Letter from the Editor | Acoustic Guitar Issue 355

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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Tell your stories of guitar summer camp.

Tell ‘Acoustic Guitar’ Your Summer Camp Stories

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. 

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What Are Your Guitar Goals?

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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Martin Guitar CEO Thomas Ripsam works on scalloped bracing.

Martin Guitars Names New CEO

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.

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Tell Us About Your Musical Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.…

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How Music Companies Are Retooling to Help Fight COVID-19

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…

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The Official Jim D’Addario Reverb Store Opens

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.

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Adam Perlmutter Named Editor of Acoustic Guitar

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…

Tell Us About Your Favorite Gear of 2019

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…

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Adam Levy and Joe Gore

Adam Levy and Joe Gore Lead a Master Class in San Francisco

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…

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Gibson Files for Bankruptcy

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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