Here's the 12th episode of the Spartan Project video series. Mikaël works now on the neck/body ensemble. He finalizes the neck profile, does all the routing for the pickup and electronics and prepares the guitar for the final finish steps.
A few pics from the video
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As a reminder, the goal of the Spartan Project is to document the building of a guitar for me by luthier Mikaël Springer.
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Interview with Adam Reiver explaining the magic behind the FU Tone products
Friday, 17 July 2015
Maybe you don't know it (yet) but on vibrato equipped guitar, the metal block below where the strings attached has a very important role in your tone. I heard about the FU Tone product through the years and I thought it would be interesting to have the guy behind the product to talk about it. So here I am presenting you with an interview with Adam Reiver from FU Tone.
Here's below the block Adam sent me to try on my Ernie Ball Music Man EVH model. I will try it and report here on the website my findings.
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Here's Scott Holiday interview. I confess I only recently discovered Rival Sons and their guitar player. In fact the luthier Mikaël Springer listened to their music full blast while building my guitar for the Spartan Project so I had to eventually check-them out! Thanks to another luthier, Doug Kauer who builds most of Scott's guitars, I was able to get in touch with him to organize this interview in Luxemburg City.
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It's the third time I have the pleasure to present you an interview with Mark Tremonti.
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After a series of 9 videos with Juha Ruokangas in the Luthier Chronicle, I am proposing you a new series with another master builder to share his knowledge of the lutherie world with Nik Huber.
On this first installment I asked Nik about his favorite woods to build instrument.
Until the next chronicle, keep on playing your guitar and check-out your local luthier.
Pierre.
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Oz Noy interview – A blues guitar player who pushes the enveloppe
Thursday, 02 July 2015
Here's an unreleased audio interview with Oz Noy that I did back in 2013. There's no good reason why I waited so long to release it as I really dig the Twisted Blues Vol. 1 album so here it is now for your listening pleasure.
My attention was brought to Oz by a friend of mine who is also a pro guitar player, Jean-Michel Kajdan (merci Jean-Mi !).
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This interview was recorded with Dave Kilminster on June 29th 2015 in Montreal during the Steven Wilson tour.
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Here's a Gabor Goldschmidt interview during the 2015 Musikmesse. Gabor is the luthier at Fibenare Guitars. His guitars are played by musician like Tom Quayle who was also present at their booth to demo their instrument.
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Interview with Stanley Clarke: a bass master at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Monday, 29 June 2015
It's not that often that you get to meet and interview such a huge star like Stanley Clarke.
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Al Di Meola interview: an elegant gypsy at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Saturday, 27 June 2015
For the second time I had the great opportunity to interview the legendary Al Di Meola.
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Here's an interview with classical guitar player Heike Matthiesen during the 2015 Musikmesse. It's always a pleasure to meet and talk with Heike to hear the latest news and trend in the classical guitar world.
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In this new chronicle I asked Juha Ruokangas about the CNC machine : is he for a against it?
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Here's an interview with Tom Quayle done during the 2015 Musikmesse.
Subjects discussed in the interview
His first guitar
The main turning points in his career
The collaboration he has with the luthiers at Fibenare
A full description of his signature model
The next projects
Until the next video, keep on playing the guitar,
Pierre.
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When I used to live in Montreal I had the great pleasure to see Sonny Landreth live a couple of times during the Jazz Festival (where I will be next week for the first time officially for The Guitar Channel), it was always a blast to see him play so I jumped on the opportunity to interview him for the release of his latest album Bound by the Blues.
Until the next podcast, keep on playing the guitar,
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Here's the 11th episode of the Spartan Project video series. Watch Mikaël working on the neck of my next guitar. Check out how he works with a knife on the volute of the headstock and the heel: pretty amazing craftmanship.
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Interview with Jeff Berlin, a master of the bass at the Musikmesse 2015
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
During the 2015 Musikmesse, I had the great pleasure to meet one of the bass master Jeff Berlin for an in depth interview.
Jeff plays Mark Bass amps and Cort bass
Subjects discussed in the interview
His first guitar
The main turning point in his career
His approach to teaching
The unconventional views he has about online teaching services
His piece of advice to progress
Jeff website: www.jeffberlinbass.com
Mark Bass website: www.markbass.it
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Pierre.
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After several Musikmesse, a first NAMM show in January, the Holy Grail Guitar Show, and various others guitar shows in France, I am very pleased to announce that for the first time I will cover the Montreal Jazz Festival! So here I am in full swing to organize the ten days that I will spend there.
On my program
If you are on site and / or you have contacts to recommend me and / or you wish we meet, let me know it will be with great pleasure. Some of you know that I lived 11 years in Montreal so to return there with The Channel Guitar is a sort of homecoming for me. Can't wait to be back in Quebec!! Pierre. Update : list of the interviews done during the festival [s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)]
- Interviews with musicians programmed on the festival
- Meetings with local luthiers, and God knows there are some very very good ones!
- Contact catches with professional guitar for business development
- And of course concerts!
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Monday, 15 June 2015
Here's the 10th episode of the Spartan Project video series. Watch Mikaël working on the neck of my next guitar.
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As a reminder, the goal of the Spartan Project is to document the building of a guitar for me by luthier Mikaël Springer.
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In this new chronicle I asked Juha Ruokangas about a hotly debated subject regarding set neck guitars: the size of the tenon, should it be long or short.
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I was able to catch Dweezil Zappa on Skype in between tours with the Zappa Plays Zappa project and the recording of the first solo album in 10 years.
Subjects discussed in the interview
His first guitar
The main turning points in his career
How to go from the Zappa Plays Zappa project to recording again his own music
The difficulties to recreate his dad's original sounds
The next projects
Word of wisdom
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Interview with Doug from Kauer Guitars at the 2015 Winter NAMM
Wednesday, 03 June 2015
Interview done of the luthier Doug Kauer from Kauer Guitars during the 2015 winter NAMM show.
Doug Kauer's guitars
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Here's a video of Zane Carney trying at Guitars Addicts in Paris for John Mayer a superb 69 Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top.
Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar!
Pierre.
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Here's part 2 of the Zane Carney masterclass given in Paris on May 25th 2015.
What to expect in the masterclass
In-depth talk about music theory
What to play on the V chord
Several full pieces of music played
His approach to composition
How he practice with and without the guitar
His theory about relative pitch
The story about his upcoming Jazzica signature model with Hofner
A full demo of his travel pedal board
Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar!
Pierre.
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Zane Carney was in Paris as part of his 1st solo european tour. Unfortunately he had no date for a concert in France (hopefully next time!) but he was super enthusiastic to give another masterclass at Guitars Addicts like last year.
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In this new chronicle I asked Juha Ruokangas how he tunes the pickups he uses on his guitars.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here's part 1 of the Zane Carney masterclass given in Paris on May 25th 2015.
What to expect in the full 2.5 hour masterclass
In-depth talk about music theory
What to play on the V chord
Several full pieces of music played
His approach to composition
How he practice with and without the guitar
His theory about relative pitch
The story about his upcoming Jazzica signature model with Hofner
A full demo of his travel pedal board
Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar!
Pierre.
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Here's the 9th episode of the Spartan Project video series. Watch Mikaël gluing the fretboard and starting the work on the frets.
Playlist of the episodes of the Spartan Project
As a reminder, the goal of the Spartan Project is to document the building of a guitar for me by luthier Mikaël Springer.
I really enjoyed the Distance Traveled album from the David Becker Tribune so I decided to do a Skype interview with him to learn more about this awesome Jazz guitar player.
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Interview of the luthier Claudio Pagelli during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Interview of the Swiss luthier Claudio Pagelli during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show.
The luthier website: www.pagelli.com
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Paul Reed Smith from PRS Guitars interview at the 2015 Winter NAMM
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
I had the opportunity to interview twice before Paul Reed Smith but doing another interview at NAMM was too good an opportunity to pass as it's always fascinating to talk guitar with him.
Themes discussed in the interview with Paul Reed Smith
His best and worse memories of the past NAMM shows
Favorite NAMM survival tip
The differences between the Musikmesse and the NAMM
What’s new for PRS this year
A look back on the past of PRS
The process to develop a new idea for his guitars
The others interview of Paul are available here.
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