7 ways to be a more sustainable guitarist

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Sustainability is a boring word about the serious business of the stewardship of the planet we live on, and the part everyone plays in that. But thinking more sustainably about being a musician and a guitar fanatic in 2022 is not something that need be driven by eco-consciousness alone – and it needn’t be some dry, socially mandated exercise. 

Whether you are wedded to electric guitar or seek acoustic for your kicks, it could very well deepen your relationship with the instrument. 

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Jonathan Horsley

Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars since 2005, playing them since 1990, and regularly contributes to publications including Guitar World, MusicRadar and Total Guitar. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, 9s at the weekend, and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama.