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GALLERY: Nashville Flood Guitars for Auction

Check out some of the flood-damaged instruments donated by artists like Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and Peter Frampton to benefit uninsured musicians affected by this spring''s flood.

Keb Mo's Giannini
Keb Mo donated this Brazilian mini guitar, a Giannini requinto, with mahogany body and neck and pau ferro fingerboard. Lot #4, Nov. 29 - Jan. 8.

Click here to read more about NasH2O, including how to bid on the remaining items.

A rig meant to inspire! That’s Jerry Garcia with his Doug Irwin-built Tiger guitar, in front of his Twin Reverb + McIntosh + JBL amp rig.

Photo by Frank White

Three decades after the final Grateful Dead performance, Jerry Garcia’s sound continues to cast a long shadow. Guitarists Jeff Mattson of Dark Star Orchestra, Tom Hamilton of JRAD, and Bella Rayne explain how they interpret Garcia’s legacy musically and with their gear.

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Lloyd Baggs made his first acoustic guitar when he was a fine-art lithographer and soon found himself building instruments for Ry Cooder, Jackson Brown, Janis Ian, and other stars. Today he is an innovator in acoustic guitar pickup design.

The master guitar builder and pickup maker explains how our favorite unplugged 6-strings do their thing, for the strumming layperson and aspiring luthier alike.

It’s utterly amazing that a satisfying acoustic guitar can be assembled from a few pieces of wood. That’s magic. And the mystery, magic, and quest to create the perfect guitar tone is what I think drives most luthiers.

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Guest picker Ally Venable

Blues rocker Ally Venable joins PG’s editors to imagine what their dream late-night band would sound like.

Question: What’s your dream late-night show band?

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GTRS Announces the W902, The Latest Update to its Wing-series ofĀ Intelligent Guitars
GTRS Announces the W902, The Latest Update to its Wing-series ofĀ Intelligent Guitars
GTRS has introduced the W902, the newest release in GTRS’ Wing-series Intelligent Guitar lineup, expanding on the series’ cutting-edge features while maintaining an accessible price point.
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