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 Chet Atkins - 5 Keys to better playing

Chet Atkins -5 Keys to better playing; Birth of the Chet Atkins Style; Saving Bill Monroe's 1923 F-5 Mandolin - restorer Charlie Derrington; Classical Magic for Fingerpickers - master guitarist John Knowles demystifies classical techniques and offers tips on how you can use them to polish your own playing; Marty Cutler - Banjo Test Pilot; John Blake made a choice; Reviews: Martin J-65 guitar; more

1986 February 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 Paco De Lucia - Flamenco's Fiery Genius

Paco De Lucia - Flamenco's Fiery Genius; David Holt - The Medium is the Music; The basics of backup; 15 Ways to educate your ears; Putting the blues in bluegrass guitar; Flatpicking solo - "Sugarfoot Rag"; Jimmie Rodgers - the father of country music; Workshops: Earl Scruggs - making the geared fifth peg safe for mankind; George Gruhn - the highly underrated D'Angelico mandolin; Jim Bennett - survival of the loudest - Dobro pickup project; more

1985 November 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

1985 Frets Special Lutherie Issue: Getting into Lutherie

Where Luthiers go to school; Apprenticeship Today; Luthier, teach thyself; Equipping your shop; Power and the Professional; The Many Faces of Lutherie; Fix it again, Sam; Repair Shop Nightmares; A Livelihood or a losing cause?; The Bottom line on endorsements; How to rate your luthier; Special Luthiers directory; The Boxes that Sing - a look at the magic of the luthier's art through the eyes of player / collector David Lindley; more

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