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Alvarez Artist Series has won several awards, including a 5/5 rating in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and a nomination for best guitar series from The Music and Sound Retailer. [13] In 2017, Artist Series began adding new key features and models including armrests, [ 14 ] travel guitars like the Delta DeLite and LJ2, [ 15 ] and ATR (Advanced Tonal ...
A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar (often generically called a "Dobro" [1]) is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones , instead of to the guitar's sounding board (top). Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than regular acoustic guitars ...
The Santa Cruz Guitar Company is an American manufacturer of acoustic guitars, located in Santa Cruz, California.The company was started in 1976 by luthier Richard A. Hoover, who is reputed to have "trained some of the most accomplished contemporary luthiers in his workshop", and investors Bruce Ross and William Davis. [1]
In the early 1970s, Guild began to form import brands for acoustic and electric guitars made in Asia. There was a total of three import brands: Madeira, Burnside, and DeArmond. Madeira Acoustic and Electric Guitars were import guitars based on existing Guild designs. They are characterized by their unique pickguard shape and differing headstock.
Taylor Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer based in El Cajon, California. The company was founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug and specializes in acoustic guitars and semi-hollow electric guitars. It is one of the largest manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States [4] and sells guitars in 65 countries around the ...
The K1 Series was the first acoustic guitar developed for the Kona line. The dreadnought cutaway design features a laminated spruce top, Sapele back and sides, rosewood fret board and a 4.625-inch body depth for a unique bold sound. Since 2000, more colors and styles have been added to make the K1 Series one of the most successful guitars sold.
Slide guitar is a common technique that can be played on acoustic, steel acoustic, and/or electric guitars. It is primarily used in the blues, rock, and country genres. [ 23 ] When playing with this technique, guitarists wear a small metal, glass, or plastic tube on one of their fretting hand fingers and slide it across the fretboard rather ...
Gurian Guitars was a manufacturer of high quality acoustic guitars based in New York City, then Hinsdale, New Hampshire and finally West Swanzey, New Hampshire, from the 1960s to 1981. The instruments were designed by luthier Michael Gurian who also supervised production of the instruments bearing his name.