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Dedicated to Tone: Acoustic Image's Rick Jones

Read "Dedicated to Tone: Acoustic Image's Rick Jones" reviewed by Jack Huntley


As the archetypical guitarist/inventor, the late Les Paul commented more than once about musicians being the consummate tinkerers. Whether it's electric guitar pickups or mic-ed acoustic instruments, so much of one's tone is dependent on someone else's circuitry and may explain why stringed instrument musicians in particular are so curious about customizing technology. A case in ...

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Dan Koentopp: Chicago Manual of Style

Read "Dan Koentopp: Chicago Manual of Style" reviewed by Jack Huntley


Within minutes of talking to Chicago guitar builder and DK Custom Guitars founder Dan Koentopp, it becomes readily apparent what lights him up: this guy is all about getting it right. His knowledge of stringed instrument-making is vast and his conversation flows effortlessly from the Amati violins of Renaissance Italy, to modern tool-making, to the need ...


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