Acoustic Guitar Trade, 11/14/08

		NOVEMBER 14, 2008
• Business Happenings • New Products in Brief • Acoustics at Auction • Gear Review: Taylor GS6-12 • Luthier's Workbench • Calendar • Quick Links • Contact Us • SPONSOR: The String Cleaner ..................................... Search the Acoustic Guitar Website: • Lessons • Gear • Players • Search ..................................... Acoustic Guitar Trade: • Subscribe • Archive	The monthly newsletter that keeps you current on the people, products, and developments in the acoustic guitar market.	................................................. ACOUSTIC GUITAR ALL ACCESS Subscribe to Acoustic Guitar All Access and get unlimited access to acousticguitar.com today! Log in to enjoy our exclusive articles, gear reviews, player profiles, and audio and video enhanced lessons. Register now ................................................. The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method By David Hamburger Learn the two most essential fingerstyle approaches for playing American roots music: Travis picking and the steady-bass style. In each lesson, you’ll learn new techniques, concepts, and chord voicings and ways to practice and get them under your fingers. [Buy now] Christmas Songs for Beginning Guitar By Peter Penhallow Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of traditional easy-to-play holiday classics. [Buy now] For single copies, shop acousticguitar.com/books Dealer inquiries

	CALTON CASES SETS UP PRODUCTION IN NEW BRUNSWICK Calton Cases, which was sold in June of 2008 by longtime owners Al Williams and Trudy Graham to Jim Laffoley of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, is nearing completion of its new 5,200-square-foot facility in Moncton. The company will soon transfer administrative operations from Calton’s old Calgary facility to the Moncton factory, where production is already underway. Once all operations are in place, Calton plans to introduce several new designs including some using Kevlar and carbon fiber. caltoncases.com MONTREAL GUITAR SHOW GOES ELECTRIC The Montreal Guitar Show will expand in 2009 with the addition of a hall dedicated to manufacturers of high-end electric guitars, amplifiers, and effects. The show, which coincides with the Montreal Jazz Festival, has previously been dedicated exclusively to acoustic, Gypsy-style, and archtop guitars. salondeguitaredemontreal.com.
	Giveaway: Cole Clark

	Taylor's Fall Limited guitars—which feature GA, GC, and GS models crafted in Mexican cocobolo/Hawaiian koa and a koa/cedar 714ce—are now available. Dealers can be located via the Taylor website. Sierra Guitars of Charleston, South Carolina—which offers a line of guitars ranging from from dreads to classicals and travel guitars—introduced two new models, the SDS55CETS Sierra Alpine acoustic-electric dreadnought in Vintage Sunburst and the SAS30CEM in Natural Satin. On the portable recording front, TASCAM announced the DP-004 Digital Pocketstudio, which will hit stores this month with an estimated street price of $199. Yamaha meanwhile expands its Pocketrak line with the new Pocketrak CX, which features an upgraded stereo microphone system better suited for recording live music than previous Pocketrak models.

	SOLD AT SKINNER, BOSTON, OCTOBER 12, 2008 1922 Martin 00-42 – Serial No. 17400, sold for $15,405 1926 Martin O-18 – Serial No. 25480, sold for $2,489 1949 Herman Carlson Levin Archtop—sold for $4,148 SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 10, 2008 1994 Martin Gene Autry Commemorative D-45GA – Serial No. 535404, sold for $25,000 2000 Martin 000-17 Prototype – Serial No. 773693, sold for $3,000 2000 Martin D-45 Golden Era Prototype, Brazilian rosewood back and sides – Serial No. 730057, sold for $16,250

	TAYLOR GS6-12 Acoustic Guitar reviews an elegant and easy-to-play 12-string that oozes style and quality. With video. [more]

	KEN PARKER ARCHTOPS Innovative archtops from the inventor of the Parker Fly electric guitar. With video. [more]

	January 10–11, 2009 CALIFORNIA WORLD GUITAR SHOW San Rafael, California txshows.com January 15–19, 2009 WINTER NAMM Anaheim, California namm.org January 16, 2009 ACOUSTIC CAFÉ Anaheim, California acousticguitar.com/acousticcafe April 1–4, 2009 MUSIKMESSE FRANKFURT Frankfurt, Germany musik.messefrankfurt.com July 3–5, 2009 MONTREAL GUITAR SHOW Monreal, Quebec, Canada salondeguitaredemontreal.com August 14–16, 2009 HEALDSBURG GUITAR FESTIVAL Healdsburg, California lmii.com/GuitarFestival October 13–16, 2009 MUSIC CHINA Shanghai, China messefrankfurt.hk

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