Acoustic Guitar Trade, 11/17/09

		NOVEMBER 17, 2009
• Business Happenings • New Products in Brief • Gear Review: L.R. Baggs Venue • Gear Feature: Seven Classicals Reviewed • Calendar • Quick Links • Contact Us ..................................... 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.	BECOME OUR FAN ON FACEBOOK! Join us on Facebook! ................................................. *ACOUSTIC GUITAR COMMUNITY* Join the *Acoustic Guitar Community* today! Meet fellow players, share video and audio files, join discussions, and keep up-to-date on all the happenings in the world of acoustic guitar. Check it out today! Already signed up? Log in ................................................. 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 ................................................. ACOUSTIC GUITAR BOOKS Acoustic Guitar Slide Basics By David Hamburger Bitten by the blues bug? If you have always wanted to explore the haunting sounds of acoustic slide guitar, or are looking to brush up on your bottleneck basics, this easy-to-follow, step-by-step CD lesson book will have you well on your way to mastering one of the great styles of American roots music. [Buy now] For single copies, shop AcousticGuitar.com/books Dealer inquiries

	ACOUSTIC GUITAR’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION UPDATE The Acoustic Guitar 20th anniversary party, Friday, January 15, 2010, in the Anaheim Hilton’s Avalon Ballroom in conjunction with the January NAMM show, will include music by the Watkins Family Hour, featuring Sean and Sara Watkins, formerly of Nickel Creek. AcousticGuitar.com GUITARS FOR THE TROOPS Since June 2009, Guitar Gallery has been donating guitars and other musical supplies to US soldiers who are part of Task Force Builder in Afghanistan. Donors include Galloup Guitars, Peet’s Coffee, and others. To help with Guitar Gallery’s effort, call Robin at (615) 672-7733 or e-mail info@guitargal.com, and to see photos of the troops with their new Washburn, Recording King, Larrivée, Takamine, and Galloup guitars, visit guitargal.com

	KEITH MCMILLEN BATT-O-METER Keith McMillen Instruments has released the Batt-O-Meter, the first battery tester designed for musicians. The Batt-O-Meter is a computer-controlled voltage- and current-measurement system that can test the state of 9-volt, 1.5-volt, and 3-volt batteries and estimate the number of hours of use left in the battery. keithmcmillen.com EPIPHONE ROY ORBISON ACOUSTIC 12-STRING SIGNATURE MODEL Epiphone Guitar has released a new limited-edition Roy Orbison 12-String Signature Model acoustic guitar. Produced in cooperation with the Orbison estate, the model is a faithful reproduction of the pop crooner’s 1962 Epiphone Bard 12-string, which he used to write many of his most well-known songs, including “Oh, Pretty Woman.” The new limited-edition model is constructed with a solid spruce top, hand-scalloped bracing, solid mahogany back, and rosewood bridge, and it includes a replica of Orbison’s signature on the back of the headstock along with notation for the first measure of the intro riff to “Oh, Pretty Woman.” epiphone.com

	L.R. BAGGS VENUE Acoustic Guitar reviews a multifunction preamp/DI that includes a powerful five-band EQ, notch filter, chromatic tuner, and volume-boost switch. With video. [More]

	SEVEN CLASSICAL GUITARS REVIEWED Traditionally built, student-level classical guitars ranging in price from $299 to $2,900. With video. [More]

	January 14–17, 2010 WINTER NAMM SHOW Anaheim, California namm.org March 24–27, 2010 MUSIKMESSE FRANKFURT Frankfurt, Germany musik.messefrankfurt.com April 16–18, 2010 NEWPORT GUITAR FESTIVAL, SOUTH FLORIDA Hollywood, Florida newportguitarfestivalmiamibeach.com July 2–4, 2010 MONTREAL GUITAR SHOW Montreal, Quebec, Canada montrealguitarshow.ca

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