Podcast 452: Rasmus Zandvliet & Jeremy the Guitar Hunter

This week, we share two great interviews: First, we talk to
Rasmus Zandvliet, a young (17-year-old!) aspiring luthier from
the Netherlands teaching himself how to build acoustic guitars
from scratch using YouTube videos for inspiration and a modest
array of tools (and a curling iron to bend sides!).


Rasmus is already on to his third guitar and garnered a rave
review from Jeremy Sheppard, aka Jeremy the Guitar Hunter (who
owns an Alpine spruce/mahogany 000-18 built by Rasmus).

In the second half of this episode, we talk to Jeremy himself
about his start as a YouTube content creator, his love for
acoustic guitars, and why he began flipping guitars (he estimates
he's up to 5,000!). We also talk about why this digital content
guru has decided to take a job at an old school brick &
mortar guitar store, how he befriended Rasmus, and what he thinks
of his 000-18 from the young builder.


Follow Rasmus here:
https://www.instagram.com/rasmus_zandvliet/


Follow Jeremy here: 
https://www.jeremytheguitarhunter.com


and on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JimmySheep


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