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Bring It On, Pre-War D!

The C.F. Martin Company has been around longer than any instrument manufacturer. It’s an icon whose guitars have consistently set the standard by which production (and often custom) acoustics are judged. And if you’re into vintage acoustics, you know that few guitars make a collector perk up like an old Martin. It’s that vibe that inspired the company’s D-18VE, featuring the new Fishman/Martin Ellipse Blend pickup system.

The D-18VE is built to vintage specs and boasts magnificently executed vintage-style touches in its bracing, rosette, headstock shape, pickguard, fretboard position markers, ...
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Bo Diddley 1928-2008

Rock-and-roll pioneer Bo Diddley died of heart failure June 2 at his home in Florida. He was 79 years old.

Born Otha Ellas Bates in Mississippi in 1928, in the '50s, Diddley adapted the blues and folk music of his native state and combined them with African rhythms to devise the trademark rhythmic-guitar beat that was later given his name. That rhythm laid the groundwork for many rock and roll performers and songs including Buddy Holly and the Rolling Stones ("Not Fade Away"), Johnny Otis ("Willie and the Hand Jive"), the Strangeloves ("I Want Candy," covered by '80s new-wave band Bow Wow Wow), and U2 ("Desire"). There are myriad examples.

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