Life With Strings Attached

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  André Gonçalves (ADDAC System) | When Modular Synthesis Meets the Guitar String 14.08.2026 1ชม. 26นาที

  In this episode, I speak with Lisbon-based artist, musician, and instrument designer André Gonçalves of ADDAC System. For sixteen years, André has explored modular synthesis, experimental music, and the physical interfaces that make electronic sound feel immediate and human. His ADDAC120 Four String Series brings those worlds together, integrating guitar strings, pickups, motors, bows, and resonators into a modular synthesizer environment. Our conversation moves through the future of musica...
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  From a Guitar Shop at 19 to the World's Biggest String Company | Chris Griffiths (D'Addario) 07.08.2026 1ชม. 22นาที

  In this episode, I sit down with Chris Griffiths, someone I’ve known for nearly twenty-five years and whose remarkable career I’ve had the opportunity to see unfold firsthand. Chris opened his first guitar shop at nineteen, trained as a guitar maker and went on to found Garrison Guitars, where he developed an entirely new approach to building an acoustic guitar. His path has since taken him through Parker, Dingwall and a range of influential music-industry companies, before leading to his cu...
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  30 Years, Kirk Hammett and the Guitar That Never Compromises | Nik Huber 01.08.2026 1ชม. 37นาที

  Welcome to Life with Strings Attached. I'm your host, Jamie Gale. Today's guest is Nik Huber, one of the most well-respected guitar makers in the world. 30 years is a remarkable milestone for any guitar maker. It's long enough to build thousands of instruments, earn the trust of musicians around the world and prove that quality could stand the test of time. Nik Huber and I first met at our very first NAMM show when we both were just the beginning of our careers. Over the last 25 years, I've...
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  D'Angelico, Loar and Why New York Changed the Guitar Forever | Cristian Mirabella 24.07.2026 1ชม. 8นาที

  Welcome to Life With Strings Attached. I'm your host, Jamie Gale. My guest today is famed archtop guitar maker Cristian Mirabella. This episode is the result of an impromptu conversation at the end of Cristian's biography episode. After our first recording, Cristian and I kept on talking, and it became clear that there was another thread worth following, the history of the archtop guitar, and how that story moves from Cremona to Michigan, New York, Canada and beyond. So I asked if we could ...
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  The Man Who Made Rust Beautiful | James Trussart 17.07.2026 1ชม. 40นาที

  Every guitar James Trussart builds carries far more than steel, wood, and craftsmanship. It carries the influences of a life lived across France, Louisiana, and Los Angeles, a fascination with history, and an unwavering belief that every instrument should contribute something new to the ongoing conversation of the guitar. We talk about freedom, creativity, memory, music, travel, craftsmanship, and the responsibility of preserving stories before they’re lost. Along the way, James reflects o...
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  Biography | The Story of Markus Spohn 10.07.2026 1ชม. 4นาที

  Welcome to Life With Strings Attached. I'm your host, Jamie Gale. This episode was filmed live on location at Tom Anderson Guitar Works in Southern California. My guest today is Markus Spohn, co-owner of Tom Anderson Guitar Works. Born in a mining region of West Germany, the story begins far from the guitar workshops in Southern California. Markus first came to Anderson as a player and a customer. Then he became the person helping build the system behind the company and over time he became k...
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  Biography | The Story of Cristian Mirabella 03.07.2026 1ชม. 29นาที

  My guest today is famed archtop guitar maker Cristian Mirabella. Cristian's story begins in New York, on Long Island, in a family shaped by music, resilience and a deep sense of purpose. At just 10 years old, Cristian started working at Ronnie's guitar shop, where he swept floors, polished instruments, learned repairs and found himself surrounded by working musicians, vintage archtops, Gibson, D'Angelico, D'Aquisto and the living culture of the New York guitar world. In this conversat...
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  Biography | The Story of Steve Klein 26.06.2026 1ชม. 46นาที

  Today's special biography episode with legendary guitar maker, Steve Klein, was filmed live on location in Northern California. Steve's story begins in San Francisco in 1949. It's a story shaped by Austrian immigrants who were ski instructors, scientists, artists, and the generation that came of age during one of the most creative periods in California's history. Over the next six decades, Steve would build a career that reflected the same curiosity that shaped his childhood as he continues...
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  Biography | The Story of Ervin Somogyi 19.06.2026 1ชม. 20นาที

  Today's special biography episode with legendary guitar maker, Ervin Somogyi, was filmed live at a location in Northern California. Ervin's tour begins in Budapest during the Second World War. The son of parents whose lives had been shaped by conflict and displacement, his early years carried him across Europe, through Cuba and Mexico, and eventually to the United States. Along the way, he developed a fascination with making things, models, drawings, woodwork, anything that could be bu...
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  Tom Anderson & Markus Spohn | Passing the Torch at Anderson Guitarworks 12.06.2026 1ชม. 18นาที

  This episode is filmed live on location at Anderson Guitarworks in Southern California, where I sat down with the company's co-owners Tom Anderson and Markus Spohn. Now, in their fifth decade, Tom Anderson Guitarworks has earned one of the best reputations in the guitar world. Tom speaks with the clarity of someone who has spent decades refining an idea, not simply chasing perfection, but showing up daily to work and asking what we could do better. Markus brings the perspective of a player, ...
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  David Sutkin | What 350 Basses Taught Me About Craft, Collecting & the World's Best Luthiers 05.06.2026 1ชม. 32นาที

  This episode was filmed live on location in Tuscany, where we sat down with David Sutkin, founder of Bass UpFront. A global community of more than 36.000 bass players, builders, collectors, people who care deeply about the instrument. David is known for his remarkable collection, the Bass UpFront studio and the conversation he's held built around bass culture. He brings a player's ear, a collector's eye, and a deep respect for the people who dedicate their lives to making the instruments.&nb...
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  Biography | The Story of Sheldon Dingwall 29.05.2026 1ชม. 7นาที

  This episode was filmed live on location in Tuscany, where I sat down with revolutionary guitar maker Sheldon Dingwall to document his biography. He'll be the first to tell you that he didn't invent the multiscale concept, but he recognized what it could solve for the bass, replied it with purpose, and in 1993 brought the first production multiscale bass to the market. From there, Dingwall guitars has continued to innovate through hardware, pickups, strings, electronics, and notable co...
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  50 Years of EMG | Rob Turner on Metallica, Active Pickups & the Black Box 22.05.2026 1ชม. 25นาที

  Today's episode was filmed on location in Northern California at the headquarters of EMG. Our guest is Rob Turner, founder of EMG pickups, a company that helped change the sound, function, and possibility to the electric guitar, becoming synonymous with some of the most famous musicians in the world. Rob grew up in Long Beach, California, in a family where engineering, music, electronics, and making things were part of everyday life. He describes his mother as an artist in nearly every sense...
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  Biography | The Story of Tom Anderson 15.05.2026 58นาที

  Today's special biography episode was filmed on location at Tom Anderson Guitarworks in Southern California, with a man whose life's work is so interwoven into the modern history of guitar that it becomes difficult to see the forest for the trees. That man, of course, is Tom Anderson. Tom's story starts in Southern California. Surf music, the British invasion, a transformative Dick Dale concert at eight years old, then a Jimi Hendrix experience at 15, all of which fueled the passion fo...
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  The Obsession Behind 2-Rock | Eli Lester 10.05.2026 1ชม. 1นาที

  My guest today is Eli Lester, owner and CEO of Two-Rock Amplifiers and Divided by Thirteen. Eli is someone deeply obsessed with sound, craftsmanship, history, and the idea that the smallest details still matter. From vintage gear and vacuum tubes to photography, hot rods, and building amplifiers component by component, his world is driven by curiosity and an unwillingness to settle for “good enough.” What stood out to me most is that Eli still approaches this work like a fan. Even aft...
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  Biography | The Story of James Trussart 01.05.2026 1ชม. 18นาที

  In this episode, I'm sitting down with legendary guitar maker James Trussart in his workshop located in Echo Park, California. From growing up on a French horse farm near the border of Luxembourg to discovering American music through nearby airbases, to hitchhiking with aspirations of becoming a vagabond. James' story moves from farm life and American military influence to building his first instruments, later finding Cajun music in Louisiana, then eventually moving his workshop from Paris t...
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  The New Music Industry | Linnea Sundberg 24.04.2026 1ชม. 34นาที

  In this episode, I’m joined by Linnea Sundberg who's joining us from Brooklyn, where she’s working at the intersection of music, technology, and the evolving artist economy. From her early days in Sweden to Oxford, to investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and into the heart of Spotify’s rise, Linnea has been part of some of the most defining shifts in modern music. Today, she’s with UnitedMasters, helping shape a more independent and equitable future for artists. One where ownership, a...
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  The Guitar as Art, Not Just a Tool | Michihiro Matsuda 17.04.2026 1ชม. 37นาที

  Today, Michihiro Matsuda returns to the podcast. It feels less like a continuation and more like stepping back into an ongoing conversation that never really ended. When you walk into Michi’s workshop, you don’t just see guitars, you see ideas in motion. Instruments at different stages, each one exploring something distinct, each one asking a different question. As he put it, even having a few finished guitars in one place feels unusual. This is a conversation about identity of instru...
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  Should Musicians Be Worried About AI? | Sourabh Pateriya 10.04.2026 2ชม. 3นาที

  Welcome to Life With Strings Attached, I’m your host, Jamie Gale. In this episode, we’re stepping into a space that is, depending on who you ask, either full of possibility… or full of uncertainty. My guest today is Sourabh Pateriya, founder and CEO of Soundverse AI, a platform working at the intersection of music, technology, and what it means to create in a world where the tools are changing faster than ever before. Sourabh’s path is an interesting one. From engineering to design, f...
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  The Man Who Redesigned the Guitar | Steve Klein 03.04.2026 1ชม. 20นาที

  Today’s conversation takes place in the workshop of Steve Klein. Someone who, for more than half a century, hasn’t just built guitars, but has continuously rethought what the instrument could be. This isn’t a conversation about legacy. It’s about what’s still unfolding. Steve is one of those rare builders who never settled into a fixed idea. While many define their work and then repeat it, he’s continued to question, redesign, and push forward. Still chasing new forms, new functions, and new...