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GALLERY: Healdsburg Guitar Festival 2011

Beautiful instruments from some of the world''s finest luthiers.

"Every other year, more 100 of the worldуs finest luthiers bring their wares to the gentle hills of wine country in Northern California. Itуs a rare opportunity for guitar enthusiasts to not only play these works of art in the presence of the person that built them, but also educate themselves on guitar-building theory. With ongoing workshops, mini-concerts, and a vendor area as well, this is an event not to be missed if you love everything guitar."

It’s Day 20 of Stompboxtober! Enter now for your shot at winning today’s pedal from Electro-Harmonix!

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Our columnist’s beloved Fender Super Reverb head goes under the knife.

Vintage Fenders are some of the best-sounding amplifiers around, but from time to time, they need a bit of love to give up the goods. Here are the top issues you’ll encounter with your black- and silver-panel Fender amps, and how to fix them.

Trouble and worrying are part of a vintage tube amp owner’s life. In this article, I will try to teach some basic troubleshooting for vintage Fender amps. It will only require a little practice, patience, and, most importantly, curiosity, which to me is the single most important skill in life—we can accomplish great things by reading, seeking advice, trying, failing, and not giving up. So, let’s start!

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Dakota Dave Hull plays a cozy set in Japan with Takasi Hamada on his right, and Xavier Ohmura on his left.

Photo by Kosuke Nagai 

A chance glance at a Stefan Grossman LP led our columnist to discover the acoustic connections between the U.S. and Japan.

When acoustic guitarists like myself hear an album that just sounds so good, we might fuss less about gear and home in more on performance and atmosphere. Indeed, those were the things that blew me away on country-blues guru Stefan Grossman’s album from the late ’70s, Acoustic Guitar. Dynamic playing with a healthy big-room sound, the production was a far cry from a lot of Grossman’s late-’60s output, some of which was recorded in closets on budget reel-to-reel decks.

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Watch the livestream of "Concert for Carolina" featuring Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings, and James Taylor on October 26. Free access for Hurricane Helene-impacted areas, $24.99 for others. All proceeds go to hurricane relief efforts.

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