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Solo Act
FromThe Distance
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bruce Roper never planned to start a business. As a teenager, he wanted to be a Beatle. As an adult, he moved to Chicago after a brief stint running a music store and began fixing guitars. Over the next quarter century, Bruce built up a modest but steady one-man business repairing and building instruments, as well as teaching guitar building. Bruce's students come to him seeking the secrets of making guitars, but he's the first to say there are no secrets. It's just a matter of doing it, and there's no substitute for the decades of experience Bruce has accumulated.
Released:
Feb 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (84)
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