No. 326 January/February 2021

Acoustic Guitar #326 January/February 2021

On the Cover: Ben Harper

Catching up with the singer-songwriter, who recorded his latest album,Winter Is for Lovers, using a custom-commissioned one-of-a-kind Monteleone lap steel guitar

Special Focus:The Year in Gear

AGs annual survey of the best new guitars and accessories introduced in 2020

Features, Lessons & Departments

• Guitar Talk:British singer-songwriter Lianne Le Havas on the role of the acoustic guitar in her music
• Gene Bertoncini:A chat with the legendary nylon-string jazz guitarist
• Andrew York:The classical-guitar great talks about his new video series and his love for mathematics, among other things
• Pickin:Adapting Earl Scruggs banjo arrangement of Home Sweet Home for guitar
• Woodshed: Mary Flower teaches an approachable guitar rag in G
• Weekly Workout:Ron Jacksons sweep picking boot camp
• Heres How: Tips on basic maintenance and string changing
• The Basics: An intro to chord-melody playing by jazz guitarist Greg Ruby
• Makers & Shakers: A profile of Josiah de Jonge, a Canadian classical luthier

6 Songs to Play

• Better Way An optimistic classic by Ben Harper
• John Henry A campfire arrangement of the traditional favorite
• Davis Street Rag Ragtime for guitar
• Home Sweet Home An Earl Scruggs classic
• Cam Ye Oer Frae France An irreverent Scottish Song in dropped D
• Whispering A jazz standard

Gear Reviews

• Gibson50s LG-2
• GoldtoneF-6 Mando-Guitar
• PRSTonare Parlor

And More!