Fred Greene's guest appearances

Fred Greene

The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast

The 18Birdies Podcast

Sam Jones

Steve Earle

Aaron Draplin

Eric Johnson

Chris Young

David Crosby

John Pizzarelli

Jerry Douglas

Larry Crane

Joan Shelley

Chris Thile

Sam Bush

Chris Martin

Sarah Jarosz

Joe Henry

OwlTail

Martin’s Custom Shop is a unique anomaly: Within their large Nazareth, Pennsylvania production facility, a small crew of luthiers builds completely custom, one-off guitars for discerning customers around the world. From personalized inlays and wood choices to double-neck Martins (!!), nothing seems off-the-table. On this week’s podcast, we bring back one of our favorite guests, Fred Greene (Vice President of Product Management for C.F. Martin &amp; Co.), to talk about the Custom Shop, the ordering process and what Martin will (and won’t) build. We also have a candid talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Martin’s 2020 output and get some hints at what new products they’ll be unveiling at the virtual 2021 NAMM Show. Link: https://www.martinguitar.com/custom-shop/ This episode is sponsored by Retrofret Vintage Guitars, Mono Cases and Folkway Music. Get a  subscription to the Fretboard Journal magazine and  support independent publishing and this podcast.

Martin’s Custom Shop is a unique anomaly: Within their large Nazareth, Pennsylvania production facility, a small crew of luthiers builds completely custom, one-off guitars for discerning customers around the world. From personalized inlays and wood choices to double-neck Martins (!!), nothing seems off-the-table. On this week’s podcast, we bring back one of our favorite guests, Fred Greene (Vice President of Product Management for C.F. Martin &amp; Co.), to talk about the Custom Shop, the ordering process and what Martin will (and won’t) build. We also have a candid talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Martin’s 2020 output and get some hints at what new products they’ll be unveiling at the virtual 2021 NAMM Show. Link: <a href="https://www.martinguitar.com/custom-shop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.martinguitar.com/custom-shop/</a> This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://retrofret.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Retrofret Vintage Guitars</a>, <a href="https://monocreators.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mono Cases</a> and <a href="https://folkwaymusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Folkway Music</a>. Get a <a href="https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/collections/all/products/fretboard-journal-subscription-no-auto-renew" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> subscription to the Fretboard Journal magazine</a> and  support independent publishing and this podcast.

Podcast 310: Fred Greene of Martin Guitars

Fred Greene is the Vice President of Product Management for C.F. Martin &amp; Co. in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. There, he oversees the research, development and production for Martin’s numerous guitar models and strings. Typically, our conversations with Fred center around the new models Martin is unveiling, but this talk is a little different. With guitar production at a standstill due to COVID-19, we instead have a frank talk with Fred about how the guitar community has come together during this pandemic, the fears he has about the industry as a whole, the issues he foresees in the manufacturing supply chain when Martin gets back to work, and so much more. Fred is one of our favorite people in the guitar industry and is a repeat guest on our podcast (we loved talking to him and Tim Teel for FJ Podcast #254, check it out). If you enjoy this conversation, you may also like hearing our chat with Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitar Co. from last week, where we discuss how his company is dealing with current events and much more. Support the Fretboard Journal by getting a digital subscription for just $30:  https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/collections/downloads/products/fretboard-journal-digital-subscription-offer   See our entire (and growing) lineup of #FJFest content here, including shop tours with TJ Thompson, Mark Stutman of Folkway Music and others: https://www.fretboardjournal.com/tag/fjfest/

Fred Greene is the Vice President of Product Management for C.F. Martin &amp; Co. in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. There, he oversees the research, development and production for Martin’s numerous guitar models and strings. Typically, our conversations with Fred center around the new models Martin is unveiling, but this talk is a little different. With guitar production at a standstill due to COVID-19, we instead have a frank talk with Fred about how the guitar community has come together during this pandemic, the fears he has about the industry as a whole, the issues he foresees in the manufacturing supply chain when Martin gets back to work, and so much more. Fred is one of our favorite people in the guitar industry and is a repeat guest on our podcast (we loved talking to him and Tim Teel for FJ Podcast #254, check it out). If you enjoy this conversation, you may also like hearing our chat with Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitar Co. from last week, where we discuss how his company is dealing with current events and much more. Support the Fretboard Journal by getting a digital subscription for just $30: <a href="https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/collections/downloads/products/fretboard-journal-digital-subscription-offer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/collections/downloads/products/fretboard-journal-digital-subscription-offer</a>   See our entire (and growing) lineup of #FJFest content here, including shop tours with TJ Thompson, Mark Stutman of Folkway Music and others: <a href="https://www.fretboardjournal.com/tag/fjfest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fretboardjournal.com/tag/fjfest/</a>

Podcast 282: Fred Greene, VP of Martin Guitars

Tim Teel

This week, we travel all the way to Nazareth, Pennsylvania to interview Fred Greene (Vice President of Product Management at Martin Guitars) and Tim Teel (Martin's Director of Instrument Design). The decisions these two individuals make have a huge impact on Martin's current (and future) guitar offerings. We chat about the behind-the-scenes process of making new Martin models, how Martin prepares for big unveilings like the NAMM Show, the influence guitar forums have on their output, the guitar-building community in general and much more. This insightful chat is easily one of our favorite conversations about the guitar industry we've had to date.   This episode is brought to you by Carter Vintage, Martin Guitars and Gibson.  Order the new Fretboard Journal 44 by  clicking here. 

This week, we travel all the way to Nazareth, Pennsylvania to interview Fred Greene (Vice President of Product Management at Martin Guitars) and Tim Teel (Martin's Director of Instrument Design). The decisions these two individuals make have a huge impact on Martin's current (and future) guitar offerings. We chat about the behind-the-scenes process of making new Martin models, how Martin prepares for big unveilings like the NAMM Show, the influence guitar forums have on their output, the guitar-building community in general and much more. This insightful chat is easily one of our favorite conversations about the guitar industry we've had to date.   This episode is brought to you by <a href="https://cartervintage.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carter Vintage</a>, <a href="https://www.martinguitar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Guitars</a> and <a href="https://www.gibson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gibson</a>.  Order the new Fretboard Journal 44 by <a href="https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/fretboard-journal-44-whats-inside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> clicking here</a>.

Podcast 254: Fred Greene and Tim Teel of Martin Guitars