Acoustic Guitar
Acoustic Guitar news, new models, gear, players, and releases — everything Guitar Radar has covered about acoustic guitar.
Guitar Radar has 17 stories and 9 product releases tagged Acoustic Guitar, collected here from across every section of the site. Most of it sits under gear, music and players. The most recent story, from Oct 12, 2026, is “D’Addario brings Nickel Bronze into its XS coated acoustic-string range”. Coverage here goes back to Aug 13, 2026. The newest product in the releases catalog is the Wylde Audio Grand Auditorium Acoustic.
Stories
Players
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival turns West Cork into Guitartown for five days
The volunteer-led 22nd edition is underway through September 20, spreading guitar-focused concerts, workshops and sessions across venues and public spaces around Clonakilty.
Sep 17, 2026
Sibiu's Guitar Meeting Festival opens a four-day 2026 edition built around a 1,200-player guitar gathering
The Romanian festival has expanded to four days, combining concerts, workshops and its mass-participation Manifest concert in Sibiu.
Sep 4, 2026
Gear
D’Addario brings Nickel Bronze into its XS coated acoustic-string range
The new sets pair D’Addario’s transparent Nickel Bronze voice with the thin-film protection and tuning-stability features of XS.
Oct 12, 2026
Wylde Audio launches its first acoustic guitar
The $999 Grand Auditorium Acoustic adds flamed maple, mahogany and onboard piezo electronics to Zakk Wylde's decade-old brand.
Oct 8, 2026
Martin refreshes the 16 Series with new body shapes, bold finishes and stage-ready electronics
The Nazareth-built acoustic-electric range now spans compact 00L models, a short-scale slope-shoulder dreadnought, jumbos, a Grand Performance cutaway and a 12-string.
Sep 28, 2026
Yamaha adds high-end FG7 and FS7 acoustics, with X versions for stage use
The new Japanese-market FG/FS flagships arrive October 3 in acoustic and pickup-equipped versions, extending Yamaha’s long-running flat-top family upward.
Sep 19, 2026
Gibson and Baggs launch HiFi DNA acoustic pickup system
The new dual-sensor system gives each sensor its own Class A preamp and rolls out across Gibson acoustics, with a standalone retrofit version also planned.
Sep 16, 2026
Gibson Custom adds Elegant Koa versions of the SJ-200 and Hummingbird
The Artisan Series pair combines figured koa backs and sides with AAA Sitka spruce tops as Gibson continues its flat-top centennial releases.
Sep 10, 2026
Taylor refreshes the 12-fret Grand Concert with five next-generation acoustic models
Taylor's September launch brings new 12-fret Grand Concerts across Presentation, Koa, 700 and 500 Series lines, including a compact 12-string 552ce.
Sep 4, 2026
Martin's LX2 Life is Good puts laser-etched slogans on a Little Martin travel guitar
A follow-up to 2024's LX1 Life is Good, the collaboration with the apparel brand keeps the short-scale Little Martin body and swaps in a more restrained cosmetic treatment.
Aug 30, 2026
Guitar Center's 2026 Crossroads collection revives Clapton's Blind Faith Tele and a 70-piece Mayer Silver Sky
The charity run, timed to this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival, spans Clapton signature Martins, a Fender Custom Shop recreation of his 1969 Telecaster and a limited PRS Silver Sky finished for John Mayer.
Aug 30, 2026
Martin builds two Joe Bonamassa signature acoustics around his 1937 00-18 shade-top
A Nazareth-made 00-18 at $3,999 and a Mexico-made Road Series 00-10E Retro at $1,299, both aged to match the worn original.
Aug 13, 2026
Music
Deniz Cuylan returns to acoustic guitar on the intimate, borderless ‘For Luca’
The Turkish-born guitarist's September 18 album folds acoustic guitar into ambient, jazz, folk and modern-classical textures with an international cast.
Sep 20, 2026
Rodrigo y Gabriela release Japan-shaped acoustic album OurHome
The duo's new 11-track record returns to acoustic textures and brings in guests including Marty Friedman and Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi.
Sep 18, 2026
Mike Dawes and Charles Berthoud release Belle Insomnie for acoustic guitar and fretless bass
The new recording pairs Dawes’ acoustic guitar with Berthoud’s fretless bass on a five-minute instrumental collaboration.
Sep 7, 2026
Molly Tuttle releases an acoustic companion EP built around voice and flat-picked guitar
So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP) strips five songs back to Tuttle’s acoustic guitar, voice and a compact touring-band lineup.
Sep 5, 2026
Releases
Wylde Audio Grand Auditorium Acoustic
$999
Yamaha FG7
Price TBA
Martin 16 Series
Price TBA
Farida JC-1
$1,989
Gibson SJ-200 Elegant Koa
Price TBA
Taylor 12-Fret Grand Concert (Next Generation)
Price TBA
Martin LX2 Life is Good
Price TBA
Martin 00-18 Joe Bonamassa
$3,999
Martin 00-10E Retro Joe Bonamassa
$1,299