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Taylor Guitars' Andy Powers and Bob Taylor on pushing the envelope of acoustic design
As Taylor Guitars clocks up its 50th year in business, we talk to current CEO and master builder Andy Powers and co-founder Bob Taylor about the current state of the acoustic building industry
It may not be flashy, but Mike Dawes’ acoustic rig is truly mind-bending
A new album, a collaboration with Periphery and a touring schedule that would make many artists weep are all in a day’s work for Mike Dawes, one of the world’s foremost percussive guitar specialists
The Taylor GS Mini just got a surprise makeover – from a mountain lifestyle brand
Taylor Guitars' collaboration with Stio puts an artistic, mountain lifestyle-inspired twist on the popular Taylor model
The acoustic Eric Clapton used to write Tears in Heaven just sold for over $100,000
Originally owned by John Porter, Clapton begged him to borrow his 1977 Juan Alvares acoustic to use as his go-to songwriting guitar
John Lennon’s lost Help! Framus 12-string has become one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auction
The influential instrument was found in an attic after 50 years, and tipped to oust Kurt Cobain's $6m Martin D-18e in the record books
How we test beginner acoustic guitars
We take a deep dive into our testing process for beginner acoustic guitars
"My first guitar was a beat-up flamenco-style acoustic that my grandmother had in her closet": Slash, Jimmy Page and more remember the guitars that set them on the path to six-string immortality
We dive into some of our classic interviews to rediscover the stories of how famous players got started - featuring Slash, Jimmy Page, Stone Gossard, Albert Lee and more
Joe Bonamassa’s ultimate “museum-grade” find is reborn as his first Martin signature
Bonamassa’s astonishingly clean Martin 000-45 was handed down as a family heirloom before he bought it and took it to the firm’s Nazareth base for close inspection
Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' Martin 000-28 is headed to auction again
The acoustic guitar was used to pen one of Clapton’s most popular tracks – and has a few distinguishing characteristics…
Epiphone debuts affordable version of Miranda Lambert's best-selling signature Bluebird acoustic
Costing nearly $4,000 less than the Gibson version while retaining very similar features, Lambert's second signature model updates the Hummingbird for the next generation of acoustic artists
