It's always a pleasure to meet and interview Mattias Eklundh as he is such a nice guy and awesome musician. I dig the last album "Cooking with Pagan" he has just released with Freak Kitchen, it's shock full of cool songs with incredible guitar works.
As it is the 3rd time I get to do an interview with Mattias, we got a little crazy during the interview.
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Leonardo Guitar Research Project – Interview at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
This interview with Brian will explain you everything you need to know about the Leonardo Guitar Research Project.
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In this third video (see extract above) of the Luthier Chronicle with master builder Juha Ruokangas, I asked him what were his favorite woods to build instrument with.
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Juha selecting a top
Some birch wood
List of chronicles with Juha
Update on the Captain Nemo guitar
Being a luthier in Finland
His favorite woods (this chronicle)
Thermo treated wood
Varnish, nitro-cellulose, etc.
Aging of thermo treated wood guitars
Pickups
Short or long tenon?
For or against CNC machine?
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On March 2nd 2015, we did a 35min Skype video call with Zane Carney to get all the latest news. The audio interview is available for free on the podcast feed.
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Zane Carney interview full 35min video interview
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Subjects covered in the interview
Latest update from Zane
All the discoveries Zane did during the 2015 NAMM show
All the info about his collaboration with Hofner for a signature model
Demo of the Jazzica prototype guitar
What to be expected during his european tour
Upcoming news of news music to expect in 2015
Zane demoing his Hofner Jazzica
Can't wait to see Zane live in Paris, hopefully something will happen.
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Gene Baker interview from B3 Guitars at the 2015 Winter NAMM
Saturday, 28 February 2015
Gene Baker is a very famous guitar builder with a huge experience in the field. He now leads B3 Guitars his own brand within the Premier Builders Guild. He has a very rich career in the guitar building business. He worked for many guitar greats such as Robben Ford.
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Back in 2012 I had the opportunity to meet Doug Scarratt while he was in Paris to promote a Saxon best-of album.
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Bill Krinard interview, Two Rock Amps tone guru at the 2015 NAMM show
Saturday, 21 February 2015
During the 2015 NAMM show I had the pleasure to meet and interview tone guru Bill Krinard who his the mastermind behind the Two-Rock amps (www.two-rock.com).
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In this second video of the Luthier Chronicle with master builder Juha Ruokangas, I asked what's different in being a luthier in a Nordic country like Finland.
Pics of the Ruokangas workshop
Until the next Luthier Chronicle, keep on playing your guitar and check-out your local luthier.
Pierre.
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Springer's name is not unknown on The Channel Guitar since I already had the opportunity to interview Mikaël Springer (in French), a luthier I admire.
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While I was in Los Angeles for the 2015 NAMM show, I met completely by chance Grover Jackson one morning in the alleys of the show even though he did not have a booth with GJ2 Guitars. He proposed me right away to come and visit their workshop in Orange County, no need to say I jumped on the opportunity.
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On the first video of the Luthier Chronicle, master luthier Juha Ruokangas gives a full update on the Captain Nemo guitar project he introduced at the 1st Holy Grail Guitar Show.
Pics of the Captain Nemo guitar
Pics of the Valve Bucker
Until the next Luthier Chronicle, keep on playing your guitar and check-out your local luthier.
Pierre.
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It is thanks to Shai Sebbag that I met with Don Alder who was visiting in Paris for a concert. I did not know at all that musician who has stunning acoustic guitar technique.
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The video above is a teaser for a series of nine chronicles recorded with master luthier Juha Ruokangas from Ruokangas Guitars (www.ruokangas.com). After doing an interview with Juha during the first Holy Grail Guitar Show, I wanted to go even deeper into the lutherie world and start the Luthier Chronicle to learn more about the wonderful instrument we all love.
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I am a big fan of the work of Tom Anderson as I think he builds with his team amongst the best superstrat of the market.
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Here's the interview done with Ola Englund from Sweden at the 2015 NAMM show.
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Here's the interview I did with Kiko Loureiro during the 2014 Hellfest before he went onstage with Angra, the brazilian metal band.
Kiko Loureiro interview during the 2014 Hellfest
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Here's the video interview done for the Zakk Wylde interview during the 2015 NAMM show. Zakk had just announced a couple of days before the opening of the NAMM that he was launching a line of musical products starting with electric guitars and amps under the brand Wylde Audio.
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Doug Kauer interview from Kauer Guitars at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Monday, 05 January 2015
Here's a Doug Kauer interview. Meeting with Doug in Berlin during the Holy Grail Guitar Show was one of the highlight for me as I am a big fan of the look of his guitars.
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Philip Sayce is a guitar player who already had a very rich career in the music business. He's is really making his thing with a lot of passion and a huge talent. For the release of Influence, his latest album, I had the pleasure to do a Skype interview.
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I had the pleasure to do an audio interview with Jon Herington in 2011 for the release of his awesome solo album Shine, (Shine, Shine).
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Frank Deimel Interview at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Frank Deimel is based in Berlin and is also part of the European Guitar Builders association team who organized the Holy Grail Guitar Show so it was not a surprise to see him during the week-end.
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Sophie Dockx interview from Dorian Guitars at the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Saturday, 06 December 2014
There is not a lot of women in the world of lutherie so I am always ready to jump on one when I meet one. So here's a Sophie Dockx interview. Sophie was at the Holy Grail Guitar show for Dorian Guitars. She is guitar luthier but for Dorian she is the designer of the instruments.
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Here's an Adam Miller interview. Adam was in Paris for the promo tour of the Premier Builders Guild to demo the Baker guitars and the Tone King amps at Guitars Addicts (one of the best guitar shop we have in Paris, www.guitarsaddicts.com). It was the perfect opportunity to do an audio interview guitar in hand with a musician who is as awesome on acoustic as he is on electric.
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Hall of Thanks of guitar builders who support The Guitar Channel
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Here's a special post to mention all the guitar builders who support what I do on The Guitar Channel by subscribing to an annual Backstage Pass. You have no idea what it means to me when a guitar builder shows his appreciation for my work.
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Jens Ritter instruments – 2014 Holy Grail Guitar show
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Jens Ritter is one of the guitar designer you know even though you don't know his name for sure. That's usually how popular his designs are. I was very happy to meet him and do an interview during the show (see an extract below).
Photo album
One of the innovation brought by Jens for the Holy Grail Guitar Show was this incredible guitar based on his famous Princess Isabella model covered by real Converse fabric logo.
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Discover the interesting aluminium guitars from Relish Guitars
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Relish Guitars are made out of aluminium. I had already heard about their product and thought it was interesting to learn some more about their technology.
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Juha Ruokangas interview – Builder of the Captain Nemo guitar and the Valvebucker
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Juha Ruokangas was one of the guitar builder I really wanted to meet during the Holy Grail Guitar Show, that's why I was thrilled to do a 45min video interview with him. Juha has established a brand so highly regarded in the guitar world that I had a tons of questions to ask him.
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Innovative luthier Ulrich Teuffel interview – 2014 Holy Grail Guitar show
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Ulrich Teuffel is one of the reason I came to Berlin for the Holy Grail Guitar Show. In fact when we met earlier this year in Francfort for the Musikmesse, he told me at the end of the interview we did there that I really should come to Berlin. At the time it seemed like a distant project I was not sure I could finance.
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2014 Holy Grail Guitar show – The best luthier show in the world
Sunday, 23 November 2014
Let me say it upfront the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show was a great success. It is without doubt the best luthiers salon I've ever been to.
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