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Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

12 INSANE Acoustic Guitar Instrumental Albums • Acoustic Tuesday 268

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

Music

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

You already know listening to music makes you a better musician. But what happens when you listen to some of the most revolutionary, insane, and technically dazzling acoustic guitar music? This episode is dedicated to some of the best acoustic guitar instrumental albums. I'll go through 12 different albums that any acoustic guitar player needs to know. I know I've done episodes like this before. All I'll say is that this is filled with deep cuts that you probably haven't heard before. Why? Because these beautiful records are honest, stunning expressions of what the acoustic guitar can do. Many of the albums are filled with originals. Some songs are solo acoustic guitar. Some have a jazz foundation. But all of them will blow your mind as a guitar geek. From Ariel Posen to Bill Frisell, I want this list to inspire you. I want you running to the record store and hunting one of these albums down — if not more! Whether you're lost or looking to expand your creative potential, you're bound to find something unforgettable in these records. Let me know in the comments what you find! Submit your guitarsenal at the link below! https://airtable.com/shrpAVAi9HUGVUW8b Featured on this episode… ArielPosen Rob Ickes Bill Frisell Ivan Rosenberg Gwenifer Raymond Guitar World Beard Guitars Larkin Poe Old Town School Normans Rare Guitars

Transcript

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0:00.0

Not all instrumental guitar albums are created equal. To create the perfect one, you need the tone,

0:06.8

you need the feel, you need the proficiency, and you need to be able to conjure up emotion without any lyrics.

0:14.1

Well, on today's show, I'll be sharing with you 12 instrumental guitar albums that check all of those boxes.

0:20.4

Get ready to grow your record collection.

0:23.3

Hey, TAC family, this is episode 268 of the Acoustic Tuesday show, a show packed full of fun

0:29.2

and inspiration designed to help you get more fulfillment, progress, and joy from your

0:33.6

acoustic guitar journey. Throughout today's episode, I'll be sharing with you some acoustic news you can use,

0:39.3

which includes a public music history resource, an acoustic guitar rock and roll

0:44.5

Hall of Fame induction, and much, much more.

0:47.9

Plus, I'll show you two guitar snals that will inspire you to maybe grow your own guitar

0:52.8

arsenal.

0:53.8

That's what's coming up, but first, I want

0:55.4

to share with you these 12 instrumental guitar albums that need to be in your record collection.

1:01.0

First, I have to say, this was really freaking hard. Like, one of the hardest lists I've ever

1:07.7

had to come up with, because I've mentioned so many albums on the Acoustic

1:11.9

Tuesday show before. So at first this was going to be the best instrumental albums of all time,

1:16.8

but then I thought, gosh, I've mentioned a lot of those on the show before. So maybe this

1:22.7

will be 12 instrumental guitar albums that you've likely never heard of before. So that's what I went with.

1:28.8

But first, just to make sure this is a one-two punch, I wanted to share with you some killer

1:34.5

instrumental albums that I have mentioned before that if I was to make a greatest instrumental

1:39.8

albums of all-time list, these would certainly be on it. I'm going to rifle through these really quick.

1:44.8

We've got Tommy Emanuel's Endless Road, Michael Hedges, aerial boundaries, Leo Kotke's

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