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XBLUES SOLOING Lessons on how to add extra dimension and color to your blues leads. By Andrew DuBrock and Pete Madsen. DOWN THE DARK HIGHWAY On his new album, Steve Earle sings about America’s downtrodden with a folksinger’s passion. By Adam Levy. BLUES TOOLS Five working blues players on the guitars they count on for gigs, recording, and songwriting. By Teja Gerken. ACOUSTIC CLASSIC Bird on the Wire: Leonard Cohen. PRIVATE LESSON Contemporary Bluegrass Flatpicking: Courtney Hartman on playing fiddle tunes and using chord inversions as lead guitarist in the hot new bluegrass band Della Mae. By Orville Johnson. NEW GEAR Fender TPD-1: Mahogany and spruce dreadnought from new Fender Acoustic Custom Shop has a classic look and versatile tones. By Adam Perlmutter. D’Angelico EXL-1: Vintage re-creation with clean sound and classic styling redefines the affordable archtop. By Sean McGowan. IN THE STORES Capo Clips and Schertler Basik, with reviews of Graph Tech Ratio tuners and the Gretsch G9240 Alligator resonator guitar. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Trixie Whitley: The singer-songwriter and Black Dub vocalist gives in to the guitar. By Derk Richardson. SONGCRAFT Writing Songs with GarageBand: How Erin McKeown uses her Mac and iPhone to develop song ideas. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SHOPTALK Bamburg Guitars: Colorado luthier builds modern steel-string flattops in his one-man shop. By Teja Gerken. PLAYLIST WEEKLY WORKOUT Diminished Scales and Arpeggios: Learn how to play and solo with diminished-seventh arpeggios, scales, and patterns. By Sean McGowan. WOODSHED Hybrid Picking: How to get new sounds by blending flatpick and fingerstyle technique. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SONGBOOK Hear My Train a Comin: Jimi Hendrix. GREAT ACOUSTICS 1975 Gallagher 670M. By Teja Gerken. - See more at: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Magazine/Issues/249#sthash.NpGq7pil.dpuf 21 TIPS FOR BETTER ACCOMPANIMENT How to make your guitar parts more distinctive and deepen the impact of your songs. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. PATTY GRIFFIN After digging into gospel and touring with Robert Plant’s Band of Joy, the singer-songwriter returns with the all-original American Kid. By Derk Richardson. MICHAEL GURIAN From his days as a luthier in the 1960s and ’70s to running a successful parts factory, Michael Gurian has had a long and influential life in the guitar trade. By Orville Johnson. ACOUSTIC CLASSIC The River. Words and music by Bruce Springsteen. PRIVATE LESSON Traditional Folk Song Accompaniment: Jefferson Hamer on the flatpicking and hybrid-picking styles he uses to accompany folk ballads. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. NEW GEAR Gibson J-35: Gibson brings back a classic slope-shoulder, this time with stage-ready electronics. By Adam Levy. Boulder Creek ECGC-7VB: Stylish, affordable acoustic-electric with contemporary features. By Adam Perlmutter. Zoom A3: Clean, compact preamp provides myriad effects, modeling, and EQ to help you color and perfect your amplified sound. By Doug Young. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Aoife O’Donovan: The voice of Crooked Still and the Goat Rodeo Sessions steps out solo. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SONGCRAFT Painting Pictures: Ellis Paul shares tips and exercises that can help you sharpen your lyrics. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. THE BASICS Seventh Chords: Learn how to build major seventh, minor seventh, dominant seventh, and other seventh chords. By Andrew DuBrock. SHOPTALK Traugott Guitars: California solo guitar maker offers ultra high-end steel-strings. By Teja Gerken. PLAYLIST WEEKLY WORKOUT Ascending and Descending Slurs: These hammer-on and pull-off exercises will strengthen your hand and increase your finger independence. By Scott Nygaard. GREAT ACOUSTICS 1965 Goya T-18. By Teja Gerken. - See more at: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Magazine/Issues/250#sthash.N2qetXuh 21 TIPS FOR BETTER ACCOMPANIMENT How to make your guitar parts more distinctive and deepen the impact of your songs. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. PATTY GRIFFIN After digging into gospel and touring with Robert Plant’s Band of Joy, the singer-songwriter returns with the all-original American Kid. By Derk Richardson. MICHAEL GURIAN From his days as a luthier in the 1960s and ’70s to running a successful parts factory, Michael Gurian has had a long and influential life in the guitar trade. By Orville Johnson. ACOUSTIC CLASSIC The River. Words and music by Bruce Springsteen. PRIVATE LESSON Traditional Folk Song Accompaniment: Jefferson Hamer on the flatpicking and hybrid-picking styles he uses to accompany folk ballads. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. NEW GEAR Gibson J-35: Gibson brings back a classic slope-shoulder, this time with stage-ready electronics. By Adam Levy. Boulder Creek ECGC-7VB: Stylish, affordable acoustic-electric with contemporary features. By Adam Perlmutter. Zoom A3: Clean, compact preamp provides myriad effects, modeling, and EQ to help you color and perfect your amplified sound. By Doug Young. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Aoife O’Donovan: The voice of Crooked Still and the Goat Rodeo Sessions steps out solo. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SONGCRAFT Painting Pictures: Ellis Paul shares tips and exercises that can help you sharpen your lyrics. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. THE BASICS Seventh Chords: Learn how to build major seventh, minor seventh, dominant seventh, and other seventh chords. By Andrew DuBrock. SHOPTALK Traugott Guitars: California solo guitar maker offers ultra high-end steel-strings. By Teja Gerken. PLAYLIST WEEKLY WORKOUT Ascending and Descending Slurs: These hammer-on and pull-off exercises will strengthen your hand and increase your finger independence. By Scott Nygaard. GREAT ACOUSTICS 1965 Goya T-18. By Teja Gerken. BLUES SOLOING Lessons on how to add extra dimension and color to your blues leads. By Andrew DuBrock and Pete Madsen. DOWN THE DARK HIGHWAY On his new album, Steve Earle sings about America’s downtrodden with a folksinger’s passion. By Adam Levy. BLUES TOOLS Five working blues players on the guitars they count on for gigs, recording, and songwriting. By Teja Gerken. ACOUSTIC CLASSIC Bird on the Wire: Leonard Cohen. PRIVATE LESSON Contemporary Bluegrass Flatpicking: Courtney Hartman on playing fiddle tunes and using chord inversions as lead guitarist in the hot new bluegrass band Della Mae. By Orville Johnson. NEW GEAR Fender TPD-1: Mahogany and spruce dreadnought from new Fender Acoustic Custom Shop has a classic look and versatile tones. By Adam Perlmutter. D’Angelico EXL-1: Vintage re-creation with clean sound and classic styling redefines the affordable archtop. By Sean McGowan. IN THE STORES Capo Clips and Schertler Basik, with reviews of Graph Tech Ratio tuners and the Gretsch G9240 Alligator resonator guitar. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Trixie Whitley: The singer-songwriter and Black Dub vocalist gives in to the guitar. By Derk Richardson. SONGCRAFT Writing Songs with GarageBand: How Erin McKeown uses her Mac and iPhone to develop song ideas. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SHOPTALK Bamburg Guitars: Colorado luthier builds modern steel-string flattops in his one-man shop. By Teja Gerken. PLAYLIST WEEKLY WORKOUT Diminished Scales and Arpeggios: Learn how to play and solo with diminished-seventh arpeggios, scales, and patterns. By Sean McGowan. WOODSHED Hybrid Picking: How to get new sounds by blending flatpick and fingerstyle technique. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. SONGBOOK Hear My Train a Comin: Jimi Hendrix. GREAT ACOUSTICS 1975 Gallagher 670M. By Teja Gerken. - See more at: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Magazine/Issues/249#sthash.NpGq7pil.dpuf BLUES SOLOING Lessons on how to add extra dimension and color to your blues leads. By Andrew DuBrock and Pete Madsen - See more at: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Magazine/Issues/249#sthash.NpGq7pil.dp
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