Fretful Dreams: A Guitar Podcast
Fretful Dreams is a conversation oriented podcast around the topic of guitars, with guitar builder Randy King and producer/artist Jimmy Ether.
We are available on most podcasting platforms including a video version on YouTube, and and audio only versions on most podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Our RSS feed is available here: RSS Feed
Recent Episodes
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The Wrong Mouth For Guitar
Fretful Dreams Episode 006 In this episode of Fretful Dreams, Randy King and Jimmy Ether talk about their introductions to playing music, the music posters they had in their rooms as kids, hair metal, and the Atlanta club load-ins in the 90s. Related posts: Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton? To All…
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1960s and 1970s Japanese Guitars
Fretful Dreams Episode 005 In this episode of Fretful Dreams, Randy King and Jimmy Ether talk about their love of quirky 1960s and 1970s era Japanese-made guitars. Related posts: Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton? Perfect Is Not Music – Recording Guitar Getting Started Building Guitars To All The Guitar Amplifiers We’ve…
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Getting Started Building Guitars
Fretful Dreams Episode 004 In this episode of Fretful Dreams, Jimmy Ether asks Randy King what he would recommend to anyone who wants to get into building guitars. Related posts: Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton? To All The Guitar Amplifiers We’ve Loved Before Perfect Is Not Music – Recording Guitar 1960s…
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Perfect Is Not Music – Recording Guitar
Fretful Dreams Episode 003 In the third episode of Fretful Dreams, Randy King and Jimmy Ether discuss their experiences and approach to recording guitar. Related posts: Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton? To All The Guitar Amplifiers We’ve Loved Before Getting Started Building Guitars 1960s and 1970s Japanese Guitars
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To All The Guitar Amplifiers We’ve Loved Before
Fretful Dreams Episode 002 In the second episode of Fretful Dreams, Randy King and Jimmy Ether discuss the amplifiers they’ve owned and loved. Fender brown panel amps, octal tube amps, tweed circuits, JCM 800, etc. Related posts: Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton? Perfect Is Not Music – Recording Guitar Getting Started…
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Was the Les Paul Designed by O. W. Appleton?
Fretful Dreams Episode 001 In this inaugural episode of Fretful Dreams, Randy King and Jimmy Ether discuss the historical significance of guitar designer O. W. Appleton and his likely contribution to the design of the Les Paul guitar model. They also discuss the Slingerland Songster Model 401 and the 1948 Bigsby Merle Travis Guitar. No…
