The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast

The last official talk at the 2016 Fretboard Summit featured three giants in the world of guitarmaking: Rick Turner, Dana Bourgeois and Andy Powers. This sprawling talk covers a lot of ground: What ma...

27 Okt 20161h 7min

Two old friends join us on this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast as we talk with guitar improvising legend Henry Kaiser and Andy Marshall of THD Electronics. During our sprawling chat, Kaiser tells us...

21 Okt 20161h 12min

On this week's podcast, we talk to Will Lowe and David Sheppard of Lowe Vintage. Lowe Vintage is a relatively new guitar shop based in Burlington, North Carolina. Despite their newcomer status in the ...

30 Sep 201627min

Our Fretboard Summit OM guitar project is now nearing completion. On this episode, we conduct one last Skype conversation with luthier T. Drew Heinonen to talk about the instrument, where it stands cu...

22 Sep 201646min

We don't often cover religious music here at the Journal but on today's podcast we talk to Paul Enns, a music pastor based in London. He walks us through his unique job, crafting music and playing aco...

13 Sep 201631min

As Santa Cruz celebrates its fortieth anniversary, we're sharing the talk that founder Richard Hoover gave at the first-ever Fretboad Summit. Richard tells us a bit about the SCGC operation, gives us ...

26 Aug 201650min

Jim Olson is a legend in the world of acoustic guitar making. The Minnesota-based luthier is a cult favorite among guitar collectors around the world thanks to the instruments he's built for James Tay...

17 Aug 201656min

These days, Otto D'Ambrosio is best known for his exquisite archtop guitars. But his guitar journey began long ago, when he stumbled into Mandolin Brothers as a 13 year old. He ended up working at Man...

5 Aug 201644min