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Faculty Spotlight: Dave Johnson (Video)
Dave Johnson, one of our instructors at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville, is a former accountant who switched careers after deciding he wanted to do something he was passionate about. He started Scale Model Guitars in 2003 and has never looked back. "I never have a...
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Iconic Guitars: the CF Martin OM
For the next installment in our ongoing series delving into the history of iconic guitar models, we spoke with Marty Lanham, owner of Nashville Guitar Company and an instructor at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville, about the CF Martin OM. Could you talk about the history...
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Guitar Showcase: George Pjetri (Video)
Graduate George Pjetri talks about the design of his project guitar and what inspired it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieTnvch63tA&t=1s
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Graduate Profile: Colton Sipp (Video)
Alum Colton Sipp is on his way to becoming a luthier extraordinaire with his work at Novo Guitars. Hear about how his experience at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville prepared him for his career in luthiery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRt6QYjPCTo&t=117s
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Guitar Showcase: Patrick Berhow (Video)
Graduate Patrick Berhow talks about his project guitar that he built in the electric program at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv3Lda5az4g
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Tech Tip: Removing Frets
I use this tool, called a fret zapper, to remove frets. The guys at Gruhn Guitars showed me this when I was working there. It’s essentially a 150-watt soldering gun with the tip replaced with two separate pieces of copper. You simply hold the ends onto the fret and...
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Guitar Showcase: Craig Standridge (Video)
Now a teacher's assistant, Craig started out in both the acoustic and electric programs. Watch as he discusses the creative choices behind his acoustic guitar design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GZxQWGHquc&t=2s
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Student Profile: Brad King
Brad King’s journey to Guitar Craft Academy Nashville started with his dad’s car radio. “My dad would listen to the radio and knew every song, everybody in the bands, all the instruments they played — it was like a history lesson,” he said. “To me, that was the...
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Q&A: Ryan Madora, Guitar Craft Academy bass instructor
Ryan Madora recently joined the Guitar Craft Academy Nashville faculty as a bass performance instructor. Originally from Philadelphia, Ryan moved to Nashville in 2012 and has stayed busy performing in the studio and onstage with Robben Ford, Bobby Bones and many others (check out a Spotify playlist of her recordings here). We caught up with Ryan to discuss her career and her work at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville.
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Student’s First Guitar Sale
Any luthier’s first guitar sale is a big deal. But it’s even more impressive when the guitar sold is the first guitar you ever built. So congratulations to recent Guitar Craft Academy graduate Tiernan McKinney, who recently sold his first guitar — built during our...
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