On the Cover: Shawn Colvin
**Special Advertising Section: Holiday Gift Guide**
Special Focus: Accompaniment Techniques and Next Gen Artists
- Writing and Playing the Talking Blues
- Serve the Song: Five rhythm masters share tips on how to create compelling guitar parts
- Accompaniment Toolbox: How to take one or two basic chord progressions and apply them to a range of styles
Features and Departments
- Eric Clapton, Running on Faith
- Fingerstyle Virtuoso Alberto Lombardi on Improv & Interpretation
- In the Loop: Creating Loops as Accompaniment
- Woodshed: How to Play the Blues Like Tampa Red
- Makers & Shakers: Matt Sweeny on Guitar Power, a webseries of informal lessons with pros
- Ask the Expert: How to smartly shop for a used or vintage guitar
- Gear Reviews: Boss AD-10 preamp/DI, Mesa Engineering Rosette amp and Rosette DI, Taylor 352ce and 362ce 12-strings
Key Dates
- Advertising reservations due by October 10, 2017
- Advertising materials due by October 23, 2017
- Issue on sale November 24, 2017
*subject to change