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I have noticed a trend among a number of local business areas, lately. I see a lot of signs encouraging people to shop locally. In Englewood we are beginning a campaign to encourage our neighbors to shop and browse among the many interesting stores that exist along Broadway. There are many benefits to shopping local. When you shop in your neighborhood you are investing directly into keeping your local economy healthy. When you shop locally you are sending your tax dollars to benefit the fire and police departments that are charged with keeping you safe. Of course local tax dollars also help keep your streets paved and your trash picked up among many other services we all take for granted. When you keep your business local you enjoy the relationships built with local merchants and restaurants, this encourages the business to cater to you personally finding what your needs and wants might be and keeping your favorites on hand. The best thing about our business here at Acoustic Music Revival is getting to meet and become friends with so many different, wonderful people. Our business is made more successful and more exciting because of people like yourself, who have been able to further pursue the dream of making good music for yourselves, your families and friends, and anyone else who cares to listen. To all of you who shop locally with us, Thank You Very Much.

Bob Laughlin plays the Roger McGuinn D7.

Here's Bob Laughlin, playing the

Roger Mcguinn D7 Acoustic Guitar

and talking about its full sound. We are selling this Fine guitar for

$2325

(it lists for $3099)

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It seems as if Colorado's Winter has been trying to hang on a little longer than usual this year, but I think Spring is finally here to stay. I've been in Colorado too long to ever complain about rain, so I won't. Now that Winter has done it's worst to our guitars it is time to change strings, get the truss rods adjusted, the fretboards oiled and get ready to play outside. If there is one lasting Blessing about living here it is being outdoors as much as possible. There are parks to play in, festival parking lots, backyard barbecues, campfires and fishing camps. This is just such a glorious time to be a guitar or mandolin or banjo (heck any kind of) player, so take the time to relish being alive and playing music. Come on in to the shop and we'll help put your instrument back into shape, or put your mind to rest that your favorite guitar or mandolin or banjo is in good shape and came through the Winter just fine.

We had a visit on Thursday from Toby Walker, who is an endorser with Huss & Dalton Guitars.  He and his lovely wife. Carol, are vacationing in  Colorado and he needed a guitar to play.  We had one set aside for him to use while he's here and during his visit we forced him to play the Huss & Dalton guitars we had hanging.  I don't know that I've ever heard someone finger pick like he does. Wow!  And he's a great guy, too boot.  We tried to play a duet, as you can see from the picture, but I just got in his way.  Check out his website and his playing.  You will be glad you did!

www.littletobywalker.com

By the way, he really was blown away playing the MJC custom we have in stock.  It's my favorite, as well.

Check out our new set of Pre-Owned guitars added to our showroom ! Our used Instruments are of the finest quality and the best condition. Here are some of the bargains you'll find on our Pre-Owned Guitars Page: Martin D28 ($1600), Martin D41 ($2300), Martin SPDC-16R with a Pick up in it ($1600), a Beautiful L'Oriente classica ,($2499) and a Huss & Dalton MJC ($2800). All come with cases and are priced to sell!

Thanks to every one of you who sang, played, baked, sold, cleaned, did sound, took pictures, and videos, clapped, and most of all DONATED. We as a group of music lovin Coloradans made a difference! We donated over $1800 to Partners in Health in Haiti.

PART II Of course, when I began to play the acoustic guitar I learned the songs from Peter Paul and Mary, and the Kingston Trio, and the New Christie Minstrels, and the Back Porch Majority. In between rock bands I would get some friends together from High School and we would work out songs like “500 Miles” and “Man of Constant Sorrow” and more traditional folk music. Then along came Bob Dylan. His music gave a new life to the sounds of acoustic guitar music and he of course led me to singer/songwriters like Tim Hardin, and Phil Ochs, and then to the great guitar playing of Dave Van Ronk and the task of learning to finger pick. I would sit for hours playing picking patterns, but all I could come up with were the arpeggio fingerings, thumb-finger-finger-finger-thumb-finger-finger-f inger. It would drive me crazy. I would ask my friend who could do the alternative pattern, “Do I have it, yet?” He would say “no not yet” and I would try some more. Finally, one afternoon my thumb started to play alternate to my fingers and the elation I felt was really something. I would still rather finger pick than play any other style.

Title: Jam Session
Location: 3445 S Broadway , Englewood, CO 8011

Description: Bring your instrument (all acoustic instruments welcome) or come to sing. Bring a song to share or just come to toe tap or sing along. First Thursday of the Month.
The jam session is freely open to all levels of playing ability.  The idea is to share: songs and licks, and joy.  Here's a great way to improve your playing!

Start Time: 7:00 pm

When you buy a guitar from Acoustic Music Revival we make sure
it is set up properly to play right away.

These are just some steps we take to insure that your guitar is in top playing condition when you receive the instrument.Widening the slot on the nut to allow smoother tuning when the slot is too narrow.Adjusting the truss rod to improve the action and intonation.Tuning the guitar to insure that it plays in tune up the neck and that the action is set up just right.Eye balling the neck to insure proper action for ease of playing.Final check of the intonation to insure that the guitar plays in tune.

What is it about the guitar? It’s a musical instrument. It’s a romance.
My father once told me, back in the 60s, that buying me a guitar was the worst mistake he ever made. And he was my biggest fan.
My love affair with the electric guitar started with the Beatles, influenced as well by the Venturers and Chuck Berry. My love affair with the acoustic guitar also started with the Beatles. Their sound had a flat top acoustic guitar somewhere in the mix on so many of their tunes. And if you stop and think about it they played those acoustic/electric guitars that were so old fashioned and out of date at the time. But the presence of the flat top (mostly Gibsons) on so many Beatle songs just captured my imagination. The sound of six strings vibrating a sound board of spruce made me want to reach for the sky and dance on thin ice. And it’s a sound that still thrills me to the core.