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Martin teams up with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy for a new signature model – and reintroduces an old favorite
By Janelle Borg published
Martin is reissuing Tweedy's popular 2012 signature acoustic, and rolling out a 000 Junior model that guarantees a “warm, balanced voice”

Built during WWII, the 1942 Gibson Southern Jumbo is far more than a J-45 in fancy dress
By Dave Davidson published
Mismatched tops, laminated necks, the ravages of WWII meant the first-year Southern Jumbo was a moveable feast – but it is a real vintage treasure. Dave Davidson of Well Strung Guitars explains…

“John Lennon’s 12-string has a similar trebly edge to it”: Framus Hootenanny 12-string and 6-string review
By David Mead published
John Lennon famously used a Framus 12-string acoustic with the Beatles, and 60 years later the company has reissued the model in all its fab finery – and it comes with a little help from a friend!

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin for a new signature model that blends tradition with a key, ultra-modern twist
By Jackson Maxwell published
Mixing the old and the new, the front porch and campfire with devil's horns, the limited-edition model is luxurious from top to bottom

Dana Bourgeois celebrates 50 years of guitar making by reimagining the ever-popular Professional Series
By Janelle Borg published
Sponsored by Bourgeois Guitars
Bourgeois Guitars has expanded the Professional Series with a more affordable tier, featuring the brand’s new nitrocellulose satin finish, Schaller tuners and natural tops – all while remaining handcrafted in Lewiston, Maine

Would you keep your loved one’s cremated remains in an acoustic guitar?
By Jonathan Horsley published
KapSoul has unveiled an urn that you mount inside an acoustic guitar and is backed by an “Eternal Warranty”

How Ibanez is continuing to cement its legacy as the alternative acoustic guitar brand
By Janelle Borg published
Sponsored by Ibanez
With signatures in collaboration with left-field players like Tim Henson and percussive fingerstyle Marcin, Ibanez isn't done with changing the acoustic game – one guitar at a time

Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, 1960 Hummingbird Reissue and 1963 Dove Reissue review
By David Mead published
Following on from the superb Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom instruments that wowed us, we look at have three from a sextet of new historic reissues. Expectations are high...
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