most guitar magazine be about mainly equipment and to a lesser extent , the thrash\/metal\/punk \/ whatever hero of the moment . `` Acoustic Guitar '' be different . it do talk about equipment , sure , but the primary focus have always be the music and the artist .  I have a couple year ' worth of `` Acoustic Guitar '' on my bookshelf , unlike another popular magazine that get read and toss or give away . I do not save every issue , but I save a lot , as there be so much timeless information and good music to be find . in the few issue withe arm 's reach I see a story on the music of `` O Brother where be Thou ? '' with a arrangment of `` man of constant sorrow '' . here be a article on jazz manouche and Django Reinhardt , with a tutorial write by John Jorgenson . another issue spotlight the then-new MTV Unplugged phenomenon , and have a transcription of Clapton 's unplugged `` Layla '' .  Issues have cover contemporary singer-songwriter , cuban `` Son '' music , african music , 1920s american jazz guitarist ... just about anything that can be play on a guitar . Evry issue be a surprise , and even if it do not have one of you favorite it 'll have something you 'll find interesting and useful .