These days, Lloyd Baggs (LR Baggs) is synonymous with great acoustic guitar pickup systems. But it hasn't been easy. This self-taught tinkerer - who started building one-of-a-kind acoustic guitars for legendary musicians in the '70s and early '

Nicholas Weber (Guitar Tonewoods)

Jun 21st, 2021 32m 17s

What makes for a sustainable tonewood? What does FSC-certified actually mean? On today's Acoustic Voices Podcast, we learn both and a lot more from Nicholas Weber, the founder of Guitar Tonewoods. Weber has spent decades working with forest ma

Artists to Watch: The Native Heart & Conner Cherland

Jun 3rd, 2021 1h 14m

Ingenuity. We love it in our guitars and in our musicians. For this episode, we talk to a pair of artists who may not be on your radar yet, but will be soon: the Native Heart's Jon Torrance is a fanatical music educator and musician based in Mi

Myrtlewood

Apr 22nd, 2021 54m 32s

As interest in domestic guitar woods reaches an all-time high, we talk to Oregon-based Cyril Jacob, who handpicks the unique Oregon myrtlewood that Breedlove Guitars uses for their instruments. Every day, Jacob is on a virtual scavenger hunt: t

Guitarist Chris Arndt (Jocelyn and Chris)

Mar 16th, 2021 52m 14s

Guitarist Chris Arndt is a throwback of sorts: An early obsession with classic rock had him sitting in with bar bands while he was still in elementary school. Today, he's one-half of the brother-sister duo, Jocelyn and Chris. With a few stellar

Tom Bedell

Jan 14th, 2021 1h 11m

Tom Bedell caught the guitar - and business - bug early. He was a successful guitar teacher, guitar importer and guitar store owner while he was still in high school. He’d go on to attend college, work as a political consultant, and successfull

Welcome to Acoustic Voices

Jan 4th, 2021 1m 40s

Welcome to Acoustic Voices, a new podcast collaboration between the Fretboard Journal and Breedlove Guitars. Once a month, we'll talk to some of the people that make this guitar brand unique, learn about music history, sustainability and much m

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