# 90. Jeff LaQuatra Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598/90-jeff-laquatra Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598/90-jeff-laquatra.md Podcast: [Luthier on Luthier with Michael Bashkin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598) Published: 2024-05-31T02:49:00+00:00 Episode link: https://luthieronluthier.libsyn.com/90-jeff-laquatra Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/luthieronluthier/LOL90.mp3?dest-id=480616 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598/episodes/90-jeff-laquatra Duration seconds: 3361 ## Resource Jeff LaQuatra is a professor of guitar and has directed the guitar program at Colorado State University since 2016. For episode 90 of the podcast, Jeff shares his musical journey from student, to winning and judging competitions, to teaching. Jeff also talks about how he prepares his students to make a living as a professional player and what advice he gives them regarding buying their first concert-grade guitar. Finally, Jeff discusses his plans for a new guitar venture starting this fall. https://www.jefflaquatra.com/ Luthier on Luthier is hosted by Michael Bashkin of Bashkin Guitars and brought to you by the Fretboard Journal . This episode is sponsored by Dream Guitars and StewMac . Want to support Luthier on Luthier? Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive photos and content from Michael and his builds. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598/episodes/90-jeff-laquatra/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/luthier-on-luthier-with-michael-bashkin-889598/90-jeff-laquatra.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.