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The Last of Us Guitar — How Nylon Strings Score...
The Last of Us Guitar – Gustavo Santaolalla's Nylon-String Masterpiece Few instruments have defined a piece of entertainment as completely as Gustavo Santaolalla's nylon-string guitar defined The Last of Us....
The Last of Us Guitar — How Nylon Strings Score...
The Last of Us Guitar – Gustavo Santaolalla's Nylon-String Masterpiece Few instruments have defined a piece of entertainment as completely as Gustavo Santaolalla's nylon-string guitar defined The Last of Us....
Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Fa...
Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Famous Classical Guitar Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" is the most famous nylon-string guitar in American music history. A 1969 Martin N-20 classical guitar,...
Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Fa...
Willie Nelson's "Trigger" — The World's Most Famous Classical Guitar Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" is the most famous nylon-string guitar in American music history. A 1969 Martin N-20 classical guitar,...
Does Sting Play Classical Guitar? Nylon at the ...
Sting and the Classical Guitar — Songs from the Labyrinth Most people picture Sting with a bass guitar, fronting The Police. But across his solo career — and in one...
Does Sting Play Classical Guitar? Nylon at the ...
Sting and the Classical Guitar — Songs from the Labyrinth Most people picture Sting with a bass guitar, fronting The Police. But across his solo career — and in one...
Johann Georg Stauffer — The Vienna Maker Behind...
Johann Georg Stauffer – The Vienna Maker Behind C.F. Martin Johann Georg Stauffer (1778–1853) was one of the most consequential guitar makers of the early nineteenth century. Working from Vienna...
Johann Georg Stauffer — The Vienna Maker Behind...
Johann Georg Stauffer – The Vienna Maker Behind C.F. Martin Johann Georg Stauffer (1778–1853) was one of the most consequential guitar makers of the early nineteenth century. Working from Vienna...
José Luis Romanillos — Maker, Scholar and the "...
A few makers are remembered as much for their writing as for their guitars. José Luis Romanillos (1932–2022) is one of them: a luthier whose instruments carried the pure, balanced...
José Luis Romanillos — Maker, Scholar and the "...
A few makers are remembered as much for their writing as for their guitars. José Luis Romanillos (1932–2022) is one of them: a luthier whose instruments carried the pure, balanced...
Ignacio Fleta — The Rolls-Royce of the Classica...
Ask a roomful of guitarists to name the most coveted instruments of the twentieth century and one name comes up again and again: Ignacio Fleta. The Barcelona maker built the...
Ignacio Fleta — The Rolls-Royce of the Classica...
Ask a roomful of guitarists to name the most coveted instruments of the twentieth century and one name comes up again and again: Ignacio Fleta. The Barcelona maker built the...
Famous Musicians Who Play Classical (Nylon-Stri...
The nylon-string classical guitar is usually pictured in the concert hall, on a footstool, playing Bach or Tárrega. But its warm, soft voice has quietly shaped pop, rock, country and...
Famous Musicians Who Play Classical (Nylon-Stri...
The nylon-string classical guitar is usually pictured in the concert hall, on a footstool, playing Bach or Tárrega. But its warm, soft voice has quietly shaped pop, rock, country and...
Erik Satie on Classical Guitar — The Gentle Ecc...
Some music feels as though it were always meant for the guitar, even when it was written for something else entirely. The spare, hypnotic piano pieces of Erik Satie (1866–1925)...
Erik Satie on Classical Guitar — The Gentle Ecc...
Some music feels as though it were always meant for the guitar, even when it was written for something else entirely. The spare, hypnotic piano pieces of Erik Satie (1866–1925)...
Classical vs Acoustic Guitar — What's Really th...
"Classical or acoustic?" is one of the first questions every new guitarist faces, and the labels cause more confusion than they should. A classical guitar is an acoustic instrument —...
Classical vs Acoustic Guitar — What's Really th...
"Classical or acoustic?" is one of the first questions every new guitarist faces, and the labels cause more confusion than they should. A classical guitar is an acoustic instrument —...
Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings
Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings Most jazz guitarists reach for an amplified archtop. Earl Klugh (1953–2023) went the other way: he built an entire celebrated career on...
Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings
Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings Most jazz guitarists reach for an amplified archtop. Earl Klugh (1953–2023) went the other way: he built an entire celebrated career on...
Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age?
Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age? The Science Explained Classical guitars really do get better the more they are played. This is not folklore or wishful thinking from players reluctant...
Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age?
Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age? The Science Explained Classical guitars really do get better the more they are played. This is not folklore or wishful thinking from players reluctant...
Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar?
Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar? It is one of the most common beginner questions: can you play a classical guitar with a pick (plectrum)? The short...
Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar?
Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar? It is one of the most common beginner questions: can you play a classical guitar with a pick (plectrum)? The short...







