The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast

Lots of us daydream about one day building a guitar from scratch. A set of guitar strings? That seems nearly impossible. On this week's podcast, we talk to Scott Marquart, the founder and owner of Str...

25 Aug 20231h 1min

For the last several months, we've been following Micah Bruce of Bruce Guitars as he builds a unique guitar that he'll unveil at the 2023 Fretboard Summit. It's an instrument based on the classic Harm...

21 Aug 202338min

Richard Smith is unstoppable. The British fingerstyle guitarist has a grueling tour schedule, a busy Nashville studio that he recently adapted into a video studio, online music lessons, and probably a...

9 Aug 202357min

We have a new addition to the Fretboard Journal's podcast lineup, Steel: The Steel Guitar Podcast! Once a month, host Matt Perpick will interview steel players (young and old) about their stories, the...

9 Aug 202317min

In just four years, 14-year-old Wyatt Ellis has gone from discovering bluegrass music for the first time to becoming one of its rising stars. This is the story of a prodigy who taught himself how to ...

3 Aug 202328min

We first spoke to electric guitarmaker Jon "Sully" Sullivan on the podcast back in 2018 (episode 204). This week marks Sully's long-awaited return back onto the podcast. We talk about his '71 Trella m...

27 Juli 20231h 12min

This week's double-header of an episode is all about the 2023 Fretboard Summit taking place August 24-26, 2023 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. As you hopefully know, the Summit is a three-...

18 Juli 20231h 31min

Meet Jonathan Stout, a Southern California-based jazz guitarist best known as a bandleader in the swing dance world. Jonathan's story is unlike any we've ever heard: Here's someone who cites Kirk Ham...

12 Juli 20231h 32min