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Guy Clark
When he’s not writing some of Nashville’s best tunes, singer-songwriter Guy Clark builds guitars. In this Fretboard Journal cover story, Clark describes his songwriting process, his lutherie hobby (he jokingly describes himself as a “dilettante guitar maker”), a new album (Workbench Songs) and his former day job working at the Dobro factory. Photography by Jim McGuire.
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Duane Eddy
In every issue, we pair up a couple of our favorite musicians, run a tape recorder and see what transpires. This time around, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Paul Burch talks to guitar hero Duane Eddy. |
Wade Mainer
Matt Sircley interviews the “grandfather of bluegrass,” banjo innovator Wade Mainer. Mainer’s Bluebird sessions with Mainer’s Mountaineers are the stuff of legend, the 78s that helped jumpstart the sounds of bluegrass. Now 99 years old, Mainer recounts his early days of playing, various bands he led and the musicians who taught him way back when. |
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R.Taylor Guitars
The challenge to make a “strong acoustic guitar statement” led Bob Taylor to start a whole new guitar company, R. Taylor. Michael John Simmons finds out how this project began and interviews the all-star team of builders—Bob Taylor, Larry Breedlove, Tim Luranc and others—working on it today. |
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Howe Orme
Beginning around the 1890s, the innovative, odd-shaped mandolins and guitars of Howe-Orme started showing up in the hands of musicians. Rick Turner, Robert F. DeVellis and Gregg Miner collaborate to uncover the mysterious world of these unique instruments, and attempt to figure out just who made them. |
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Bill Collings
Everyone in the music industry has a good Bill Collings story. And, as editor Marc Greilsamer discovers in his lengthy interview with the guitar builder, it’s easy to see why. For 30 years, Collings has been on a no-holds-barred pursuit of musical instrument perfection. Behind-the-scenes photos of the Austin, Texas Collings factory by James LaCombe. |
Gamble Rogers
A tribute to the legendary guitar-toting storyteller Gamble Rogers. Through his music and stage shows, Rogers forged some of the most colorful Southern tales ever penned. Writer Harold Fethe discovers that, even after his tragic passing in 1991, Rogers' influence and legacy is still very much alive.
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Specimen Guitars
After years of making some of the wildest-looking electric guitars (and tiples and mandolins) you’ve ever seen, Ian Schneller decided to start a guitar building school. Photographer Eric Futran captures the singular vibe of the Schneller’s Chicago loft space and asks the question: Are these creations works of art or musical instruments? Turns out both. |
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A report from Loar Fest West; singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau; and “How I Became Lindsey Buckingham’s Guitar Tech,” by Ray Lindsey, reviews and more. |
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| Available August 1, 2006 at finer music stores and newsstands everywhere. |
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