acoustic guitar How to Ditch the Pick and Engage Your Strongest Digits for Powerful Fingerstyle Action Get inspired and expand your technique using this short lesson The Acoustic Guitar Player’s Guide to Using Fake Nails Once your nails are ready to roll, the power and flexibility of full fingerstyle will be literally at your fingertips Best Acoustic Guitar Amps: Top Acoustic Amplifiers And Preamp Pedals Step onstage with our top picks of the best acoustic guitar amps and preamp pedals from Boss, AER, LR Baggs, Fishman, and more Latest acoustic guitar John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Marty Friedman and Yngwie Malmsteen Didn't Rely Exclusively on Western Scales - so Why Should You? By Guitar Player Staff published 1 September 23 Add intriguing twists to your playing with the tonal flavors of the Far East, Middle East, Africa and beyond How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Free your thumb and fabulous fingerstyle will follow “When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic By Jimmy Leslie published 23 August 23 The “Transcendent Acoustic Superhero” explains how to free your mind and open the door to new creative possibilities using alternate tunings He Billed Himself as the “Paganini of the Guitar” While John Williams Called Him the “Greatest Guitarist/Composer of Any Time”: Here’s How Agustín Barrios Became a Guitar Legend By Jim Campilongo published 8 August 23 The Paraguayan sensation was a recording pioneer and remains one of the 20th century’s greatest guitar virtuosos and composers Four Easy Ways to Discover New Ideas on Acoustic Guitar By Jimmy Leslie published 8 August 23 Shake up your songwriting using these simple tips Make Your Tone Stand Out With These Seven Pro Tips on Guitar EQ By Craig Anderton published 4 August 23 Whether you want to improve tightness, clarity and articulation or add beef, brightness and sparkle, this short guide has you covered Guild Announces Top-of-the-Line D-55 70th Anniversary Acoustic Guitar By Rod Brakes published 27 July 23 This limited-edition flat-top appears as a Guild Special Run overseen by Master Luthier Chuck Sanzone Five Things You Should Know About Frets By Guitar Player Staff published 26 July 23 From shape, feel and tone to material, condition and replacement – here are the basics of guitar frets Watch "The Greatest One-Man Music Show in the World" Tommy Emmanuel And "Genius" Richard Smith’s Insane “Son of a Gun” Acoustic Guitar Duet By Rod Brakes published 14 July 23 Video This jaw-dropping studio rendition showcases the superlative talent of two of the world’s greatest acoustic pickers Video 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1“A lot of times when someone says, ‘They have good technique, but there’s something missing,’ what’s actually missing is part of the technique”: Paul Gilbert on the essentials of great guitar playing2“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed”3“When I heard Lindley play that, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life’”: All-star tribute show in honor of David Lindley, one of the greatest sidemen of all time, announced4“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success5“The chord progression in the Highway Star solo – Bm, to a Db, C, and then G – is a Bach progression”: Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Marty Friedman and Yngwie Malmsteen Didn't Rely Exclusively on Western Scales - so Why Should You? By Guitar Player Staff published 1 September 23 Add intriguing twists to your playing with the tonal flavors of the Far East, Middle East, Africa and beyond
How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips
Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out By Jimmy Leslie published 29 August 23 Free your thumb and fabulous fingerstyle will follow
“When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic By Jimmy Leslie published 23 August 23 The “Transcendent Acoustic Superhero” explains how to free your mind and open the door to new creative possibilities using alternate tunings
He Billed Himself as the “Paganini of the Guitar” While John Williams Called Him the “Greatest Guitarist/Composer of Any Time”: Here’s How Agustín Barrios Became a Guitar Legend By Jim Campilongo published 8 August 23 The Paraguayan sensation was a recording pioneer and remains one of the 20th century’s greatest guitar virtuosos and composers
Four Easy Ways to Discover New Ideas on Acoustic Guitar By Jimmy Leslie published 8 August 23 Shake up your songwriting using these simple tips
Make Your Tone Stand Out With These Seven Pro Tips on Guitar EQ By Craig Anderton published 4 August 23 Whether you want to improve tightness, clarity and articulation or add beef, brightness and sparkle, this short guide has you covered
Guild Announces Top-of-the-Line D-55 70th Anniversary Acoustic Guitar By Rod Brakes published 27 July 23 This limited-edition flat-top appears as a Guild Special Run overseen by Master Luthier Chuck Sanzone
Five Things You Should Know About Frets By Guitar Player Staff published 26 July 23 From shape, feel and tone to material, condition and replacement – here are the basics of guitar frets
Watch "The Greatest One-Man Music Show in the World" Tommy Emmanuel And "Genius" Richard Smith’s Insane “Son of a Gun” Acoustic Guitar Duet By Rod Brakes published 14 July 23 Video This jaw-dropping studio rendition showcases the superlative talent of two of the world’s greatest acoustic pickers
