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13 essential things to learn when you first start playing the guitar

Start your guitar playing journey right with these invaluable tips for beginners - from gear choice and posture, to dialing in a killer amp tone

Guitar World · Jan 12, 2024

NAMM 2024: “Sustainably taking the art of guitar manufacturing to new heights and new sounds”: Martin ushers in a new era of acoustic guitar innovation with the GPCE Inception – and the results could be game-changing

Martin's latest sustainable model is a uniquely engineered instrument with an all-new skeletonized bracing design that debuts “a new innovative approach to building acoustic guitars”

Guitar World · Jan 9, 2024

Waylon Jennings was an outlaw country pioneer – and his clever open chord modifications were at the heart of his rhythmic acoustic strumming style

Jennings was country's original bad boy and lived a life less ordinary. His style might be simple but deceptively so, with strums complemented by embellishments that all served the song

Guitar World · Dec 13, 2023

Country icon Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs, but her trademark ‘thumb and flick’ playing style is essential learning for acoustic players

Develop your alternating bassline picking and bluegrass soloing techniques with this country rhythm workout

Guitar World · Nov 10, 2023

“Sick”: In 1985, Kurt Cobain carved one word into this Teisco Del-Ray guitar. Now it has sold at auction for $153,000

The instrument recently sold at auction for a price that far exceeded the $10,000 minimum bid

Guitar World · Aug 29, 2023

“They didn’t know they were making the greatest guitars in the history of the world”: This super-rare Martin OM-45 Deluxe from 1930 is insured for $1,000,000

Only nine are believed to currently exist following an initial run of as many as 14. As collector Matt Swanson notes, “These are the Stradivari of guitar collecting”

Guitar World · Aug 23, 2023

“It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons

20 years on, Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back at Opeth’s evolution from death metal heavyweights to prog mainstays on landmark 2003 album Damnation

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2023

“John, I’ve got this insured for a million dollars. These are the Stradivari of guitar collecting”: Watch Matt Swanson introduce Blackbird Studios’ John McBride to his 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe

Made famous by Roy Rogers, with perhaps fewer than 10 known to still exist in the real world, the 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe is a true six-string unicorn

MusicRadar · Aug 18, 2023

LEA Professional Hits the (Maker's) Mark with Reinvented Audio Experiences

Connect Series amplifiers drive Martin amplifiers for a non-stop music experience.

AVNetwork · Jul 27, 2023

Guitar owned by Tony Sheridan when he played with The Beatles goes to auction

The 1959 Martin D-28E electro acoustic guitar is expected to fetch £25,000.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023