Podcast 154: Eric Schoenberg and Dana Bourgeois

Thirty years ago, luthier Dana Bourgeois (Bourgeois Guitars) and
performer/vintage guitar dealer Eric Schoenberg teamed up to
create a guitar that was at once both very traditional and very
forward-thinking, the Schoenberg Soloist. The Soloist was Eric’s
dream fingerstyle instrument – a traditionally-built Martin
OM-style guitar built with a wider neck and a cutaway built
into the body. On today’s podcast, we talk about the making of
the Soloist and hear about the limited run of Soloist 30th
Anniversary guitars that they’ve created. We also
discover why Eric loves Martin necks from 1930; the tonal
differences he hears between 12 and 14-fret guitars; and much
more.


This episode is sponsored by Retrofret and Dying Breed
Music.