Acoustic Guitar (magazine)

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Acoustic Guitar
Editor	Phil Catalfo
Categories	Guitar magazines
Frequency	monthly
Circulation	64,000
First issue	July/August 1990
Company	String Letter Publishing
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	acousticguitar.com
ISSN	1049-9261

Acoustic Guitar is a monthly magazine published in the United States since July/August 1990 by String Letter Publishing.^[1] The magazine offers information related to acoustic guitars for players of all levels from beginners to teachers. Each issue includes a half dozen or so songs with notation and tablature, lessons, product reviews and interviews of prominent acoustic musicians. The magazine boast a readership of approximately 64,000 and is widely available throughout North America.^[2]

1 History
2 Event sponsorship
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Acoustic Guitar was founded in the summer of 1990 under the editorial direction of Jeffery Pepper Rodgers as a publication of String Letter Publishing of San Rafael, California.^[3] String Letter had previously been established in 1985 as the publisher of Strings, a magazine oriented towards players of bowed string instruments.^[4]

The first issue featured the first in a series of columns written by Sharon Isbin, a biography on Robert Johnson, a profile of Bruce Cockburn's song craft, and commentary on the "new" MTV Unplugged series. The issue also included musical works for guitar in various styles including folk, classical, and jazz.^[5] In its first year of publication, Acoustic Guitar won the Western Publishing Association's "Maggie Award" for Best New Consumer Magazine of the year.^[6]

The magazine has seen a number of staff changes over the years. Rodgers remained with the magazine through its tenth anniversary collector's edition in 2000.^[7] In the summer of 2005, Dan Gabel was named associate publisher of the magazine.^[8] And in 2006, Phil Catalfo became the latest editor of the magazine.

[edit] Event sponsorship

The magazine is sponsor or co-sponsor of a number of music festivals, workshops and trade related events.^[9] Since 1995, its annual Acoustic Cafe Concert at NAMM has featured a diverse field of notable musicians.^[10]