9. Related Video Posts Top Tonewood […]

What is flatpicking on guitar? Sure, it involves playing with a pick, but it’s a little bit more involved with that. Flatpicking is a specific acoustic guitar style, heard primarily in the bluegrass and folk genres, of playing individual notes with a pick to form melodies, solos, and fills. Here’s everything you need to learn […]

The all-new Custom Shop 000-28 1937 rewards players with the sonic superiority of Martin’s Authentic Series and the everyday practicality of a workhorse guitar. Regarded as the cornerstone of performance, Martin’s highly prized 1937 models set the benchmark for generations of instruments that followed. This guitar sports time-tested features like Authentic bracing, hide glue and […]

In this lesson, part of AG’s popular Weekly Workout series, guitarist John W. Warren teaches how to improvise using aspects of a Francisco Tárrega classical guitar etude as source materials. See Warren’s full lesson, including notation and tablature, in the November/December issue, available at https://bit.ly/3BYQW4K. Related Video Posts Top Tonewood – Acoustic Guitar Anatomy Acoustic […]

Eleanor Buckland, of the boundary-pushing folk-rock trio Lula Wiles, goes solo with a righteous musical intensity. For this Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place Buckland performs two new songs from her debut album, You Don’t Have To Know. First, Buckland plays “Static” on her beloved 1954 Martin 00-17, and she explains the genesis of the song, […]

Since Gibson released its new Generation Collection, we’ve received many requests for a comparison of the G-00 to a Standard L-00. Same body shapes, but very different tones. Which one would you choose? SEE THE SELECTION: Gibson Acoustics ONLINE LESSONS with Music Villa’s GUITAR PASS: https://guitarpass.com MORE INFO: Give us a call at (406) 290-9390 […]

In this lesson, fingerstyle master Doug Young teaches a range of fingerstyle approaches, from classical and flamenco to bossa nova and percussive stylings. Check out Young’s full feature, which includes both standard notation and tablature, online here: https://acousticguitar.com/learn-fingerstyle-acoustic-guitar-essentials/ or in the November/December issue of AG, for sale now at https://bit.ly/3yXU7b9. Related Video Posts Top Tonewood […]