Shane and I talk about coffee, pancakes, guitar as obstacle, the guitarist/composer/improviser trifecta, an avant guitarist's day-to-day living, quick takes on some of my favorite guitarists, Marc Ribot, meditation practice, timbral epiphanies, exploring prepared guitar and arbitrary tunings on Autodidact, the magic of 20bpm, internal clocks vs quantized grids, educational playlists, Allan Holdsworth, Julian Bream, nail maintenance for steel string playing, and whether or not I'll be lame if I buy a 7-string guitar.