Acoustic Guitars

Check out the Veillette Guitars Flyer, a "big-sounding" acoustic guitar ideal for traveling or touring. According to Veillette, the Flyer’s tone is bursting with personality, with an intriguing blend of acoustic flavors, combining flattop, jazz archtop, resonator, and Macaferri-style elements.   

Along with its Great Martin String Challenge promotion, Martin Guitar announced the addition of several new string sets to its Martin SP Lifespan line of acoustic guitar strings. The new strings are engineered to provide rich, balanced tone and, as their name implies, the longest lifespan possible.  

Stay tuned to Martin Guitar's news feed later this month, when the guitar maker officially debuts its new models at Summer NAMM. The company will show the OM-42 Tasmanian Blackwood NAMM Show Special (the “Show Stopper”), the DC-15ME and 000-15SM models in the Martin 15 Series, and the HD-28MP and D-35MP.  

After more than 161 years of using its headstock configuration, Martin Guitar announced the official trademark of that same headstock -- its shape, design, everything. From now on, no copycats will be allowed. Pass it on.  

Alasdair MacLean always wanted an excuse to get a nice Spanish classical. His band withLupe Núñez-Fernández, Amor De Dias, provided the pretext. He owns an Alhambra 4P.  

We never thought we'd see the day when the GW editors saw fit to review a [FREEDOM] guitar, but I guess now we've seen everything. The LÂG T200ACE Acoustic-Electric Guitar has its origins in [FREEDOM], but don't let the fact that a bunch of [FREEDOM]-loving [FREEDOM]men wearing [FREEDOM]s, popping open bottles of [FREEDOM] and dipping their [FREEDOM]s into bowls of melted [FREEDOM] made this budget-priced axe dissuade you from checking out our review. It might just change the way you feel about [FREEDOM].  

Joe Selby hadn't, when we spoke with him, played his new Larrivee LV-03RE live. Nor had he recorded with it. But he is looking forward to doing both.  

With more outputs than you can shake a dead cat at, the Epiphone Masterbilt Advanced Jumbo AJ-500RENS is a low-cost recording acoustic with a cornucopia of tonal options. And seriously, that cat is dead to me.  

For those who scoff when they see "Made in Mexico" stamped on an instrument: perhaps the Taylor 214ce will make you reconsider your prejudices. Gearwire contributing reviewer and former EM editor Mike Levin scrutinized this relatively affordable acoustic-electric axe for a Gearwire Pro Review. Find out if his horizons were widened or negative suspicions confirmed.  

Kick back with the updated and improved Earth 100 acoustic by Cort Guitars, The enhanced Earth 100 now offers upgraded multiple abalone rosette inlays, updated body and neck binding, advanced scalloped X-bracing, and genuine bone nut and saddle.  

Is there a guitar that's easier to record than a Martin HD-28? Owen ponders this while jamming softly on said axe in the comfort of his sitting room. Some days are just made for rumination.  

Taylor Guitars announced its Spring Limiteds collection of acoustic guitars made featuring mahogany, walnut, and Macassar ebony. The guitars offer a range of styles and tones, from vintage Americana to super earthy and woodsy to fingerstyle fresh.  

Twenty-six hundo is a lot of scratch to pay for a guitar, but sometimes you really do get what you pay for. Is the Martin HD-28 an exemplar of this axiom, or are you investing in an Elvis Presley commemorative plate, metaphorically speaking?  

Recording King released the RD-316, a classy yet affordable acoustic guitar featuring an Adirondack top and nitrocellulose finish. Call it what you want, but Recording King calls the guitar the King of Value.  

Sure, the guitars deisgned by Bob Taylor have become insanley popular over the past few decades, but if you're a responsible skeptic like the folks at Gearwire you'll question whether it's because they're in fact superior instruments or if the masses have fallen for the well-oiled Taylor hype-machine. Known gear-skeptic Mike Levine levels his scrutiny at the top-selling Taylor 614ce Acoustic-Electric to find out.  

Listing the bands Gary Lucas has played with or releases he has played on would take up too much space. He worked with Captain Beefheart in the early 1980s and has two new projects of his own, Gods And Monsters and Wild Rumpus. His 1946 Gibson J-45 is is main acoustic.  

The Loar released its new LO-16 models -- affordable small body acoustic guitars offering a classic blues-box sound plus vintage-like looks. The LO-16 is available in your choice of finish, Natural or Black.  

Bruce Cockburn has been playing and recording music for decades. For the past several decades one of his primary guitars is a Manzer Custom Six String Cutaway. The guitar was made by Luthier, Linda Manzer.  

We've already tackled the Bedell MB-17-G in words, now Owen takes this formidable mid-priced acoustic guitar to task on video. Catch it in — and Owen's impressively disorganized apartment — in action in this video demo.  

In his latest hands-on review, Gearwire's own Owen O'Malley demos one of Bedell's Orchestra model acoustic guitars. Hilarity ensues. Not really. But if you're in the market for a new acoustic built by Two Old Hippies, you'll want to read on. Peace, love, and tonewoods, dude.  

Finlay Morton wanted to rent some guitars while touring the West Coast of the United States. Instead Collings Guitars lent him a pair. He has been hooked on them ever since, especially his D1.  

Yeah the iPad's touchscreen is awesome, but it comes up a little short when performing actual music using the multitude of synth / keyboard apps. The Akai SynthStation 49 is here to fix all that.  

They're the makers of many players' first acoustic, but with their new A-Series Acoustic-Electric guitars, Yamaha might now be the makers of your second, third. . . maybe even your last acoustic guitar. Though I suppose that's a little morbid for a marketing strategy.  

You know that thing that Homeland Security was supposed to do for the disparate US federal security agencies? Line 6 actually does that with their POD HD series and the tzar-like control it can exact over the Line 6 Variax and Line 6 DT50 tube guitar combo.  

Every rose has its thorn, every night has its dawn, and now every Bret Michaels fan can own their own Dean Bret Michaels Signature Guitar, be they electric or acoustic players.  

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Sing Out!, Martin Guitar announced two new Custom Artist Edition guitars: the 6-string Martin JSO! Sing Out Pete Seeger and the 12-string Martin J12SO! Sing Out Pete Seeger. Only 120 of these Custom Artist Edition guitars will be made.  

Martin's D-15M acoustic has all the quality, tone, and playability you expect from a legendary guitar manufacturer, but when you see the price, you might be surprised. Adam Perlmutter tells you all about this budget-friendly axe in his in-depth review.  

First introduced in 1974 and called "Country's Gold," the reintroduced Rotosound Super Bronze acoustic guitar strings retain the 'contact core' design while doing away with the name that made them sound like a Twinings pekoe breakfast blend.  

The Taylor ES-Go is both Taylor-made and tailor-made for the Taylor GS Mini compact acoustic guitar. We swear we're not just stuffing our copy with keywords for search purposes male enhancement.  

Gunter Woodson, one fourth of the Texas band, Long Woodson, plays a very special Gibson 1962 LG-1 Acoustic. Or, more accurately, now that he is grown-up, he plays it when writing or in the studio.