Oct 22, 2026 · 54 min · 15 segments
What does it take to build something that lasts nearly a century? Manuel Delgado is the owner and master luthier of Delgado Guitars, the family business his grandfather and great-uncle founded in…
Manuel DelgadoGuestMark ScrivnerHostAnd, you know, in Los Angeles and here, 20 years on, is it still true of like East Nashville?
Well, you know, it's a city that's going through a lot of growth pains, as you know.
It's viewed as a negative term, but it basically just means the evolution of a neighborhood.
the very people that made this city a desirable place to come which are the artists are getting pushed out because of higher rents and different things like that taxes so we still have a large creative community in nashville because it's just been established that way long before i ever came here you know um but um yeah little by little it's getting a little bit more challenging to not only find that community locally, but to be able to be part of that community, meaning like we hope that we'll still be able to be here in two years, let alone 20.
And, you know, in Los Angeles and here, 20 years on, is it still true of like East Nashville?
Well, you know, it's a city that's going through a lot of growth pains, as you know.
It's viewed as a negative term, but it basically just means the evolution of a neighborhood.
the very people that made this city a desirable place to come which are the artists are getting pushed out because of higher rents and different things like that taxes so we still have a large creative community in nashville because it's just been established that way long before i ever came here you know um but um yeah little by little it's getting a little bit more challenging to not only find that community locally, but to be able to be part of that community, meaning like we hope that we'll still be able to be here in two years, let alone 20.
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