1986 Michael Hedges - Windham Hill's man in motion

Features: Crossing boundaries with Michael Hedges - Windham Hill's man in motion; The Mandolin rocks the boat; Johnny Gimble -the fiddle that launched a thousand hits; The flashy frailing of Howard Bursen; Workshops: Dan Crary - flatpickers steal a march on "Under the Double Eagle"; Chet Atkins - the continuing flight of Chet's popular "Blue Angel"; Elisa Welch Mulvaney -fiddle tunes for mandolin and guitar; more

1986 November Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1983 Charlie Daniels - Grammy winning rebel fiddler

Features: Charlie Daniels - Grammy winning rebel fiddler; Inside Studio "A"; Chris Hillman; Richie Havens; Cutaways of the '80s; Christopher Parkening; Workshops: Ed Schilling - Miking instruments; Dan Crary - Escaping up the neck - a getaway to new solo licks; Earl Scruggs - Picking with punch - finding "pop" in your playing; Roger H. Siminoff - Wait for the tone - hearing through the notes; more

1983 October Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1984 Frets: Fingerstyle Guitar - Playing secrets

Features: Fingerstyle Guitar - Playing secrets; Laurindo Almeida's Samba Jazz; Stefan Grossman and the Blues; Travis Picking; Martin Carthy's "British" Sound; Kenny Rankin keeps it mellow; Peter Ostroushko - mandolin & fiddle; Roger Sprung - bluegrass banjo guru; Workshops: Margie Mirken - tricks with fingerpicks -sand 'em, bend 'em, stick 'em, & knife 'em to wuit your needs; Chet Atkins - the "superlick" is back -variations on a show stopping fingerstyle maneuver; David Grisman - fingerstyle mandolin; more

1984 August Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1984 Frets: The Kingston Trio - breakthrough boys of the '60s folk boom

Features: The Kingston Trio - breakthrough boys of the '60s folk boom; Evolution of the Mandolin - a pictorial history; Copyrights; Nashville's Grand Master Fiddling; Gibson leaves home - Kalamazoo factory closing; Workshops: Chet Atkins - The Harmonics Connection; Dan Crary - crosspicking "Home Sweet Home"; David Grisman - favorite Mandolins of the masters; Rick Gartner - the lowdown on composing; John McEuen - stepping out of the rut -diversify to make your music pay; more

1984 June Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1984 The 5-String Banjo in America - playing styles, design, history, music and more!

Features: The 5-String Banjo in America - playing styles, design, history, music and more!; Banjos at M.I.T.; Evolution of the Banjo; 5-String playing styles; Banjo Bulls and Bears; Dave Van Ronk on Fingerstyle; How to mend a broken harp; Seattle's Free "Folklife"; Workshops: Margie Mirken - the hows and whys of using old-fashioned calfskin banjo heads; Alan Munde - The Banjo as a career; Earl Scruggs - How High the action; Byron Berline - Fiddling "Cripple Creek"; more

1984 May Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 Frets: Nationals and Dobros - American Ingenuity

Slidin' Steel - The Resophonic Guitar; Nationals and Dobros - American Ingenuity; A Brief Dobro History; Dobro Lesson - Hawaiian Slide, High "G" Tuning; Slide Seminar - Slants and Patterns; Stanley Clarke and the art of the bass; John Hartford - banjo, fiddle and fancy footwork; Frets visits Folk Roots Dulcimers; Review: Takamine 12-string; more

1985 August Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 Ricky Skaggs Interview

Ricky Skaggs Interview; Ricky Skaggs the producer; Peter Lang Fingerpicking; Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter; Crossing cultures with Andy Irvine; The Transformation of the Bouzouki; Peter Grant -how to transfer picking skills to Autoharp; Dissecting Chordal Jazz Solos; Workshops: Bobby Hicks - fiddle solo to "Uncle Pen"; Arlen Roth - using picks with fingers; Chet Atkins - part 2 of Don McLean's "Vincent"; more

1985 March Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 Transcription Tips - Getting licks off records

Transcription Tips - Getting licks off records; Merle Watson Remembered; Blues Mandolin; Percussive Bass Workshop; Willie Dixon - Blues Bass legend; Tony Rice & Bela Fleck vs. "Muleskinner Blues"; The restless II-V Chords; Chubby Wise Fiddle Style; Review: Goodall KOA Concert Grand Guitar; Workshops: Christopher Parkening - a tone color exploration "Les Barricades Mysterieuses"; Mike Seeger - a lesson in melodic autoharp playing; more

1986 January Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 Market Survey of Acoustic / Electric guitars, banjos, autoharps, dulcimers and fiddles

Market Survey of Acoustic / Electric guitars, banjos, autoharps, dulcimers and fiddles; the workings of magnetic pickups, piezo transducers and microphones; Inside the black boxes - digital Delay, chorus, reverb, compression, pitch modulation; The search goes on for amplification that will boost volume without contaminating tone; How The Pros Manipulate Sound; Workshops: Rick Foster - a gifted transcriber recasts "Silent Night" for solo guitar; Greg Raskin - what a preamp will or won't do for your sound; more

1985 December Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 Dan Fogelberg - Acoustic art for a pop world

Dan Fogelberg - Acoustic art for a pop world; Fogelberg on Fingerstyle; Buying instruments for $500 and less; In Search of the Perfect Stick - Frets visits Bow crafter David Cohen; Jazz Soloing with Andy Statman; Alan Stivell and the Lure of the Harp; Repair Shop: Making a double truss rod; Workshops: Chet Atkins - try your hand at making three part harmony sparkle; Dan Crary - Turning a flatpicking fantasy into reality; Byron Berline -use your eyes and ears to grow as a musician; more

1985 October Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Doc Watson - Spirit of American Steel-String

Doc Watson - The Life and Times of Arthel Watson; Inside Doc Watson's Music; Musical tools for the blind; Close up - Todd Phillips; Step-by-step rosettes; So you want to buy a banjo; Workshops: Margie & Greg Mirken - Perfect Pitch; Jorge Strunz - High Speed Scales; Dan Crary - "Wildwood Flower"; George Gruhn - mahogany or rosewood -is there really a difference; Tommy Flint - "crosspicking is velocity without trauma; Byron Berline - tips for beginning fiddlers; Review: Heritage H-50 Mandolin; more

1987 March Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 James Taylor - acoustic guitar is the channel through which he charts his songwriting course

Features: James Taylor Today - acoustic guitar is the channel through which he charts his songwriting course; Fiddler/Songwriter Pete Sutherland; How to buy a Resophonic Guitar - Duolian, Triolian, lap-style, squareneck -if this looks like Greek to you better read before you buy; Gerald Trimble's Celtic Fusion; Fingerpicking "Far Away" Up Close; Ricky Skaggs -back to basics; New Age music; Dobro Buying guide; more

1987 December Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Frets: Tony Rice - new dimensions in taste and tone

Cover Story: Tony Rice - new dimensions in taste and tone; Features: Rice Unit Lieutenant Jimmy Gaudreau - matches Tony note for note; Robin Williamson - A Celtic Heritage; Classical Mandolin revisited; Michael Doucet's Bayou Fiddle Recipe; Review: Givens A-6 Mandolin; Lutherie: Truss Rod Basics; Workshops: Chet Atkins - a dreamy melody for fingerstylists; Dan Crary - create you own flatpicking licks; more

1987 September Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Frets: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band

Cover: Mike Marshall (with John Monteleone mandocello) & Darol Anger (with Jay Ifshin fiddle). Features: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band; How Mike & Darol make music; Nashville Bluegrass Band; How to buy a violin; John Prine; How To: Saddle Pickup Installation; Guitar Reviews: Artesano Model 20 Classical Guitar; Takamine EF-25S Acoustic/Electric Guitar; more

1987 July Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1988 John Cougar Mellencamp - Acoustic Adventure in the Heartland

Cover Story: John Cougar Mellencamp - Daredevil or visionary? The Platinum rocker told his band it was time to go acoustic - and the gamble paid off; Norman & Nancy Blake; How to buy a hammered dulcimer; Fingerstylist David Qualey; Fiddling, Contradance Style; Workshops: David Grisman, Remembering mandolin giant Tiny Moore; Jas Obrecht, The too-brief career of guitar legend Eddie Lang; more

1988 March Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1988 Richard Thompson - Guitar's Cult Hero

Features: The Indescribable Richard Thompson; The Ramblings of Jack Elliott; Feature Music: Richard Thompson's acoustic guitar; a dulcimeric tour de force; a yuletide duet from Mair-Davis; some "Forgotton Pictures" you'll want to remember; Champaign Fiddler Alison Krauss; David Schnaufer; The Mair-Davis Duo; Workshops: Byron Berline -Fiddling in the studio; Larry Carlton - Guitar prayer part two; David Grisman - harmonies for hackers; Dan Crary - making strings last; John Renbourn - can you dance and play guitar?; Tony Trischka - the 5-string free of capo; more

1988 December Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1988 Frets: Mark O'Connor plays everything - and some say better than anyone!

Features: Mark O'Connor plays everything - and some say better than anyone!; Fast Folk Musical Magazine; Leonard Cohen's Songwriting Style; Patrick Street -an Irish band with no gimmicks; Mexico's legendary Gilberto Puente; Frets visits Blue Lion Dulcimers; Workshops: Julie Lyonn Lieberman - fiddling with pentatonics; Alan Munde- a nine-pound banjo solo from Allen Shelton; Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar made easy with open G tuning; Guest: Larry Carlton; Tony Rice - settling in to the recording studio; more

1988 November Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1988 Frets: Superchops! Pierre Bensusan, Steve Khan, Pat Flynn

Contents: Liz Carroll's Irish Fiddling; Deciphering musical shorthand; French Fingerstylist Pierre Bensusan; Jazz Ace Steve Khan; New Grass Revival's Pat Flynn; Frets visits Lowell Jacobs; Music: Fiddle: "Merle's Tune", "Out On the Road", Guitar: "Can't Stop Now", "Four A.M.", "Tafiya", "Anji", "Nocturnal", Banjo: "All the Good Times are Past and Gone", "Old Timey Rising Damp", Mandolin: Exercises; more

1988 August Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1989 Frets: The Instruments of Ricky Skaggs - singer, bandleader, record producer, and multi-instrumental monster-picker shows off a glittering collection.

Contents: The Instruments of Ricky Skaggs - singer, bandleader, record producer, and multi-instrumental monster-picker shows off a glittering collection; Also Known as Circle Two - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Jazz Guitarist Bireli Lagrene; Music: John Hiatt - Fiddle/Mandolin/Guitar: "One Step Over The Line"; Guitar: Michael Johnson - "Give Me Wings", "Rue de Pierre (Part III), "Pelican"; Fiddle: "Camp Chase", "There Will Never Be Another You"; Fiddle/Fretless Banjo: "Forked Deer"; Mandolin: "Highway 40 Blues"; Dobro: Exercises; more

1989 July Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com