The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast

"It wasn't like I was looking to make pedals my career, at all… it was just, 'I bet I can sell one to buy parts for this other one.'" –Robert Keeley, on his early work On this week's podcast, we talk ...

14 Dec 20191h 10min

You may not know who singer-songwriter Odessa is, but chances are you've heard at least one of her songs. "I Will Be There," a tune found on her 2014 self-titled debut album, was used in a national ca...

3 Dec 201957min

For years, Nelson, British Columbia's Craig Korth could be seen at bluegrass festivals sharing a trio of exceptional (and extremely pricey) instruments - his 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin, a 1937 Martin D-...

21 Nov 20191h 20min

On this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast, we're talking to guitarist/instructor Jason Loughlin. Loughlin's latest project is Sound on Sound, a rather unconventional TrueFire course dedicated to teachi...

14 Nov 201957min

Erick Coleman is known to thousands online simply as "tonechaser." But Erick's story goes way beyond his social media posts: Coleman is an experienced luthier, a still-touring musician and the Senior ...

4 Nov 20191h 7min

The instruments that luthier Eric Weigeshoff (Skytop Guitars) crafts are striking. For starters, his acoustic guitars don't even have a traditional top soundhole. On this week's podcast, we talk to Er...

24 Okt 20191h 8min

In 1996, Jay Boone founded Emerald City Guitars out of a funky storefront in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. These days, ECG may occupy the same address but it has evolved into one of the world...

14 Okt 201952min

Once again, we're bringing back one of our favorite subjects to the Fretboard Journal Podcast. Andy Powers should need little introduction to longtime FJ followers: In less than a decade, he's gone fr...

4 Okt 201950min