Fretboard Journal favorite (and issue 16 cover story) David Grier stopped by our offices to perform a couple of flatpicking tunes for our cameras, including this version of “Soldier’s Joy.” Watch as Grier picks up steam and lets the notes fly… by around the 2:30 mark, our jaws were dropping.

Grier is playing a dreadnought made by Bellingham, Washington’s Dake Traphagen.

Couldn’t resist posting this close up of David’s fretting hand. Calluses like this don’t lie.