Magazine Features

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil
Jason Verlinde
January 2, 2013

 

The soft-spoken Soundgarden guitarist responsible for some of the biggest and grungiest sounds in rock & roll history talks to FJ publisher Jason Verlinde about his love... View This

Scott Walker
Jason Verlinde
January 2, 2013

 

In a converted chicken coop in the Santa Cruz mountains, Walker builds solidbody electric guitars and lapsteels with exotic woods and complex electronics. In this lengthy photo essay... View This

Luthier Jim Merrill
Jason Verlinde
January 2, 2013

 

Armed with a box of Brazilian rosewood (for a soon-to-be guitar), Art Dudley travels to Virginia to talk shop with luthier Jim Merrill. Merrill is one of the foremost makers of... View This

Fred Frith
Jason Verlinde
January 2, 2013

 

Musician James Elkington talks shop with improvisation pioneer Fred Frith. Frith now spends his time teaching music at Mill's College in Northern California, but most musicians... View This

RedLine Acoustics
Jason Verlinde
January 2, 2013

 

From his RedLine Rambler Deluxe resonator guitar to his Traveler mandolins and even some flattops, builder Steve Smith is somehow able to make hand-built instruments at fair prices.... View This