Orangewood Guitars recently announced the launch of the Highland, a long-awaited all solid guitar collection to add to the lineup of Orangewood's high-quality and reasonably priced acoustic guitars. Orangewood describes the new line this …
Top 5 Best Acoustic Guitar Strings
The acoustic guitar is a very transparent instrument - what you play is what you hear. There’s not a lot of digital effects to hide behind. So choosing the best acoustic guitar strings is important. Now, you can go down the rabbit hole of obscure …
5 Tips to Get Your Acoustic Guitar Rig Organized
I’m attracted to the simplicity of acoustic guitar - just steel and wood, fingers and tone. There’s no hiding and, perhaps more importantly, there’s not many distractions. Just good, clean playing. And yet, even as acoustic players, we buy effects …
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Top 5 Delay Pedals for Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar
Acoustic fingerstyle guitar players use delay pedals to expand their sound and create unique sonic atmospheres. As with all guitar effects for acoustic guitar, a little goes a long way. But that little bit can be magical. Just to set the stage, …
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Taylor Guitars Launches New Round-shoulder Dreadnought: The Grand Pacific
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 …
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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 …
Best Fingerstyle Guitar Under $500
Modern fingerstyle guitar is typically played on a steel-string acoustic guitar. But acoustic guitars vary quite a bit in body shape (dreadnaught, jumbos, concerts, etc.) as well as features (cutaways, neck length, etc.). So which type is best for …
Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Awesome Acoustic Guitar T-Shirts That You Need (To Give Someone)
Because Christmas is coming. Because a birthday is coming. Because it's Saturday morning and you realized that you're worth it. Ten amazing t-shirts that will let your inner acoustic animal breathe. Guitar Is the Bacon of Music Buy On …
7 Popular Finger Picks to Clarify Your Fingerpicking
Finger picks brighten and clarify your fingerpicking. Using the flesh of your fingers to individually pick the strings usually creates a muted and muddy sound. But by attaching a plectrum to the end of each picking finger, each note is picked with …
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What Is Digital Signal Processing (DSP)? And What Does It Mean For Music?
Digital Signal Processing, or "DSP", is often referred to as a "feature" of modern audio equipment and music gear. Why is that important? Well, two reasons. One, it tells you how they're handling the audio signal - and the potential trade-offs …
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Orange Amps Releases Teleport: A Pedal That Brings Your App To Your Board
Orange Amplification brings back their 1970’s OMEC brand with a new product: the OMEC Teleport. The Teleport is a soundcard with a twist – in addition to being a studio-quality USB recording interface, it fits inside a guitar pedal – perfect for a …
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The 10 Best Effects Pedals for Fingerstyle Guitar (Yes, We Use Pedals Too.)
Effects pedals for fingerstyle guitar? Yes. Definitely. Acoustic guitar is typically a minimalist business. The truth, however, is that even a simple acoustic set up can benefit from a reverb, a stompbox tuner, a light delay....the list goes …
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Guitar Capo Guide: Styles & Recommended Models
A good guitar capo is integral to acoustic guitar life. The ability of capos to recreate luscious open chords in new keys is critical to the acoustic guitar's versatility. For example, if a singer wants to move the song up a key, it usually sounds …
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EarPeace HD: Make Sure You Never Lose Your Most Valuable Tools
I was recently jazzed to try out the EarPeace HD high fidelity hearing protection ear plugs. From Beethoven to Pete Townsend, the dreaded enemy of any of any musician is hearing loss. And while we typically think of huge Marshall electric guitar …
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