American acoustic guitar builder Isaac Jang (isaacjangguitars.com) recounts his luthier fail stories. Isaac Jang interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Luthier Fail Stories
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It was at the Fretboard Summit that I met Jazz musician Jonathan Stout from the band Campus Five (campusfive.com). Here he is in an interview, holding a stunning archtop guitar. Jonathan Stout interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Fretboard Summit
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In this interview, Niko Slash (nikoslash.com), a leading expert on the iconic Guns N' Roses guitarist, presents the instructional package he created to teach you Slash guitar parts from the album Appetite for Destruction. I went to meet him at his home in Crolles, near Grenoble, to conduct this interview while he played guitar. Niko
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American tube amp wizard Mark Bartel, founder of the Tone King brand who now has his own brand, Bartel Amplifiers (bartelamps.com), was one of the exhibitors at the Fretboard Summit. There, Mark presented a prototype of the Swingland Line Out Interface, a device that emulates the recording process in a completely analog way. I got
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At NAMM 2026, I saw the Grez Guitars instruments (grezguitars.com) at the Wood, Wire & Volts event, but it was in Chicago at the Fretboard Summit (fretboardsummit.org) that I actually met luthier Barry Grzebik to conduct this interview and talk about his guitars. Barry Grzebik interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on
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YouTuber and professional musician Rhett Shull (YouTube channel) is a regular at the Fretboard Summit (fretboardsummit.org). This year, he came with his friend and co-founder of the Dipped in Tone (dippedintone.com) podcast, Zach Broyles of Mythos Pedals (mythospedals.com). Here they are in an interview, with a brief appearance by Addison Sauvan (@addisonsauvan), who works with
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