Podcast 292: Luthier Sherwood Phifer

Podcast 292: Luthier Sherwood Phifer

As a kid, guitarmaker Sherwood "Woody" Phifer would tinker with everything, from model airplanes to his high school track shoes. "I would look at something and I'd be redesigning it as I was looking at it," he says. Eventually, he was taking guitars apart, which led to him building his own instrument and stumbling upon Charles LoBue's Guitar Lab in 1970. Within a couple of visits to that influential NYC shop, he found his passion for lutherie and his life's calling. During this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast, Phifer tells us about that fateful trip to Guitar Lab (a shop that employed soon-to-be-legendary employees Larry DiMarzio, Charles LoBue, Ralph Novak and Steve Kauffman), walks us through some of his thoroughly original creations (including his archtop guitars, his chambered-body electrics, his unique bridge system and more), and describes what it's like to be one of the only Black guitarmakers in the country.

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Podcast 497: Joellen Lapidus

Podcast 497: Joellen Lapidus

In the 1960s, Joellen Lapidus built the dulcimer you hear on Joni Mitchell's Blue album. Over the years, she's also sold instruments to some of rock's biggest names like David Crosby, Garth Hudson, Ja...

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Podcast 496: Dan Gabel of Peghead Nation

Podcast 496: Dan Gabel of Peghead Nation

Peghead Nation co-founder Dan Gabel joins us this week to talk about the online lesson portal's origin story, the growth they've experienced over the last decade, and some of their favorite online cla...

1 Huhti 202540min

Podcast 495: Free Range

Podcast 495: Free Range

The Fretboard Journal's Sofia Wolfson interviews Chicago's Free Range (Sofia Jensen), whose second record 'Lost & Found' is out now.  Jensen recounts learning guitar at the School of Rock, starting Fr...

28 Maalis 20251h 10min

Podcast 494: Jamie Etherington on the Luthier's Tool Box

Podcast 494: Jamie Etherington on the Luthier's Tool Box

This week, we talk to writer Jamie Etherington about his latest project, the Luthier's Tool Box. The Luthier's Tool Box is the Fretboard Journal's first hardcover book release. It's an anthology featu...

21 Maalis 202549min

Podcast 493: Buzzy Levine of Lark Street Music

Podcast 493: Buzzy Levine of Lark Street Music

Did you watch 'A Complete Unknown' and wonder where all those vintage instruments came from?  If so, you're in luck. This week, we're talking to Buzzy Levine of Lark Street Music. Over 20 of the instr...

10 Maalis 202548min

Podcast 492: New Acoustics With Old Souls (Live from the Fretboard Summit 2024)

Podcast 492: New Acoustics With Old Souls (Live from the Fretboard Summit 2024)

How do you make a new acoustic guitar sound slightly more "vintage?" This was the nebulous premise that Jason posed to three great builders at the 2024 Fretboard Summit: John Slobod (Circa Guitars), ...

2 Maalis 202547min

Podcast 491: Jim D'Addario

Podcast 491: Jim D'Addario

D'Addario founder and Fretboard Journal 55 cover subject Jim D'Addario joins us this week for a fascinating talk about strings, innovation, and so much more.  We talk about Jim's first mentor, Mario M...

22 Helmi 202546min

Podcast 490: Cameron Knowler Returns

Podcast 490: Cameron Knowler Returns

Frequent Fretboard Journal contributor Cameron Knowler returns to the Fretboard Journal Podcast to talk about his forthcoming new album, CRK. Inspired by classic Terry Allen and Ry Cooder records, CRK...

14 Helmi 202544min

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