
Letter from the Managing Editor | Happy Camper
What started as a way to go beyond the printed page and connect readers with some of the top players and instructors in the guitar universe has grown into a vibrant online community

What started as a way to go beyond the printed page and connect readers with some of the top players and instructors in the guitar universe has grown into a vibrant online community

The acoustic guitar remains relevant because of the people who continue to do meaningful work with it. That’s why we make this magazine: to document and celebrate that work, and to keep the conversation going between musicians, makers, and listeners.
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Introducing Acoustic Guitar Couch Camp—a virtual retreat featuring workshops, performances, and community.

This songbook includes full guitar parts in standard notation and tablature, with lyrics, plus the stories behind 20 of Steve’s original songs.

If there’s a thread running through this issue, it’s not reinvention for its own sake, but the idea that familiar forms still hold new meaning.
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The guitar summer camp is an unparalleled musical experience. You get the chance to immerse yourself in music, guided by knowledgeable and supportive teachers, in the company of likeminded enthusiasts, far from the distractions of your daily routine.

Will Ackerman’s solo guitar piece “I Had to Go There” is in a rare tuning: F C Eb Ab C Eb. The guitarist invites you to give song’s tuning a try and share what you discover.

The editors of Acoustic Guitar want to know: What are your guitar goals? We are working on an episode of the Acoustic Guitar Podcast about New Year’s Resolutions and Guitar Playing.
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We want to know what's special about your local music store. Please tell us where you live, the name of your local shop, and why you like shopping there. Your response may be used in an upcoming piece from Acoustic Guitar.

Thomas Ripsam brings an impressive business pedigree to Nazareth. He has a long career in finance and is also an avid musician who has built acoustic guitars.

What we learned from a survey of nearly 900 readers was fascinating, informative, sobering, and ultimately, inspiring
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The Acoustic Guitar editors are preparing a special feature on readers’ experiences during COVID-19. We’d love to hear about how you’ve been dealing with the pandemic from a musical perspective. Select responses will appear in the November/December 2020 issue (and online), and we’d love for you to be part of the feature.…

Martin Guitars has announced that CEO Chris Martin IV will retire in July 2021 after leading the company for more than 30 years.

The MI industry, like almost all business during this time of self-quarantine and enforced stay-at-home orders, is in virtual shutdown mode, at least from a production standpoint. There are, however, numerous companies whose factories continue to operate—and it’s not because the production of instruments, strings, straps, and other gear and…

Let's just enjoy a few examples of this man's genius; he truly put his heart and soul into every song he wrote and sang
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'Acoustic Guitar' is here for you and we're working as hard as ever to to give you the information, instruction, and inspiration you expect from us.

Not long ago, Jim D’Addario, Chairman of the Board and Chief Innovation Officer of D’Addario & Company, Inc., began to feel guilty that most of the guitars in his 50-instrument collection were being neglected. D’Addario decided to pair with Reverb to sell an initial batch of 14 of these guitars.

It’s time to celebrate Acoustic Guitar’s 30th year!
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Adam Perlmutter, long-time contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, has been named Editor, succeeding the magazine’s founder, David Lusterman, effective immediately. Adam has been a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar since 2008 and became the magazine’s full-time Music Editor in 2014; he has written more than 260 articles, reviews, and song…

The Acoustic Guitar editors are preparing our annual “Gear of the Year” coverage and we need your help! We’d like to hear from you about what you’ve purchased, what you’re using, and what you’d like to see from us in the future. Our Top Gear of 2019 report will appear…

In April 2019, we surveyed Acoustic Guitar audience members to find out which songs to publish in Acoustic Guitar magazine. More than 2,000 guitarists responded and not surprisingly, suggested more than 1,600 different songs! We winnowed that list down to a more manageable number based on the frequency of mentions.…
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On September 1, 2018 C. F. Martin & Company became the first player in the musical instrument industry to receive a respected certification that it meets standards set for how a company treats its employees, the community, and the environment.

The other day, Adam Levy told a roomful of students that they ought to buy some drum kits and learn to play them. Taken out of context, this would hardly seem like unusual advice, but Levy, a contributing AG writer and ace guitarist, singer-songwriter, sideman, and educator, was in fact…

The bankruptcy filing does not mean the end of the celebrated guitar maker. A Chapter 11 bankruptcy, like the one filed by Gibson Brands, Inc., is a way for the company to not die.
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C.F. Martin & Company’s Nazareth, Pennsylvania, factory has long been a mecca for acoustic guitarists, and earlier this winter, Vintage Instruments, in downtown Philadelphia, became a Martin annex of sorts.