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NEW AT ACOUSTICGUITAR.COM 
The November issue of Acoustic Guitar is on newsstands now. Access these features, articles, and lessons online: (To access special reader/subscriber features, including audio files and lessons, enter turkey when prompted.) TEXAS HEAT: Guitar fans always look for a midyear fix with the goodies introduced at the Summer NAMM show. Teja Gerken reports on some of the coolest guitars and accessories we found at this year's show in Austin, Texas. NEW GEAR: Gibson CJ-165. AG Music Editor Andrew DuBrock finds that this gorgeous, small-bodied jumbo guitar has balanced tones and lots of power. Hear how it sounds online. LUTHIER'S WORKBENCH: R. Taylor Guitars Bob Taylor’s manufacturing innovations have influenced the way acoustic guitars are built in virtually every other major factory. AG Gear Editor talks to him about the new R. Taylor line of small-production custom instruments. LESSONS AND MUSIC TO PLAY: (To access special reader/subscriber features, including audio files and lessons, enter turkey when prompted.)  Also in the November issue: T Bone Burnett talks about his return to songwriting, recording, and touring after producing hit albums for others and masterminding blockbuster film soundtracks; Adam Levy (Norah Jones’ guitarist) sits down with Kelly Joe Phelps for a feature fingerstyle lesson; Frank Ford shows you how to make your own pickguard; David Gans offers tips on how to be a successful and happy opening act; music to Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” and Bach’s Bourrée in E Minor; profiles of indie-folk singer-songwriter José González and rising Delta-blues star Slick Ballinger; new CD reviews-- Rosa Passos, Tony Gilkyson, Six Strings North of the Border: Volume 3, Imaginational Anthem, Volume Two, and more. Subscribers gain access to even more online features, including audio files and lessons, via the password included in each issue of Acoustic Guitar. www.acousticguitar.com Return to Top |
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THE 2006 GUITAR MAKER DIRECTORY 
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BULLETIN BOARD NEW DVDs AND BOOKS Alex de Grassi: The Six-String Workshop The popular and influential fingerstyle guitar master demonstrates his playing techniques and offers tips on tunings in this 57-minute DVD, with six musical performances, including “St. James Infirmary” and “Shortnin’ Bread.” (Troppo Records/Malone Media Group/Hal Leonard) www.halleonard.com Eric Roche: Tablature Collection #1 This spiral-bound set of nine tabbed-out pieces was in process when the phenomenal fingerstyle guitarist Eric Roche died at age 37 in September 2005 (see the February 2006 issue of Acoustic Guitar). His friend, collaborator, and fellow guitarist Thomas Leeb completed the challenging transcriptions, which include eight Roche originals (in mostly D A D G A D and C G D G B D tunings) plus a D A D G A D–arrangement of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” www.ericroche.com Return to Top |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING Benedetto Guitars Goes South Renowned archtop guitar maker Robert Benedetto (author of Making an Archtop Guitar, recently ended a licensing relationship with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and formed a new company, Benedetto Guitars, Inc., setting up shop in Savannah, Georgia. Production begins in December, and guitars coming out of the new facility will include one-of-a-kind acoustic archtops personally designed and constructed by Benedetto; such solid, carved archtop models as the Manhattan, Fratello, and La Venezia,; and the affordable Professional Series of laminated archtops and semi-hollow bodies, including the Bravo, Bambino, and Benny models. www.benedettoguitars.com Return to Top |
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UPCOMING IN ACOUSTIC GUITAR 
December: A feature lesson with blues master Taj Mahal; Kris Kristofferson talks about 40 years of songwriting; Teja Gerken visits the Gibson Montana factory and workshop; a remembrance of the late Irish guitar innovator Mícheál Ó Domhnaill; a Private Lesson with Woody Mann; a report on the Newport Guitar Festival; how to replace your tuning machines, and more. January: Indigo Girls talk about how they reconcile their creative differences in their seamless folk-rock songs; classical guitar legend Pepe Romero sits down for an exclusive feature lesson; Shawn Hammond takes a broad and insightful look at guitar accessories and their uses; plus music to the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” and Chet Atkins’ “My Town”; a profile of “trance blues” singer/guitarist Otis Taylor, and more. Return to Top |
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