Taylor® Guitars recently introduced a brand-new body shape — The Grand Pacific. The new acoustic guitar is developed by master guitar designer Andy Powers and utilizes Taylor’s new sonic engine, V-Class bracing. New Shape, New Sound The new round-shoulder dreadnought adds some variety to the Taylor lineup. Over time, the Grand Auditorium models have become Taylor’s most popular, synonymous […]
How To Play Acoustic Guitar Like Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one […]
An Introduction to Traditional Irish Guitar
GUEST POST – I thought I might offer a few words in this post about a guitar genre that rarely gets the spotlight outside of its own community of players, namely that of guitar accompaniment in traditional Irish music. Now when I say “traditional Irish music ” – or “trad” for short – I’m referring […]
One Click Tuner – A Minimalist Guitar Tuner App With Frequency Display
The One Click Tuner comes from the unlikely source of www.seqstat.com (short for ‘Sequential Statistics’), a machine learning and algorithm-oriented site run by PhD researcher Josh Day. Not exactly your typical guitar tuner background… One Click Tuner By Joshua DayPrice: $3.99iOS App Store Only Dr. Day created and released the One Click Tuner because he […]
Album Review: “Portrait” by Tal Arditi
Tal Arditi will comfort you and challenge you. His use of traditional jazz forms, his inherent groove, and clean guitar playing will keep you nodding along. But his alternate time signatures, extended forms, and tonal choices will keep your brain on the edge of it’s seat. Tal Arditi is a jazz guitarist and composer from […]
Fender Takes Sonic Innovation To New Heights With California-Made American Acoustasonic™ Series
Hybrid Acoustic/Electric Telecaster® Transforms Live Performance Possibilities with Ten Guitars in One. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22, 2019 — Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today unveiled the first in a new generation of American-made acoustic guitars – available for purchase beginning this week at dealers and on Fender.com. Dubbed the American Acoustasonic Series Telecaster, this powerful guitar embodies the […]
