Fretboard Journal Podcast 37: Maxine Trump of the Musicwood Documentary
Acoustic guitarists and mandolinists all over the world know of the importance of Sitka spruce. It's one of the favored choices for guitar tops (and for bracing inside the instrument). What many...
View ArticleFretboard Journal Podcast 38: Blake Mills
Ever wondered what it’s like to play guitar alongside Lucinda Williams? Or what the Rick Rubin-produced Kid Rock album sessions were like? Our 38th Fretboard Journal Podcast will answer all of those...
View ArticleFretboard Journal Podcast 39: Guitar Builder Creston Lea
Can an "art guitar" be a functional, workingman's instrument? If its built by Vermont's Creston Lea, the answer is a resounding yes. In this week's podcast, FJ publisher Jason Verlinde talks to Lea...
View ArticlePodcast 41: CITES, the Lacey Act and the Gibson Guitars Raid
This week we talk to John Thomas, the FJ's very own Field Editor and a professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law, and get a crash course on CITES, the Lacey Act and the recent raid of the Gibson...
View ArticlePodcast 42: Guitarist Adam Levy
Guitarist Adam Levy has explored every facet of being a professional musician. Over the course of his career, he's been an instructor, a music journalist, a session guitarist, a singer-songwriter and a...
View ArticlePodcast 43: Guitarist Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell is one of the most original guitarists alive today. His guitar tone is unmistakable, regardless of which instrument he's playing and his music blurs the boundaries of jazz, free-improv and...
View ArticlePodcast 44: Jonny Corndawg
With a name like Jonny Corndawg, you can guess that this week's podcast guest is going to be a unique one. And Mr. Corndawg does not disappoint. He's a quirky singer-songwriter influenced by artists...
View ArticlePodcast 45: Eric Skye
Portland, Oregon's Eric Skye may be too humble to consider himself a great guitarist, but anyone who has heard this wonderful improviser in action would beg to differ. On this week's podcast, we talk...
View ArticlePodcast 46: Seymour Duncan
"My days are very busy," pickup maker Seymour Duncan says with a laugh. It's no understatement. In addition to running one of the largest pickup companies in the musical instrument industry, Duncan is...
View ArticlePodcast 47: Nathan Salsburg
From his home in Louisville, Kentucky, we talk to guitarist and music historian Nathan Salsburg. By our count, Salsburg has released two of the best instrumental acoustic guitar albums of 2011: Avos, a...
View ArticlePodcast 48: Mya-Moe Ukuleles
For the last few years, Char and Gordon Mayer of Mya-Moe Ukuleles have combined creating stunning ukuleles with an interesting business model. They hope, quite simply, to be the Collings or Benedetto...
View ArticlePodcast 49: Luthier Tom Ribbecke
Over the course of his 39 years as a luthier, Tom Ribbecke has become one of the world's great archtop guitar builders and a tireless educator, promoter and spokesperson for the world of hand-built...
View ArticlePodcast 50: Nial McGaughey of Solid Cables / Hovercraft Amps
For over a decade, Portland, Oregon’s Nial McGaughey has made a name for himself creating audiophile-grade guitar cables with his company Solid Cables. He’s also been not-so-quietly hard at work making...
View ArticlePodcast 51: Rik Besser of B*Fanatic Guitarworks
In the 1930s, Nationals and Dobro-branded guitars often featured a “frosted duco” finish, the result of applying a unique lacquer would seemingly crystalize on the instrument. The guitar finish...
View ArticlePodcast 52: Fingerstyle Guitarist Richard Smith
Richard Smith is one of the most impressive fingerstyle guitarists alive today. For our 52nd podcast, Smith stops by the FJ offices to talk about his unique upbringing, meeting hero Chet Atkins for the...
View ArticlePodcast 53: Musician Michael Andrews (Elgin Park)
In 2002, musician Michael Andrews and singer Gary Jules performed a mesmerizing cover of Tears for Fears' “Mad World” for the Donnie Darko soundtrack. That unlikely cover not only found it's way to the...
View ArticlePodcast 54: Verellen Amplifers
In Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, Ben Verellen and his small team custom build some of the most beautiful (and loud) guitar amplifiers available today. On today's FJ podcast, we talk to Verellen about...
View ArticlePodcast 55: Luthier TJ Thompson
When it comes to repairing vintage Martin guitars, TJ Thompson is, quite simply, one of the best. He's repaired famous instruments played by some of the biggest names in music and has brought seemingly...
View ArticlePodcast 56: Joe Henry
Producer and singer-songwriter Joe Henry is the consummate guitar enthusiast. In the Fretboard Journal #26, he walks us through his vintage acoustic guitar collection and his varied music career. As a...
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