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          <div class="message"><p>Are you an acoustic guitarist? If so this video could change your life.&nbsp;</p><p>I spent an afternoon with the legend that is <a href="https://martinsimpson.com">Martin Simpson</a> this week.</p><p>We recorded a podcast interview which will soon be launched by Fretboard Journal and…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7540655/martin-simpson-slide-guitar-mastery">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>This guitar is an old friend and it was a real joy to be reunited with it after many years.&nbsp;</p><p>It has aged beautifully!</p><p>&nbsp;This Is Possibly Probably Indefatigably Nuanced - and there's your clue as to who created this…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7540649/more-jumbos-like-this-please">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>A double first for this channel - a Preston Thompson guitar and an OM in shipwreck Brazilian rosewood. It was a pleasure to explore this modern take on a classic design.&nbsp;</p><p>Does it look and play like a 1930s Martin?…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7534074/shipwreck-brazilian-rosewood-preston-thompson-om">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I have a huge soft spot for the guitar sounds of the 90s and one texture in particularly never fails to make me feel nostalgic for a more innocent time.&nbsp;</p><p>I hope you enjoy this love letter to the acoustic…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7533667/that-90s-guitar-sound-and-how-to-get-it">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>This is Le Tigre - an extraordinary instrument that could only have come from the uniquely creative minds of Chris and Jeremy Jenkins of Lame Horse Guitars in Texas!</p><p>&nbsp;Le Tigre is a hybrid instrument featuring a beguiling unplugged voice…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7533651/the-coolest-guitar-you-ll-see-today-lame-horse-guitars-le-tigre">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Well this is a surprise - The Taylor Gold Label 814e is a Super Auditorium design deeply inspired by the guitars of the early 20th Century. Andy Powers is never predictable.</p><p>This new model is available in either Hawaiian Koa…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7520074/taylor-gold-label-814-andy-powers-takes-taylor-back-to-the-1930s">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Australian fingerstyle virtuoso Alan Gogoll recorded his latest album Lioness Lullabies at the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin Germany and I had the pleasure and privilege of producing the sessions.&nbsp;</p><p>The results are extraordinary - great player, great mics, great…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7519647/hansa-studios-producing-alan-gogoll-s-next-album">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Steve Grimes is a true legend of the luthiery scene creating exquisite flat top acoustic and archtop guitars and Ukuleles from his workshop in Maui Hawaii.&nbsp;</p><p>Steve and I first met at the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival and we became…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7519646/50-years-and-1000-instruments-on-maui-with-legendary-builder-steve-grimes-luthier-stories">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Well this is interesting, a brand new Taylor 810e - surely that doesn't happen anymore? Well, Taylor are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a legacy collection of limited edition guitars that take us back in time.&nbsp;</p><p>just look at that…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7511548/going-back-in-time-with-the-taylor-legacy-collection-810e-model">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Giuliano Nicoletti of <a href="https://www.iuliusguitars.com/orchestra/">Iulius Guitars</a> is a professional acoustic engineer who by day designs extremely high performance monitors and loudspeakers.&nbsp;</p><p>He also makes rather wonderful acoustic guitars.&nbsp;</p><p>Following my own massively flawed scientific logic that a speaker and an acoustic…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7501053/the-science-of-the-acoustic-guitar-iulius-guitars-luthier-stories">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>This month I visited Saint-Étienne in France to learn more about the pioneering work of <a href="https://www.iuliusguitars.com" target="_blank">Giuliano Nicoletti of Iulius Guitars</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>In this video I showcase his Orchestra - an OM model with an offset sound hole and heelless neck…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7498168/iulius-guitars-orchestra-showcase">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I’ve been seeing quite a few of these hollow/open headstocks on acoustic guitars recently.</p><p>What does this design offer the player? is it easier to change the strings, does it affect playability, is it cool?</p><p>In this video I explore…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7498166/do-you-need-a-guitar-with-one-of-these">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>A <a href="https://casimiguitars.com" target="_blank">Casimi Guitars</a> C1 Signature and <a href="https://www.turnstoneguitar.co.uk" target="_blank">The Turnstone Guitars</a> African Queen in a listening session? Absolutely!</p><p>Two guitars made from African Blackwood and Swiss moon spruce no less.&nbsp;</p><p>Have a little listen and see if you can tell the difference!</p>…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7492406/african-blackwood-and-moon-spruce-listening-session-casimi-turnstone-guitars">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Ah look at this - a wonderful new Artisan Collection guitar from <a href="https://www.turnstoneguitar.co.uk/tg-african-blackwood-spruce-acoustic-guitar" target="_blank">Turnstone Guitars</a> - The African Queen!</p><a href="https://www.turnstoneguitar.co.uk/tg-african-blackwood-spruce-acoustic-guitar" target="_blank"></a><p>This gorgeous instrument represents the very best of Turnstone guitars and features one of my favourite wood combinations of African Blackwood:</p><a href="https://www.turnstoneguitar.co.uk/tg-african-blackwood-spruce-acoustic-guitar"></a><p>and…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7489438/turnstone-guitars-artisan-collection-the-african-queen">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Finally - I managed to get my hands on a Gibson Murphy Lab 1960 Hummingbird! I've always been intrigued by the look of the Gibson Hummingbird and as a short scale square shoulder mahogany dreadnought it makes a lot of…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7489429/gibson-murphy-lab-1960-hummingbird">Read more</a></span></div>
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