https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:03:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/carved-for-sound-how-the-acoustic-archtop-guitar-keeps-swinging/ https://acousticguitar.com/carved-for-sound-how-the-acoustic-archtop-guitar-keeps-swinging/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=148325 In this feature, we’ll trace the history of the acoustic archtop guitar—from its 19th-century origins and golden-era prominence to its postwar decline and modern-day revival.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/carved-for-sound-how-the-acoustic-archtop-guitar-keeps-swinging/feed/ 9 148325 https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-rare-1920s-clef-club-deluxe-guitar-banjo/ https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-rare-1920s-clef-club-deluxe-guitar-banjo/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146188 With its 16-inch head, this oversized instrument—Dubbed Big Head Joe by its owner, Dom Flemons—has all the punch and power you could want.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-rare-1920s-clef-club-deluxe-guitar-banjo/feed/ 2 146188 https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-mighty-1949-epiphone-emperor-archtop/ https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-mighty-1949-epiphone-emperor-archtop/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145677 The Emperor pictured here was made in late 1949, and has a carved spruce top, carved maple back, and extensive inlay work befitting such a fancy guitar.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/great-acoustics-a-mighty-1949-epiphone-emperor-archtop/feed/ 1 145677 https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-orchestra-model-went-from-a-flop-to-become-one-of-the-most-popular-guitar-types/ https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-orchestra-model-went-from-a-flop-to-become-one-of-the-most-popular-guitar-types/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145289 The first OMs were built by Martin in 1929, and today, almost every modern guitar builder inspired by the venerable company builds an OM of some kind.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/how-the-orchestra-model-went-from-a-flop-to-become-one-of-the-most-popular-guitar-types/feed/ 9 145289 https://acousticguitar.com/gibson-gb-bella-voce-guitar-banjo/ https://acousticguitar.com/gibson-gb-bella-voce-guitar-banjo/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=143271 With its extensively engraved gold-plated hardware, the Bella Voce (along with the equally fancy Florentine model) was the most expensive banjo in the Gibson catalog.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/gibson-gb-bella-voce-guitar-banjo/feed/ 0 143271