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38 ROAD WARRIORS A new generation of innovative travel guitars allow you to take an ax with you on the trail, on the plane, to the office--wherever you get the urge to play. Dale Miller reviews a dozen models, both steel-string and nylon-string, and sheds light on the wide variety of shapes and styles available for every sort of traveling picker.
44 25 GREAT FESTIVALS At the best music festivals, the stage show is just one aspect of a vibrant scene of jam sessions, workshops, camping, and hiking. Acoustic Guitar's intrepid contributors give you the inside scoop on a few of their favorite festivals around the U.S. and the world.
54 SUMMER WORKSHOPS Today's guitar camps offer an incredible array of opportunities for honing your slide chops, your classical technique, or even your skill at shaving braces. In our first-ever guide to summer workshops, you'll find complete details of guitar-playing and lutherie courses offered this year, with cross-references by musical style and location.
DEPARTMENTS
6 CONTRIBUTORS
7 MAIL
8 MUSIC NOTATION KEY
12 JUMP STREET Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb stays on the scene after "Stay"goes to No. 1, plus Happenings and Hit List record reviews.
19 REVIEWS Indian guitar recordings and Vestapol jazz videos.
25 A.G. LETTER Russell Letson camps out at the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Connecticut.
30 SONG CRAFT Acute Angles: Kristina Olsen takes a new slant on love, politics, and the blues. With music and lyrics to "Uh Huh." By Todd Ellison
36 SHOPTALK Bass Instincts: New design trends in acoustic bass guitars. By Harry Fleishman
79 GEARBOX Equipment picks from this issue's featured artists, new gear spotlights, and a review of the Taylor acoustic bass.
83 DEAR A.G. Answers to your questions.
85 FOR BEGINNERS Boogie-Woogie Bass Lines. By Dylan Schorer
91 WOOD CHOPS Open-D Tuning. With music to "Amazing Grace." By Mark Hanson
99 SOLO Dylan Schorer introduces Steven King's arrangement of Vince Gauraldi's "Linus and Lucy."
106 GREAT ACOUSTICS J. Redman. By Rick Turner
Cover: Vagabond (left) and Boaz travel guitars, two of the 12 instruments reviewed on page 38. Photo by Rory Earnshaw.
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