1988 Sharon Isbin, Classical Guitarist - Secrets of her success

Features: Sharon Isbin - Beyond Classical Guitar; Sharon Isbin Music -is it classical or is it Travis-style?; The Guitars of Preston Reed; Edgar Meyer is "Out There"; Fingerstyle technical exercise from Preston Reed; Workshops: George Gruhn -evolution of the F-4 Mandolin; John Renbourn - DADGAD; David Grisman - Duo Style Mandolin; Alan Munde - art of the jazz waltz; Byron Berline -you deserve a break today; Guest Martin Simpson - frailing banjo revisited; Dan Crary - Bugle calls for flatpickers; Jas Obrecht - The minstrel of the Appalachians - Bascom Lamar Lunsford; more

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

1988 Frets: Beyond 6 Strings: 12-String Guitar, Harp Guitar Renaissance, Rare Instruments

Cover: Still life with Reuter J-12 guitar; Features: Seven accomplised players explain how they came following the 12-string guitar; Frets talks to players of instruments of unusual denominations; Early American 12-Strings; In the market for a 12-string?; Exotic instrument photo gallery; The mighty Harp Guitar; Music: Guitar: "Crazy Creek", "Crosstie", "For Emily Whenever I May Find Her", "House Carpenter", Mandolin: "The Zipper Store", Fiddle: "Mindy's Fiddle Blues", Banjo: "All the Good Times Are Past and Gone"; more

1988 September 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

1989 New Grass Revival on a roll - Nashville's superpickers compete in the land of plenty

Contents: New Grass Revival on a roll - Nashville's superpickers compete in the land of plenty; Strings of the Gipsy Kings; Harpist Andreas Vollenweider; Whippersnapper; On the house concert circuit - all the world's a stage so why not your living room; How to buy a harp; Frets visists Bruce Petros; Music: Fiddles / Mandocello / Guitar: "Romanitza"; Guitar: "Pelican", Open Chord Diagrams, "Thirteen Question Method"; Mandolin: "Learned Pigs & Fire-Proof Women" Banjo: "Avalon"; more

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

1989 Albert Lee - Flatpicking Guitar's unassuming Genius

Contents: Country-Rocking Guitarist Albert Lee; Unclassical Guitarist Stephen Funk Pearson; Banjo / guitarist Eddie Adcock; NAMM; Frets Annual Festival Guide; Music: Banjo: "I'll Go Stepping Too", "Gold Watch and Chain", "The Virginia Boys"; Guitar: "Flowers of Edinburgh", "West Coast Blues", "Woman", "Pelican", "St. James Hospital"; Mandolin: "Russian Rag"; Fiddle: "Bear Creek Hop"; more

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

1989 Frets: Johnny Cash - The Legend talks guitar

Contents: Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Guitar wisdom from the man in black; Drastic Classicists - three revolutionary string quartets are shaking up the black tie and tails set; Photo Gallery - Athens, Ohio celebrates American lutherie; Five Petals make a Blue Rose - quintessential players unite for an all-star album - Marcy Marxer, Cathy Fink, Sally Wan Meter, Laurie Lewis, Molly Mason; Fleetwood Mac Fingerstyle Masterpiece - "Never Going Back Again" transcription - an acoustic guitar gem from Lindsay Buckingham; Music: Guitar: Rhythm Licks; "Never Going Back Again", "The Plains of Waterloo; Banjo: "Which Side Are You On?", "The Virginia Boys"; Fiddle: Examples; more

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