This week, we celebrate Martin Guitars’ 190th anniversary by talking to Thomas Ripsam, the famed company’s CEO and President.

As you’ll hear, Thomas is a music fanatic. Before working at Martin, he took a guitarbuilding class from Dennis MacPherson and he’s released a couple of albums under the moniker, Seeds of Imagination (Spotify link).

To commemorate their 190th anniversary, Martin just re-launched their D-19 series. (This was announced just after our conversation so it didn’t come up.)

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