The Fretboard Confessional

We had an extremely special guest in the studio: Mr. Trey Hensley, the modern bluegrass living legend. We're talking with Trey about his experience in the bluegrass scene from a very young age, his favorite guitars, and his new signature Taylor 510e Gold Label.

In this exclusive interview, Chris McKee sits down with Nigel Fischer, Director of Advancement at Guitars 4 Vets, to talk about the life-changing power of music, healing through community, and the incredible new partnership with Taylor Guitars. We dive into the story behind the limited-edition Guitars 4 Vets 814ce and the GS Mini Camo, how these guitars support veterans dealing with PTSD, and why this collaboration means so much to the G4V mission.

Cooper & Chris sat down with the man himself Matt Larrivee to learn more about the story of his company, his family, and his [sometimes radical] view on guitars.

Chris McKee sits down with Andy Powers to discuss the Gold Label collection, where inspiration comes from and what's it's like to create something hoping people will like it. 

To honor Taylor Guitar's 50th Anniversary Chris McKee had the opportunity to interview Bob Taylor about the companies history, the new legacy series and who he admires in the business. 

The Fretboard Confessional Podcast Season 2, Episode 5
In this episode Chris and Cooper talk about their trip to Taylor, incoming custom guitars, the impact dock strikes can have, debate import guitars and the future of tube amps. 

Welcome back to a new episode of The Fretboard Confessional. In this episode Chris and Cooper get into some unexpected used guitar concerns, what's going on with guitar reddit posts, fake guitars Fender CPO guitars and more. 

In this episdoe of The Fretboard Confessional Chris and Cooper discuss the many choices for Stratocasters - are there too many? Gibson lawsuits and guitars get political!

In this episode we discuss our recent trip to the Furch Factory in the Czech Republic, Chris' Customs issues, upcoming Fender launches and the Sam Ash purchase. 

In this new episode of The Fretboard Confessional, Chris and Cooper dive into the hard hitting questions - what's up the Taylor Taylor Swift guitar?, Is Gibson copying Rolex's business model? What is going to happen int he vacuum of Sam Ash closing and what are the best movies about music?