In AG’s ongoing series of easy songs, singer-songwriter Maurice Tani teaches his arrangement of “Beautiful Dreamer.” Originally written in the key of Eb major, thi arrangement transposes it to the more guitar-friendly key of C, with just a handful of chords. You can see the sheet music in the January/February 2022 issue of Acoustic Guitar […]

Born in Houston, Carl Nichols took a winding road to the blues, passing through a long series of Baptist church gigs, Milwaukee bars, European cafés, and West African tours before returning to the States, breaking up his folk duo, and landing solo in Austin. Now billing himself as Buffalo Nichols, he’s writing songs that channel […]

Today we had a chance to sit down with Breedlove owner/founder, Tom Bedell – and what an amazing guy! Tom is passionate about protecting the forests and has a huge hand in what woods go into building his guitars and why! As you’ll hear in this video, Tom hopes to shift consumer standards by offering […]

We first visited the new Ferguson Guitar factory in February 2021. See that video here: https://youtu.be/SJL6Yo0mjaY – That video caught the eye of our first Ferguson guitar buyer! Our friend Bob knew he had to have one of the first Ren Ferguson guitars, so he flew out and got his first look at his new […]

Guitarist and educator Luke Edwards teaches you how to arrange Welsh music for fingerstyle guitar. Check out Edwards’ full lesson, which includes an arrangement of the traditional song “Men of Harlech,” in the January/February 2022 issue of AG, available at https://bit.ly/3kS2eBS. Related Video Posts Top Tonewood – Acoustic Guitar Anatomy Acoustic Cedar vs Spruce top […]

“I think it’s fun to play things that feel corny,” Hayden Pedigo says of composing “Tints of Morning,” a song off of his new record, Letting Go. Pedigo‘s instrumental fingerstyle pieces are more melodic and introspective than you might expect from a young, self-deprecating Texan. You can feel a sense of exploration in Pedigo‘s playing; […]