Thanks to luthier Isaac Jang who worked 10 years has an apprentice in her workshop, I was able to do this interview with one of the rare female luthier Kathy Wingert (www.wingertguitars.com) in her workshop.
Kathy Wingert luthier interview
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The Dandy Warhols were in Paris for a concert, a perfect opportunity to record this video interview with their guitar player Peter Holmström.
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During the Winter NAMM 2017 the traditional X-Jamm concert organized by BMP Promotion took place. Mark Lettieri from Snarky Puppy was there to play with his trio some great tracks. Mark Lettieri interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Taylor Guitars is one of the biggest guitar manufacturers in the world, as such this company has an important responsibility in terms of environment. For a long time the San Diego firm has a responsible policy to ensure its supply of wood for its production of instruments. Taylor Guitars has even hired Scott Paul as
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During the 2017 NAMM, The Guitar Channel had the opportunity to meet Colt Westbrook, CEO of Walrus Audio, American maker of boutique pedals.
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Andy Timmons interview: Theme From A Perfect World, his new album
Saturday, 18 February 2017
During the 2017 NAMM there was no time to record an interview with the one and only Andy Timmons even though we met during the great X-Jamm concert so a couple of weeks later we organized this Skype interview to catch up.
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2017 Guitares au Beffroi festival / Salon de la Belle Guitare: organizer interview
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The 2017 Guitares au Beffroi (www.guitaresaubeffroi.com) festival and its guitar show the Salon de la Belle Guitare will have its 5th edition from Friday March 24th until Sunday March 26th in Montrouge, right next to Paris. There will be luthiers coming from more than 10 countries, check-out the full list on the festival website. Interview with Armel Amiot
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Paul Reed Smith (PRS Guitars) interview guitar in hand – 2017 Winter NAMM
Friday, 10 February 2017
The Guitar Channel is a fan of the PRS brand, period. I know it's a brand that's less fashionable than it used to be. It is true that the trend of ultra-flamed tables is not so strong. Nevertheless I think it is a brand that tries to renew itself without stopping. I hope they will find the second wind they deserve. It should not be forgotten that when PRS started, the American electric guitar industry had reached a truly calamitous level of quality and that Paul reversed the trend almost by himself.
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It's becoming a well-established tradition to do an interview at the NAMM with Brian Wampler, boss of the pedals of the same name. Indeed, this is the third time that this happens. Not only are the Wampler pedals of excellent quality but in addition Brian is a businessman who does not hesitate to talk about his trade in a very open way.
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2017 X-Jamm: interviews with Kumpel, Allen, Gales, Lettieri and concert images
Monday, 06 February 2017
During the NAMM 2017, Blue Mouth Promotions (www.bluemouthpromotions.com) hosted on Saturday January 21st 2017 a concert called the X-Jamm with a wonderful program:
Mark Lettieri (guitarist of Snarky Puppy who played with his trio)
Travis Larson
Cameron Allen
Teddy Kumpel
Andy Timmons
Mike Keneally
Tony Macalpine
Andy West
What a bunch of six string greats! A great opportunity for The Guitar Channel to do interviews right out of the stage.
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Mike Keneally is a unique musician who plays with Joe Satriani and who accompanied Steve Vai and Frank Zappa. He was visiting Winter NAMM 2017, here he is in an interview. Interview Mike Keneally Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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I met Isaac Jang for the first time in Berlin during the 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin. Isaac was born in Korea and arrived in the US when he was 13. After being an apprentice with master luthier Kathy Wingert for 9 years, he setup his own shop to build his own high-end acoustic guitars. As he proposed me when we met in Germany, I contacted him while organizing the 2017 NAMM trip to see if he would actually be my guide in Los Angeles to help me discover the guitar places in that city.
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Tomo Fujita was really one of the musician The Guitar Channel was anxious to meet during the 2017 Winter NAMM.
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What better than to ask all the questions we have to one of the guy in charge at Reverb.com in order to understand better how this marketplace works?
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NAMM 2017 – Week-end Interviews: Elixir, Powers and Paul (Taylor Guitars), Brons
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Here're the interviews done during day 1 of the NAMM:
Justin (Elixir Strings)
Andy Powers (Taylor Guitars)
Scott Paul (Taylor Guitars)
Dave Brons
Thursday - Friday - Week-end
NAMM 2017 - Week-end interviews
Justin (Elixir Strings):
Andy Powers (Taylor Guitars):
Scott Paul (Taylor Guitars):
Dave Brons:
Justin from Elixir Strings:
Andy Powers (Taylor Guitars):
Scott Paul (Taylor Guitars):
Dave Brons:
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This year again the NAMM was incredibly rich for The Guitar Channel. Just take a look at the numbers below to be convinced.
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NAMM 2017 – Interviews day 2: Walrus Audio, Reverb.com, Shimabukuro, Keneally, Balducci
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Here're the interviews done during day 1 of the NAMM:
Colt Westbrook (Walrus Audio)
Kevin Drost (Reverb.com)
Jake Shimabukuro
Mike Keneally
Rob Balducci
Thursday - Friday - Week-end
NAMM 2017 - Interviews day 2
Colt Westbrook (Walrus Audio):
Kevin Drost (Reverb.com):
Jake Shimabukuro:
Mike Keneally:
Rob Balducci:
Colt Westbrook (Walrus Audio):
Kevin Drost (Reverb.com):
Jake Shimabukuro:
Mike Keneally:
Rob Balducci:
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Here're the interviews done during day 1 of the NAMM:
Tomo Fujita
Brian Wampler
Paul Reed Smith
Thursday - Friday- Week-end
NAMM 2017 - Interviews day 1
Note: sorry for the not up to par sound quality due to an accidental change of a setting on my H2.
This was corrected for all the other interviews.
Tomo Fujita:
Brian Wampler:
Paul Reed Smith:
Tomo Fujita:
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Paul Reed Smith:
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Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert: Jazz guitar player and awesome teacher
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert is a regular contributor on The Guitar Channel since it is he who has been supplying for two years now the excellent Jazz Lessons so much appreciated by the Backstage Pass owners. Visiting Paris for a few days while he is normally based in San Francisco, we took the opportunity to do this video interview to
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Here's Isaac Jang interview, luthier of wonderful acoustic guitars during the 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show.
Isaac Jang interview
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Here's a Maneli Jamal (www.manelijamal.com) interview done Guitar in Hand with the iranian born musician now living in Toronto after an epic and long journey. it is through Shaï Sebbag that The Guitar Channel heard about Maneli as they had met during a guitar festival in Mexico. They hit it off so well that Shaï decided to help Maneli organizing a tour in France. It was during Maneli's stay in France that we did this 30min video interview at the worldwide intergalactic headquarters of the show (meaning, my home).
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Here's Ivano Icardi Guitare in Hand interview in video this time. Last time we spoke with the italian musician, it was in 2013 to talk about Walking With Giants.
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Peter Malinoski luthier interview at the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Here's an interview with Peter Malinoski an American luthier who has quite an imagination when it comes to guitar.
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Graham Maby interview – Joe Jackson legendary bass player
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
At the Montreal Jazz Festival 2016, The Guitar Channel was able to get in touch via guitarist Teddy Kumpel with legendary bassist Joe Jackson: Graham Maby! Yes, bass guitar is in the spotlight again, and it's a very good thing.
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Here's an interview with luthier Andrew Lowry during the Festival Guitare Issoudun in France.
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Jamie Gale is an important figure in the small world of high-end lutherie. He has been and still is the agent of some luthiers like Uli Teuffel, Nik Huber and others. The interview below was made during the 2016 edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin. Jamie Gale interview Until the next interview,
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John Scofield interview, guitar in hand at the Issoudun Guitar Festival
Thursday, 17 November 2016
John Scofield was the headliner of the 2016 Festival Guitare Issoudun in France. The Guitar Channel did an intense lobbying in order to be able to organize with John a video interview using the Guitar in Hand format which works so well. In fact, with this formula the musician has his guitar plugged in and ready all the time so he can illustrate an answer with a couple of notes here and there. John sure did that and more during the close to 30min interview.
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Here's an interview with Hans Thorsten a luthier who has been building top quality guitars for several years under his brand Hans Guitars.
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JD Simo was in Paris for a concert at the New Morning, a great opportunity to do an interview with this gifted guitarist with incredible energy on stage. During the last interview with him he had a splendid Les Paul vintage around his neck, this time it is armed with his 1962 ES 335 that he answered my questions.
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Nik Huber and Adam Miller interview at the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Here's a double interview with Nik Huber (luthier) and Adam Miller (musician).
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