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Lucinda Williams on the cover of the September/October 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine

The September/October 2021 issue is out!

Buy the latest issue here (or sign up for an annual subscription and get this issue as a digital edition free, so you can start reading right away!) From Adam...

The September/October 2021 issue is out!

Buy the latest issue here (or sign up for an annual subscription and get this issue as a digital edition free, so you can start reading right away!) From Adam...

Changes to our shipping rates

Changes to our shipping rates

We asked for your feedback about the store … And we heard you loud and clear - shipping and handling charges are the number one thing you want us to...

Changes to our shipping rates

We asked for your feedback about the store … And we heard you loud and clear - shipping and handling charges are the number one thing you want us to...

New Book Release: Roots and Blues Fingerstyle G...

The latest collaboration between Acoustic Guitar and blues guitar expert Steve James is now available. Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar Explorations is a comprehensive guitar method, songbook, and narrative anthology.

New Book Release: Roots and Blues Fingerstyle G...

The latest collaboration between Acoustic Guitar and blues guitar expert Steve James is now available. Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar Explorations is a comprehensive guitar method, songbook, and narrative anthology.

How to Play the Blues Like Skip James

How to Play the Blues Like Skip James

Skip James used open D minor to create insistently repeating musical motifs, often based on just one or two chords, for hypnotic effect. Use the song "Devil Got My Woman"...

How to Play the Blues Like Skip James

Skip James used open D minor to create insistently repeating musical motifs, often based on just one or two chords, for hypnotic effect. Use the song "Devil Got My Woman"...

Play Like Mississippi John Hurt

Play Like Mississippi John Hurt

Hurt’s guitar accompaniments were generally short and melodic, but he hardly ever played two consecutive verses exactly the same way. In demonstrating his style of playing, John Sebastian, the jug...

Play Like Mississippi John Hurt

Hurt’s guitar accompaniments were generally short and melodic, but he hardly ever played two consecutive verses exactly the same way. In demonstrating his style of playing, John Sebastian, the jug...

Playing Tambor

Playing Tambor

In this excerpt from Alex de Grassi Fingertstyle Guitar Method, Alex de Grassi talks about the percussive qualities that a guitar's body has and how to achieve those sounds.

Playing Tambor

In this excerpt from Alex de Grassi Fingertstyle Guitar Method, Alex de Grassi talks about the percussive qualities that a guitar's body has and how to achieve those sounds.