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editor's note
Mar 01, 2009; ... Several years ago, I was with a few Acoustic Guitar colleagues in Nashville, visiting Cotten Music, a great little shop with a must-see collection of fine guitars in the Hillsboro Village area. In walks Guy Clark. He greets Darcy Cotten and Kim Sherman, the proprietors of Cotten Music, and ...
music notation key
Mar 01, 2009; ... Guitar tunings are given from the lowest (sixth) string to the highest (first) string; standard tuning is written as E A D G B E. Arrows underneath tuning notes indicate strings that are altered from standard tuning and whether they are tuned up or down. In standard notation, small ...
mailbag
Mar 01, 2009; ... december My only problem with your "Great Guitar Towns" article is that it wasn't much news that New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, Austin, and so on are great guitar towns (that's quite obvious). What might be of more interest would be an article on towns that are less known or ...
Sing Me Back Home
Mar 01, 2009; ... Words and music by Merle Haggard In 1957, Merle Haggard was part of a small crew that botched a burglary by getting drunk and breaking into a restaurant at the wrong time - when it was still open! Haggard landed behind bars at San Quentin, and while he did hard time, he picked up the ...
Hotel Yorba
Mar 01, 2009; ... Words and music by Jack White Even if rock music were not slowly blinking out behind a new-millennium deluge of power-pop music, the White Stripes would probably still be something of an anomaly. There's something about the Stripes' stripped-down pairing of guitar and drums that speaks ...
Al Petteway
Mar 01, 2009; ... The fingerstylist discusses the relationship between Celtic and Appalachian music and shows us some funk grooves for good measure. Al Petteway is admired by fingerstyle guitarists for his melodic Celtic-tinged style, but the versatile player has an eclectic background that ranges from ...
Santa Cruz Model F Maple
Mar 01, 2009; ... Maple-bodied mini-jumbo is a remarkable evolution of an influential Santa Cruz design. When Santa Cruz Guitar Company cofounder Richard Hoover began building guitars in the mid-1970s, one of his early designs was an instrument that combined comfortable, compact curves akin to Gibson's ...
Recording King ROS-626
Mar 01, 2009; ... Music Link pays homage to turn-of-the-century 000's with a 12-fret that's great for fingerstyle and vocal accompaniment. The original Recording King brand was conceived by the Montgomery Ward department store in the thick of the Great Depression. The retail pioneer's idea was simple: ...
Lowden Baritone
Mar 01, 2009; ... A low-tuned steel-string from Northern Ireland's guitar guru. Lowden guitars occupy a unique place in the pantheon of high-end flattops. With a loud and overtone-rich signature voice, unique construction details (including a split saddle and A-frame bracing of the upper bout), and a ...
new gear: IN THE STORES
Mar 01, 2009; ... Shadow Stompin' Bass * $239.95 * Amplifies percussive foot-stomping * Rosewood casing * Shadow Nanomag pickup * Powered by nine-volt battery * Includes carrying case * shadow-electronics.com Sierra Compass * $399 * ...
Find a Great Teacher
Mar 01, 2009; ... How to find the guitar guru who will help you reach your goals. No matter how much experience you have with the guitar, the right teacher can motivate you, zero in on your strengths and weaknesses, and help take your playing to the next level. But teachers are not "one size fits all." ...
Record Your Practice
Mar 01, 2009; ... Making an audio recording of your playing is a great way to double the effectiveness of your precious practice time. There's a well-worn philosophical riddle that asks, "If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound?" You can evaluate the event ...
Build a Guitar Warm-Up Routine
Mar 01, 2009; ... Stay loose and avoid injury by developing a warm-up routine for your fingers. Like it or not, playing the guitar is an athletic endeavor. Just like any sport or exercise, it can take a bit of playing time before you reach your "zone," so just as a runner stretches before sprinting, a ...
THE WANDERER RETURNS
Mar 01, 2009; ... In 1958, a 17-year-old singer with long, raven hair took the stage at Club 47 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she drew her repertoire from a bottomless pool of old folk tunes - the kinds of songs that would fill up her first albums when she started recording ...
I Am a Wanderer
Mar 01, 2009; ... Words and music by Steve Earle In an interview with the Times (London), Joan Baez said that she "never really [was] a songwriter." But as a song interpreter, she's at the head of the class. It's this trait that makes her pair- ing with Steve Earle's prodigious songwriting talents a ...
BUILDING TO PLAY
Mar 01, 2009; ... FIVE PROMINENT GUITARISTS WHO BUILD THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS. Sooner or later, most guitarists fantasize about owning a dream guitar that will perfectly complement their style, bring out the best in their playing, and satisfy their sense of visual and sonic aesthetics. This ideal instrument ...
DREADNOUGHT DIEHARDS
Mar 01, 2009; ... FIVE LUTHIERS WHO ARE GIVING TRADITIONALLY MINDED DREADNOUGHT PLAYERS A CUSTOM SHOP EXPERIENCE. Astroll through the exhibitors' booths at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival, Montreal Guitar Festival, Newport Guitar Festival, or any of the other gatherings that showcase the best in ...
All About Hide Glue
Mar 01, 2009; ... How the traditional adhesive is used in guitar construction and repair. Although hide glue has mostly been replaced by modern adhesives in factory-level guitar building, there has been a lot of talk about it lately among both luthiers and musicians. Hide glue never really went out of ...
Endorsement Deals
Mar 01, 2009; ... How pro players and manufacturers work together to promote the music and a brand. Working musicians are serious - OK, a bit obsessive - about the instruments and gear they use in the studio, onstage, and in the writing woodshed. V V And the companies that build that gear are equally ...
Brunner B-Small Cutaway
Mar 01, 2009; ... Swiss luthier Luke Brunner's love of woodworking was kindled the old-fashioned way when he started an apprenticeship in his father's furniture shop at the age of 16. Brunner built his first guitar for a contest a couple of years later, and in 1 995, at the ripe age of 21, he fused his interests ...