Fretboard Journal #21: A Preview

Our Spring 2011 issue, (FJ #21), is now available nationwide. Subscribe today and you can start with this issue.

“When I saw Ernest Tubb and the Troubadours step off the bus, it was the first time I’d seen those costumes in color. It was like that scene where The Wizard of Oz changes from black-and-white to color; it was as if my TV were coming to life. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.” –Marty Stuart to writer Geoffrey Himes

In this 128 page issue:

Country legend Marty Stuart walks us through some of the gems of his collection of country music memorabilia, including Pops Staples Telecaster (pictured on our cover), Johnny Cash's Martin D-45 and much more. Stuart also tells writer Geoffrey Himes about his influences, his recent recording projects and Sparkle & Twang, the travelling museum exhibition featuring his collection.

Brian Fisher interviews the National, the indie-rock darlings of Brooklyn who also happen to have some great guitar tales.

Paul Languedoc, acclaimed luthier and sound tech for Phish, sits down with fellow Vermont builder Creston Lea, to talk shop about electric guitars, working with clients and much more.

Dobro great Tut Taylor is interviewed by Orville Johnson, himself no slouch in the resonator guitar scene.

Up-and-coming archtop builder Erich Solomon reveals an unlikely influence on his guitars: Dan Brown (yes, the Da Vinci code author). Gorgeous photographs of Solomon's guitars and workshop by Amanda Kowalski.

Plus: Guitarist Scott Law, British singer-songwriter Nic Jones, inlay supplier Chuck Erikson and page after page of gorgeous guitars.