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 The Fiery Art of Flatpicking - Tips, technique, super solos

The Fiery Art of Flatpicking - Tips, technique, super solos; Roots of Flatpicking, Pick vs. Fingers - Doc Watson & Merle Watson size up the way flatpicking compares with fingerpicking; Solos with plectrum power - landmark licks; Flatpicking basics; Picking with taste; A Panorama of picks; How your hand becomes your voice; Sizzle on the strings -leading flatpickers reveal the six factors that go into high-speed picking; World premiere for pickers - Dan Crary "Blossoms In The Snow"; more

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

1985 The Art of Gordon Lightfoot

The Art of Gordon Lightfoot; Fingerpick the Blues - 3 Unique Styles; The Kronos Quartet Meets Monk; Melodic Banjo Styles; Repair Shop - The Secret of Shellac Stick; The Music Camps; So you want to run a music camp; A Selected Directory of Music Camps; Workshops: Peeking into David Grisman's private mandolin collection; Tony Rice - when the royalty pie is sliced, what's the artist's cut?; Chet Atkins - left hand shortcuts; Dan Crary - giving old tunes a new lease on life; more

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

1985 New Grass Revival - Sam Bush, Pat Flynn, Bela Fleck, John Cowan

Supergroup! New Grass Revival - Sam Bush, Pat Flynn, Bela Fleck, John Cowan; Flynn - out of the studio into the spotlight; John Cowan - anchor man for a whirlwind; Sam Bush - leader with a low profile; Bela Fleck - making 5 string fireworks; Banjo on the Bosporus - Bela Fleck chronicles the '84 Turkish tour; The conversion of Pat Metheny; Remembering Don Reno by Earl Scruggs, Bill Keith & Alan Munde; Workshops: Tony Rice, Chet Atkins, Byron Berline, David Grisman; more

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