
Teja Gerken
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2 weeks ago |
acousticguitar.com | Emile Menasche |Teja Gerken |James Rotondi |Bob Doerschuk
March 1, 2025: It’s Billy Strings’ second consecutive packed-to-the-rafters show at the 17,000-capacity Bridgestone Arena in his adopted home of Nashville.
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3 weeks ago |
acousticguitar.com | Emile Menasche |Teja Gerken |David McPherson |Adam Perlmutter
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who passed away in 2023, left a legacy of great songs—and a remarkable collection of instruments. Among them, one stood apart: his Gibson B-45-12. Late last fall, this 12-string guitar was the top-selling item in a Heritage Auctions estate sale, going for $350,000 to a group of Canadian collectors. Over a career spanning more than 60 years, Lightfoot amassed dozens of fine acoustic guitars.
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Mar 16, 2025 |
acousticguitar.com | Teja Gerken |Doug Young |Greg Olwell |Greg Ruby
Amplifying an acoustic guitar can be a daunting task, often complicated by the very qualities that make a guitar sound great acoustically. After tackling this challenge for 50 years with a popular line of acoustic pickups, L.R. Baggs has taken a different approach: designing a guitar from the ground up for amplified performance.
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Mar 9, 2025 |
acousticguitar.com | Teja Gerken |Buck Curran |Greg Olwell
This article was first published in the December 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar. Luthier Bob Benedetto has established himself as one of the premier archtop makers in the business, and in 2008, he’s celebrating 40 years of building guitars. He spent his teen years playing guitar in various Italian-American dance bands around New Jersey but ultimately followed a fascination with his chosen instrument’s construction.
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Mar 2, 2025 |
acousticguitar.com | Teja Gerken |Roger Deitz |Karen Peterson |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
From the outside, the Music Emporium looks entirely unassuming: a small strip mall storefront next to a bagel shop in the quiet, leafy town of Lexington, Massachusetts. But open the door, and the sight would widen the eyes of any acoustic guitar aficionado: a bright, airy showroom with scores of Martin, Taylor, and Collings guitars on the wall, along with Santa Cruz, Froggy Bottom, Lowden, Atkin, and other boutique builders.
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