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Watch Robby Krieger Play The Doors' "Spanish Caravan" with a String Quartet By Damian Fanelli published 8 January 18
Using Distortion with an Acoustic Guitar: Best Practices By Bobby Kittleberger published 3 January 18 There's a lot of uncertainty about using acoustic guitar distortion. Does it actually work?
See Stevie Ray Vaughan Improvise an Acoustic 12-Bar Blues in 1983 By Jonathan Graham published 3 January 18 Check out the video clip below from 1983, showing Stevie Ray Vaughan perform an improvised 12-bar blues on a road-worn vintage Gibson acoustic.
