Posts Tagged ‘Acoustic Guitar

Describe your first experience playing music.
I got my first guitar for my 11th birthday. It was a cheap flattop with a bolt-on neck and a floating fingerboard.
I had to stuff cardboard under the fingerboard extension to make the action playable. There was a book called “Play In A Day” by Bert Weedon, a well-known British [...]

As Director of Marketing and Artist Relations for NGW, it is my job to keep tabs on what are in the latest guitar magazines, and what guitarists are receiving the most attention.  We advertise in all the major mainstream publications, and several niche magazines. It is interesting to me how the guitar magazines (which aren’t [...]


About Jason Shadrick

I am a guitarist, writer and teacher living in Connecticut. During the day I work for the National Guitar Workshop as Director of Marketing and Artist Relations.

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