Podcast 141: Singer-Songwriter Ethan Gruska
On this week's podcast, we talk to Ethan Gruska (Belle Brigade) about his 2017 solo album, Slowmotionary. As Gruska tells it, he innocently recorded a handful of songs thinking they would serve as a s...
29 Mar 201728min
Podcast 140: Doug Kauer (Kauer Guitars / Titan Guitars)
This week, we have a fun talk with Doug Kauer of Kauer Guitars, Titan Guitars and DRS racks. Doug tells us about how his family's cabinetry business gave him the experience he needed to build instrume...
24 Mar 201753min
Podcast 139: Rick Turner, Jack Casady and Dan Schwartz at the Fretboard Summit 2016
Another highlight from the 2016 Fretboard Summit: Rick Turner, Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) and Dan Schwarz have a candid talk about the evolution of instrument amplification and tone fr...
16 Mar 20171h 55min
Podcast 138: Noam Pikelny of the Punch Brothers
Banjo virtuoso Noam Pikelny joins us on this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast to talk about his new (and excellent) solo album 'Universal Favorite', some of the instruments in his growing collection (...
7 Mar 201754min
Podcast 137: Wes Lambe and Ben Maschal of Pre-War Guitars
Relic'd guitars are nothing new in the world of electric instruments, but they're relatively unheard of when it comes to acoustics. Pre-War Guitars – the duo of Wes Lambe and Ben Maschal – hopes to ch...
2 Mar 201740min
Podcast 136: Wyatt Wilkie of Wilkie Stringed Instruments
If you love a good story, you'll want to tune into this week's podcast with luthier Wyatt Wilkie. Though he comes from a musical family, Wilkie is a completely self-taught instrument maker. He built h...
16 Feb 201751min
Podcast 135: Jason & Pharis Romero of J. Romero Banjo Co.
On today's Fretboard Journal Podcast, we talk to Jason and Pharis Romero of J. Romero Banjo Co. From the tiny town of Horsefly, British Columbia, the Romeros craft some of the most coveted new fretted...
11 Feb 201750min
Podcast 134: Luthier Maegen Wells
On this week's podcast, we talk to luthier Maegen Wells. After years of working alongside famed archtop guitar and bass builder Tom Ribbecke, Maegen is now building her own guitar and mandolin creatio...
2 Feb 20171h 27min
