It's been in the works for a while, it's now official, Andy Powers, the master builder and guitar designer is now, in addition, the president of Taylor Guitars (taylorguitars.com). Previous president Bob Taylor and CFO Kurt Listug remain involved with the company. Here is an interview with Andy Powers done during NAMM 2022 where he
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Saturday at the NAMM 2022 was an amazing with a lot of visitors. It felt really good to see this joyous crowd throughly enjoying the guitar show! No less than thirteen interviews to bring you the information straight from the show floor. NAMM 2022 Saturday report Interviewees of the day Until the next video report
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Interview of the Italian musician Riccardo Gioggi during the Padova Guitar Show (guitarshow.it), held in Padua, near Venice. Riccardo Gioggi interview En attendant la prochaine interview ou le prochain test matos, continuez à bien jouer de la guitare ! Pierre Journel.
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NAMM 2022 – Video report of the first day in Anaheim, California
Sunday, 05 June 2022
Against all expectations (at least for some people, but except me!) this first day of the NAMM 2022 post-pandemic version was great! A lot of people from 10:00 in the morning until closing time. On the content side, no less than 11 interviews to be found in the report below. NAMM 2022 - Day 1
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First video report of the series dedicated to the NAMM 2022 which takes place this year from June 3 to 5 in Anaheim. The trip from Paris, France to Los Angeles is so very long with its 11 plus hour of flight and the Los Angeles traffic to go through to reach Anaheim from LAX
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Just back from Italy for the Padova Guitar Show, a few weeks after the first superb edition of the Montreux International Guitar Show, without forgetting the event reserved for premium subscribers in Brittany at Blue Cat Audio, it's already time to prepare the next trip to the NAMM 2022 (namm.org)! Subscribe to access our independent
Interview with the boutique guitar builder Marco Omar Viola from MOV Guitars (movguitars.com) during the Padova Guitar Show (guitarshow.it), held in Padua, near Venice. Marco Omar Viola interview En attendant la prochaine interview ou le prochain test matos, continuez à bien jouer de la guitare ! Pierre Journel.
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Claudio Pagelli guitar builder interview at the 2022 Montreux International Guitar Show
Monday, 30 May 2022
Claudio Pagelli is a Swiss luthier who works with his wife Claudia Pagelli (see also interview) for Pagelli Guitars (pagelli.com). The couple exhibited their creations at the first edition of the Montreux International Guitar Show. Interview Claudio Pagelli Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Claudio
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Yuval Amihai (yuvalamihai.com), the Israeli guitarist who lived in France for a long time, is now living in New York City. It is from this city, temple of Jazz, that Yuval answered my questions about his latest album: My 90's Summer. Yuval Amihai interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Claudia & Claudio from Pagelli Guitars, the boutique guitar power couple
Friday, 27 May 2022
These are the interviews conducted at the MIGS (migs.ch) on the second day of the show. Claudia and Claudio Pagelli (pagelli.com), the boutique guitar power couple were in Switzerland that week-end. Claudia and Claudio Pagelli Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Nick Johnston, the amazing Canadian musician in interview at the MIGS 2022
Thursday, 26 May 2022
This is an interview conducted at the MIGS (migs.ch) on the second day of the show. The amazing Canadian musician Nick Johnston (nickjohnstonmusic.com) was one of the guest star of the show. Nick Johnston Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Daniele Camarda interview at the Guitar Show Padova 2022 with his Manne basses
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Through the introduction by Andrea Ballarin from Manne Guitars (manne.com) I met the bass player Daniele Camarda (danielecamarda.info). Here is in interview at the 2022 Guitar Show in Padova, Italy. Daniele Camarda interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Nina Attal, replay of the full concert from our showroom in Paris, France
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Here are the five songs performed by Nina Attal (ninaattal.com) in solo with just her beautiful voice and a guitar during her live concert on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 from the showroom of The Guitar Channel in Paris. It's amazing what emotions you can convey with just a voice, a guitar and… a lot of
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Matteo Mancuso, interview of the young Italian guitar star during the Padova Guitar Show
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
It was one of my objectives for this 2022 edition of the Padova Guitar Show: to interview the brilliant Matteo Mancuso. Having no preliminary contact with him, it was not a foregone conclusion. I had attempted a DM on his Instagram account but as he has over 70,000 followers, there was little chance of success.
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Another great day in Italy for the end of this weekend in Padova for the Guitar Show (guitarshow.it)! A nice set of interviews that will be published later in long version as well as views in the show's aisles and demo concerts. Forza Italia! Interviews of the day: Sunday in Padova at the Guitar Show
The Guitar Show of Padua is held over two days, on the weekend. Here is the video report of more than half an hour to see and hear everything about this beautiful and very well organized Italian guitar event. The weather was great, almost too hot but we can't complain because the temperature in the
For the second year in a row, The Guitar Channel is in Padova, near Venice, to cover the Guitar Show (guitarshow.it) with a camera. I had liked the 2021 vintage which was one of the very first guitar events to take the gamble of launching after the 2020/2021 pandemic. So I am very happy to
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Tausch Guitars, Rainer Tausch presents La Grange model in this interview at the MIGS 2022
Friday, 20 May 2022
Rainer Tausch (tausch-guitars.de) is a German boutique guitar builder who was one of the exhibitor at the first edition of the Montreux International Guitar Show in Montreux, Switzerland. Rainer was at this guitar show with a brand new model, La Grange, which he presents in this interview. Rainer Tausch presents La Grange model Until the
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Cem Ocek from Ocek Guitars interview with a Turkish builder with some cool new shapes
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Cem Ocek (ocekguitars.com) is a Turkish luthier based in Germany who offers very original guitar shapes. Here he is in Zoom interview to present his Synapse and Puduhepa models. He has a very original approach to guitar design. The results are some cool instrument shapes very far from the usual LP or S style shapes
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Video report of a private event for subscribers at the Blue Cat Audio headquarters
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
One of the main missions of The Guitar Channel besides producing exclusive guitar content of excellent quality is to create links between guitar players who are often very isolated. Thus, during events reserved for premium subscribers, The Guitar Channel offers opportunities to meet and… amplify the passion we all have for the guitar! This was
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Adriano Sergio interview from Ergon Guitars at the Montreux International Guitar Show
Monday, 16 May 2022
Portuguese luthier Adriano Sergio of Ergon Guitars (ergonguitars.com) was one of the exhibitors at the 2022 Montreux International Guitar Show. Here he is in an interview to present his work. Adriano Sergio interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Adriano Sergio InterviewsLuthier InterviewsMIGS Reports
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Interview with Luca Friso, organizer of Italy's biggest guitar show, the Padova Guitar Show (guitarshow.it), held in Padua, near Venice. Luca Friso interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Panucci Guitars, interview with Angelo van Merrienboer at the MIGS 2022
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Angelo van Merrienboer is the builder behind the Panucci Guitars brand (guitarlounge.nl). He was one of the exhibitor at the Montreux International Guitar Show first edition. I was very happy to finally sit down with me and have him to tell his story during this guitar show in Switzerland. Angelo van Merrienboer interview - Panucci
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Guitar Show Padova 2022, The Guitar Channel will be there again to cover this awesome show!
Monday, 09 May 2022
Discovered in 2021 when it took place in July, a little later than usual, the Guitar Show (guitarshow.it) in Padua, 45min from Venice, will take place this year on the weekend of May 21st and 22nd. The Guitar Channel will be on site again to cover this great show! Guitar Show Padova video reports The
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The Guitar Channel organizer again of the guitar show of the 2022 Festival Guitare de Puteaux!
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Last week I announced during one of my live broadcast every week days that the Festival Guitare de Puteaux will take place again in 2022 from October 7th to 9th after 2 years of pandemic interruption. This week I am very happy to say that The Guitar Channel will be again the organizer of the
Third and last day for the Montreux guitar show, the MIGS. Still a great attendance, maybe a little bit less than yesterday but just as much pleasure to discuss music and guitar with all the visitors, luthiers and musicians! Here is the video report. MIGS - Sunday May 1st 2022 Until the next video report
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MIGS 2022 – Second day of the Montreux International Guitar Show: pure awesomeness!
Sunday, 01 May 2022
Saturday April 30th, 2022 was the beginning of the week-end at the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch). Yesterday saw a huge crowd and it was the same or even better today! Here is the full video report of a day of pure awesomeness! MIGS - Saturday April 30th 2022 Until the next video blogging or
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MIGS 2022 – First day of the first edition of the Montreux Guitar Show
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Friday April 29, 2022 is a historical date for the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch) since it was the very first day of the opening of this first edition of the event! And it was a great day with a lot of visitors as soon as it opened to the public. Here is more than
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MIGS 2022 – Installation of the first edition of the guitar show in Montreux, Switzerland
Friday, 29 April 2022
Here it is! After a few postponements due to the pandemic, this time it's the good one, the Montreux International Guitar Show, the MIGS for short (migs.ch) will hold its first edition from April 29th to May 1st 2022. Here is the report of the trip to Switzerland and the installation of the guitar show
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MIDI pedalboard configuration to drive your guitar software on a computer
Tuesday, 08 March 2022
In this CAM or CAG gear chronicle (as you prefer), we tackle with Guillaume Jeulin from Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com) a subject that usually makes guitarists run away: MIDI! Don't worry, we're not going to talk about guitar synthesizers but about configuring and using a pedal board to drive via MIDI what's happening on your
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