Americana superstar Jason Isbell is the quintessential guitarist’s guitarist. Equally at home on both electric and acoustic guitar he is a master fingerpicker, riff writer and lead player. He’s a ...

Guitar skills: Fingerstyle is one of the most brilliantly useful techniques to master. You can use it in all manner of genres and styles, from acoustic folk and country to Jeff Beck and Mark ...

In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm Gladwell asserts that at least 10,000 hours of practice are required to excel at any given skill. If that’s indeed the case, Australian ...

Fingerstyle and classical guitar players share the same problem: how to maintain their picking hand's nails, or use artificial nails to enhance performance and tone. For many professionals, the ...

As he drops his latest album and new Martin signature models, the Americana troubadour riffs on the magic of small-bodied guitars ...