Johnny Baier graciously offered me the opportunity to be the “cover boy” for the latest All Frets magazine. Here is the resulting article: all-frets-article-with-cover
If you are not currently a member of All Frets (formally the Fretted Instrument Guild of America, or lovingly, FIGA–which most of us still call it), you should consider joining or re-joining. This is the 60th anniversary for the organization, and our 60th Annual Convention should be a real humdinger!
We are under new leadership (Dr. Jeff Grosser) and moving in new directions; the 2016 convention in Cincinnati was fantastic, and there is renewed optimism moving forward. The Saint Louis BandJos youth banjo band owned the convention, and gave all of us old-timers a serious kick in the rear! Now is the time to strike; join and help us “take over the world!”