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Farewell to Jeff Beck – Interview with Jennifer Batten who played with him on stage and in the studio
Sunday, 15 January 2023
It's impossible to miss the sudden death of Jeff Beck, a phenomenal musician with a career path as brilliant as it was messy. Jeff Beck died on January 10th, 2023 at the age of 78, the British guitar legend is no more. Farewell to Jeff Beck I really discovered him in 1988 during a trip
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How to choose headphones to play the guitar and work on your DAW
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
In this video recorded in collaboration with Guillaume Jeulin from Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com), we are going through the different kind of headphones available. In fact it is sometimes difficult to understand the differences between all the models available on the market. As Guillaume has many headphones in his lab, we thought it would be
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Teuffel, Ruokangas, Spalt, Sergio and Tausch, what the guitar builders have to say about The Guitar Channel
Sunday, 08 January 2023
In January 2021, we were still in lockdown mode all over the world so there was no Winter NAMM that year. So I decided to do a live interview with several of the best and most original luthiers in Europe: Here is what they said spontaneously at the end of the interview. I was touched
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Mark Lettieri, interview in Paris, France and visit of his stage rig
Friday, 06 January 2023
Mark Lettieri (marklettieri.com) is a regular guest on The Guitar Channel. This American musician's playing is top notch, whether it's in his own band like for this concert in Paris or in Snarky Puppy or the Fearless Flyers with Cory Wong. This time it was at the Badaboum just next to Bastille in Paris, France
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Chapman Guitars, Rabea Massaad’s departure, Philip McNight’s analysis, my two cents
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Those who follow closely the guitar industry news may have seen the news that the well known musician and youtuber Rabea Massaad (chaîne YouTube) was leaving Chapman Guitars (chapmanguitars.com) with whom he was with for 10 years. Rabea Massaad announcement The video lasts just over 11 minutes but the announcement itself only takes up the
Gildas from Dolmen Effects (dolmen-effects.fr) hits hard again with this distortion pedal that offers no less than 13 versions of the legendary Proco Rat with its Hermine. Spoiler alert: it sounds huge! Hermine Dolmen Effects pedal review Audio version available on The Guitar Channel Radio What I enjoyed the most What I enjoyed the least
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Volta 1987 v2, review of a double pedal to get the Marshall sound on your pedalboard
Monday, 26 December 2022
It was at the 42 Gear Street event that I had the pleasure to meet Salvatore di Pietro who is the craftsman behind the Volta Custom Electronics pedals (voltacustom.com) made in Italy. His Volta 1987 v2 model is what we call Marshall-in-a-Box, that is to say that it offers you the sound of the famous
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John Monteleone, American luthier for Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Ben Harper and many others!
Thursday, 22 December 2022
Recently I had the pleasure to watch and do a review of the wonderful documentary John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling about the American living legend in guitar lutherie. So I switched into search mode to get in touch with John Monteleone (monteleone.net) to record an interview with him. Thanks a ton to Belgium guitar
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The annual trip to California for NAMM is also a great opportunity to see what's going on in the many guitar shops and factories in the area. This time I'm taking you to see the workshops of Bad Cat (badcatamps.com), a tube amp brand based in Costa Mesa. Bad Cat Amps workshop visit Until the
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“Inside Scofield” – Review of the documentary film about John Scofield
Saturday, 10 December 2022
In June 2020 I proposed you an interview with the director Jörg Steineck because he was launching a crowdfunding campaign for a documentary about the great jazz musician John Scofield. A little more than two years later the documentary film Inside Scofield is released! Here is the review. Inside Scofield teaser John Scofield interview at
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Every day a video in free access on the homepage of theguitarchannel.biz
Thursday, 08 December 2022
The catalog of exclusive videos of The Guitar Channel is very rich, we have over 2000 videos with interviews, reports, gear reviews, etc.. In order to promote this content in an active way, there is now a free video available every day on the homepage of theguitarchannel.biz. This allows everyone to view a newly released
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“John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling” – Movie review on this documentary about the American luthier
Thursday, 08 December 2022
John Monteleone (monteleone.net) is an American luthier well known for his acoustic guitars and especially his archtop instruments. In the tradition of D'Angelico and D'Aquisto, he perpetuates a certain idea of American lutherie. Played by the greatest, from Mark Knopfler to Eric Clapton through Julian Lage, David Grisman and many others, his guitars are very
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Cesco’s Corner, interview with Francesco Balossino, major Italian collector of Vintage guitars
Saturday, 26 November 2022
The great Italian Vintage guitar collector Francesco Balossino of Cesco's Corner (cescoscornerguitars.com) was one of the important exhibitors of the SHG Music Show in Milan 2022. In fact, he occupied a good part of the Vintage Vault, a large room entirely dedicated to the American Vintage guitar and also to Wandré guitars. Here's an in-depth
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2022 Puteaux guitar show: results of satisfaction survey, 68% of sales or orders!
Friday, 25 November 2022
As for the editions of the previous years of the Puteaux Guitar Festival, The Guitar Channel realized a satisfaction survey with the exhibitors of the luthiers show that I was organizing for the fourth time. To my knowledge, the Puteaux guitar show is the only one to conduct a satisfaction survey at each edition and
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2022 SHG Music Show interviews and report of the Milano guitar show
Sunday, 20 November 2022
For the second year in a row, The Guitar Channel went to Milano, Italy to cover the SHG Music Show (shgmusicshow.it), which offers an original cocktail of brand-name guitars, new, used and Vintage, as well as luthiers and pedal and amp manufacturers. Here is the video report from this magnificent Italian city which is Milano!
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While waiting for a complete gear review of these excellent Italian pedals, here is a first discovery of these products from Costalab (costalab.com). You can discover the two speed echo, the EchoLab, the ultra deep chorus, the ChorusLab and finally a revised version of the Big Muff with the Custom Muff. Costalab pedal review Until
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MIDI tutorial: how to control the Kernom Ridge overdrive pedal via MIDI with Blue Cat Audio Remote Control
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
In the video below recorded in collaboration with Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com), I show you how you can use their Remote Control software to change parameters on the MIDI capable overdrive pedal Kernom Ridge (kernom.com). For us mere guitar players, there is something magic in being able to remote control a pedal on our pedalboard.
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Showroom update: Légende guitar by Jeanmichel Capt from Switzerland
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Here is a short demo of a Légende model of a guitar built by the Swiss luthier Jeanmichel Capt (autraversdesmains.ch/guitares-legende). Met for the first time at the Montreux International Guitar Show, Jeanmichel was an exhibitor at the Puteaux guitar show organized by yours truly. After the show, I took this beautiful instrument with me as
It is difficult to remain insensitive to the shape of the California made by Tony Girault (giraultguitars.com), luthier in Evreux, in the beautiful region of Normandy in France. This is the new version of this model with slightly redesigned curves. In case you are wondering the name of the luthier is pronounced G-raw. Loaded with
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4th Festival Guitare de Puteaux, France with the guitar show organized by yours truly
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The 4th edition of the Festival Guitare de Puteaux took place from October 7th until the 9th 2022. Since its creation in 2017, the guitar show part of the festival is organized by The Guitar Channel. Here is below a 4min video blog to have a good idea of what went down during this awesome
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Scott Elliott from Chernobyl Studios interview at 42 Gear Street
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Scott Elliott is a metal oriented guitar youtuber. He was one of Henning Pauly's guests at the 42 Gear Street event. I had already met him at several shows, including MIGS and Padova. Here he is in interview in Henning's garden in Germany. Scott Elliott interview Audio version available on The Guitar Channel Radio for
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Carlos Asensio from Guitarraviva, interview of the Spanish youtuber with 3,9 millions subscribers!
Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Carlos Asensio (guitarraviva.com) has almost 4 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, Guitarraviva. So he was one of the biggest content producer present at 42 Gear Street. Since he produces all his content in Spanish, he still has a huge potential audience not only in Spain, but also in South America and of course in
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Iconic Guitars, new boutique guitar brand, interview with Kevin Proctor at NAMM 2022
Monday, 03 October 2022
During the NAMM 2022, I fell in love with the guitars of a brand I didn't know yet: Iconic Guitars (iconicguitars.com). Here is a presentation of this new American boutique guitar brand with an interview with Kevin Proctor, the owner. Interview with Kevin Proctor Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Duesenberg Senior, a beautiful German guitar at our Paris showroom thanks to Fred’s Guitar Parts
Saturday, 01 October 2022
Here is a short demo of a Duesenberg (duesenberg.de) Senior model in collaboration with the French importer of the German brand Fred's Guitar Parts (fredguitar.com). Thus, as part of the showroom service, I am delighted to present this beautiful German guitar which has more than one trick up its sleeve despite its apparent simplicity. Duesenberg
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Friedman Amplification, factory tour of the new Boutique Amp Distribution facility in Los Angeles
Thursday, 29 September 2022
In 2021, the Boutique Amp Distribution factory where Friedman amps were manufactured burned down. I had the opportunity to propose you a visit during a stay for the NAMM. One year later the new factory is operational for the production of Friedman (friedmanamplification.com) amps but also Soldano, Tone King, Morgan, Synergy and Wampler pedals. Here
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Orange Amps, Charlie Cooper interview, son of the founder of the British brand
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
It was during 42 Gear Street that I had the pleasure to meet Charlie Cooper, son of Clifford Cooper, the founder in 1968 of the legendary British amp brand Orange Amps (orangeamps.com). A great opportunity to learn more about this iconic manufacturer that supplies Jimmy Page, for example. Interview Charlie Cooper from Orange Audio version
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Hop Pole Studio, interview with Adam Steel during the 42 Gear Street event
Monday, 26 September 2022
Adam Steel is the pro musician behind Hop Pole Studios (YouTube channel). He was present at the 42 Gear Street event organized by Henning Pauly. Here he is in interview! Adam Steel interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Shape Your Tone, Alessandro Bianchi interview at 42 Gear Street
Sunday, 25 September 2022
It was at the 42 Gear Street event that I met the Italian youtuber Alessandro Bianchi from Shape Your Tone (YouTube channel). Here is an interview with him in Henning Pauly's garden in Weilburg, 45min North of Frankfurt. Alessandro Bianchi interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Cream T Guitars & Pickups, presentation with Hosk during 42 Gear Street
Sunday, 25 September 2022
It was during the 42 Gear Street event that I met Andrew Hoskins, aka Hosk, to have a presentation of the British brand Cream T (creamtpickupsdirect.com) which offers pickups and also guitars. Hosk interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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PJD Guitars, the latest news with Jens Buschenhenke during 42 Gear Street
Saturday, 24 September 2022
It was during the 42 Gear Street event organized by Henning Pauly an hour's drive from Frankfurt that I recorded this video with Jens to give an update on PJD Guitars (pjdguitars.com). Jens Buschenhenke interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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