{"id":139890,"date":"2023-06-04T20:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?page_id=139890"},"modified":"2023-06-05T00:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:39:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"140483\" class=\"elementor elementor-140483\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-186c3755 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"186c3755\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f8ed2eb\" data-id=\"7f8ed2eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a20dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43a20dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ff7aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ff7aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em>\u00a0serves the practical needs of all acoustic guitar players, young and old, beginning and experienced, with instruction, information, and inspiration.<\/p><p>We publish new issues of the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/collections\/back-issues\">magazine<\/a> six times per year, new episodes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/podcast\">podcast<\/a> each month, a <a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/newsletter\">weekly newsletter<\/a>, and this website is updated daily.<\/p><p><em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em> is a next-generation family business <a href=\"#origin-story\">founded in 1990<\/a> and based in the Bay Area of California. We&#8217;re a small team of real real musicians and music lovers \u2013 and we&#8217;re proud to serve guitarists like you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14b61f61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14b61f61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56292b1\" data-id=\"56292b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e140c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e140c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Untitled-design-29.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140469\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Untitled-design-29.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Untitled-design-29.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d45e00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d45e00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lyzy Lusterman, Publisher<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd6acb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fd6acb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140470\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a584405 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a584405\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adam Perlmutter, Editorial Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e626e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e626e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140471\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63eb13e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63eb13e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kevin Owens, Managing Editor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbc3d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fbc3d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/About-Us-8.jpg?fit=100%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"About-Us-8.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14861ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14861ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Editor at Large<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7208fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d7208fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140472\" alt=\"Stephanie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a378ae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a378ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stephanie Campos Dal Broi, Digital Content Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d6af802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d6af802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/11.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140473\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/11.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/11.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580040eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"580040eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nick Grizzle, Digital Content Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6444e45a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6444e45a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140474\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccf3d03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccf3d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anita Evans, Chief Operating Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc6934c\" data-id=\"5dc6934c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a881544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a881544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140475\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a073bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a073bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joey Lusterman, Creative Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f095de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f095de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140476\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273828a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"273828a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bill Evans, Art Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d117908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d117908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/10.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/10.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/10.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc15a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc15a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Amy-lynn Fischer, Group Sales Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55faea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55faea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/9.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/9.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/9.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2acf288c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2acf288c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ref Sanchez, Sales Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa0bb41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fa0bb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140479\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a75d277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a75d277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tanya Gonzalez, Marketing Services Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3120c48c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3120c48c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/14.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-140480\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/14.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/14.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26753b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26753b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geneva Thompson, Marketing Coordinator<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798581a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"798581a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-140481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a70e455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a70e455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Lusterman, Founder<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24809151 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24809151\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20cf4393\" data-id=\"20cf4393\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73053d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73053d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/highlights-from-the-acoustic-guitar-team-hangout\/\"><strong>Watch highlights from our virtual Editorial Team Hangout<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c20f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37c20f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/highlights-from-the-acoustic-guitar-team-hangout\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ag-event-highlights-meet-the-editors-contributors.jpg?fit=688%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-140482\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ag-event-highlights-meet-the-editors-contributors.jpg?w=688&amp;ssl=1 688w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ag-event-highlights-meet-the-editors-contributors.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ag-event-highlights-meet-the-editors-contributors.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fc0f1fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fc0f1fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e70462a\" data-id=\"6e70462a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-199fb1f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"199fb1f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"origin-story\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2696ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2696ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How We Started<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c72f9bf ag-pull-quote elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c72f9bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was born in 1950 and like millions of my generation I took up the guitar and banjo at the intersection of the American folk music revival and the British rock invasion. I played in jug bands, rock bands, and jams throughout my teens and early twenties. Soon after, my focus shifted to classical music and the cello and after a brief career working for several New York magazine publishers I launched <em>Strings<\/em>, the magazine for players and makers of bowed stringed instruments in 1986.\n<\/p><p>\nMy love of roots and rock music was still very much alive, of course, and then a curious thing happened. In 1989 I damaged two disks in my low back and it became very painful to sit and play the cello. My friend David Leishman loaned me his Gibson J-45 so I\u2019d have a way to make music standing up. Suddenly I was back playing the songs of my teen years.\n<\/p><p>\nMy rekindled enthusiasm for roots and rock met my entrepreneurial instincts and the result was\u00a0<em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em> magazine. I had the good fortune to team up with a similarly motivated editor, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. And the amazing luck to publish our first issue in 1990 when the acoustic music revival was really heating up, witness the success of artists like Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, and Indigo Girls, the meteoric rise of MTV Unplugged, and the growth of indy record labels specializing in roots, Americana, and singer-songwriter genres.\n<\/p><p>\nMuch has changed in the business of media since those days, but the popularity of acoustic music among both artists and audiences endures. And will for many years to come. I\u2019m grateful to play a small part.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c7a82f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c7a82f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3533862f\" data-id=\"3533862f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb9e8a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bb9e8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-140481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2066184\" data-id=\"2066184\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b0049e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37b0049e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>David Lusterman, Founder<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50253dd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50253dd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c85af8b\" data-id=\"6c85af8b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"ppma_author":[1536],"class_list":["post-139890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"has_hero_section":"disabled"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140485,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139890\/revisions\/140485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=139890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}