Podcast 514: Guitar Retail in 2025 (Fretboard Summit Panel)
Do guitars still sell in 2025? Is there a glut of unsold instruments? How have tariffs affected the high-end musical instrument space? At this year's Fretboard Summit, we asked a handful of guitar ret...
29 Aug 202558min
Podcast 513: Jayne Henderson on the Asheville Guitar Project
One last Fretboard Summit 2025 announcement: Jayne Henderson (EJ Henderson Guitars and Ukuleles) stops by the Fretboard Journal to tell us about the Asheville Guitar Project group build that she'll be...
19 Aug 202529min
Podcast 512: 3Bender's Wade Black
3Bender's Wade Back joins us this week to share the fascinating history of 3Bender and reveal an incredible new product he's unveiling at this year's Fretboard Summit, the Steelmaster. The Steelmaster...
18 Aug 202523min
Podcast 511: Northfield Instruments' Adrian Bagale
"Here's what happens when you invite a mandolin company, with crazy curiosity, to a guitar show four years in a row." -Adrian Bagale Northfield's Adrian Bagale joins us this week for what has to be o...
12 Aug 20251h 27min
Podcast 510: Dave Hill
Dave Hill is a comedian, actor, author, musician and podcaster. He's also a guitar fanatic. In fact, at the 2025 Fretboard Summit, he'll be performing an entire stand-up set on guitar (!) and doing so...
7 Aug 20251h 1min
Podcast 509: James Kee (East Nash Grass)
James Kee of East Nash Grass joins us this week to talk about his band's forthcoming album 'All God's Children' and the guitar he just acquired and restored, a 1955 Martin D-18 formerly owned by Earl ...
29 Jul 202558min
Podcast 508: Summer School Electronics' Mark Turley
Summer School Electronics founder Mark Turley joins us this week to discuss the history of his pedal company, his day job as a schoolteacher, our Fretboard Summit gathering, and so much more. In wha...
18 Jul 202537min
Podcast 507: Skip Heller
Musician, composer, and writer Skip Heller was one of the Fretboard Journal's earliest subjects, contributors, and podcast guests. On this week's show, we catch up with Skip to talk about his new exot...
14 Jul 20251h 9min
