{"id":116430,"date":"2020-04-03T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?page_id=116430"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:20:54","slug":"support-acoustic-guitar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/support-acoustic-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Acoustic Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?resize=938%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Progress bar showing 6.5% filled in, with headline reading &quot;Help Us Reach Our Goal of 20,000 Supporters - which is 1% of AcousticGuitar.com site visitors&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-133970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?w=938&amp;ssl=1 938w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patreon-Goal_750.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our pledge<\/strong>: To keep publishing original stories and videos at AcousticGuitar.com for the 2+ million people who visit every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our goal<\/strong>:&nbsp;To get pledge commitments from just 1% of our website visitors.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">That&#8217;s where you come in<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our request<\/strong>: To support our work with a pledge of as little as $1 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\" target=\"_blank\">By pledging as little as $1 per month<\/a>, you\u2019ll support the work of all the talented musicians and music journalists who put their hearts and minds into bringing the world of acoustic music to you every day of the year. Plus,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\" target=\"_blank\">you&#8217;ll receive some extra special perks immediately upon joining<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing takes time \u2013 research, writing, editing, shooting video, more editing \u2013 and resources \u2013 servers, hosting, security, distribution. The costs of operating this site go up year after year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of today, we are 9% of the way towards our goal. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\" target=\"_blank\">Please make a contribution <\/a>now to close the gap and ensure the future of AcousticGuitar.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em>&nbsp;<\/em>has been online since 1995. Over two and a half decades,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>we have&nbsp;given students and musicians an amazing, ever-growing catalog of thousands of lessons, songs to play, artist profiles, gear reviews and demos, and much more<em>.<\/em> We wouldn&#8217;t be here without the support of readers, streamers, followers, commenters, and sharers like you. Thanks for being part of this community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We plan to continue posting the original, high-quality stories, lessons, profiles, gear reviews, demos, and videos you expect from us for many more years to come. To do that, we need your help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"become-a-sustaining-subscriber\">Become a Sustaining Subscriber.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustaining Subscribers are true guitar heroes. Simply put, these are readers who understand today\u2019s economic challenges of publishing print magazines and are doing their part to keep&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar magazine&nbsp;<\/em>healthy and viable. 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