Acclaimed archtop guitar maker John Monteleone and I talked for the Fretboard Journal 47, mainly about the one-of-a-kind lap steel he built for Ben Harper (shown). Of course, any talk with John is fascinating and vast so I decided to share the whole talk with Insiders here.
In addition to Ben's guitar, we discussed how the pandemic has affected him, the recent batch of ukuleles he built for his family (his first attempt at those!), Jimmy D'Aquisto, winemaking and a lot more. I hope you enjoy this candid chat with a true master of lutherie.
