Podcast 374: Luthier Judson Riviere (Riviere Guitars)

On today's Fretboard Journal Podcast, we introduce you to a young
guitarmaker at the very beginning of his career, Asheville, North
Carolina-based luthier Judson Riviere. Fresh out of high school,
Judson enrolled himself in the Minnesota State College
Southeast's Guitar Repair and Building program (aka simply as Red
Wing). He then dove deep into guitar repair work for Steve Mason
in Kansas and, for the last two years, has apprenticed under
acoustic guitarmaker Jason Kostal in Arizona.

Judson is finally ready to start building guitars under his name.
We talk about the skills he's learned along this journey, how Red
Wing turned him into an acoustic guitar fanatic, what the
apprenticeship for Jason Kostal looked like, his own guitars, and
much more.


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