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Pedal Review – Brut(e) Dewitte Wired – Add huge sounds to your pedalboard
Wednesday, 07 March 2018
Nicolas Dewitte has been designing and producing pedals under the brand Dewitte Wired since 2004, the pedal model Brut(e) represents the synthesis of all experiments to propose a pedal with huge sounds on your pedalboard. Note that the pedal is presented as a preamp that is to say that it can of course work in
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NAMM 2018 musician interviews: Anderson, Levy, Henderson, Verheyen, Quayle, Ashe
Friday, 02 March 2018
The NAMM is above all for The Guitar Channel a unique opportunity in the year to approach world-famous guitarists in one place and to do interviews. Here is the list of NAMM 2018 musician interviews of artists to discover: Muriel Anderson Adam Levy Scott Henderson Sean Ashe Carl Verheyen Tom Quayle NAMM 2018 Musician interviews
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Travis Lingley interview at Suhr Guitars about the Aura model launch
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Suhr Guitars took advantage of NAMM 2018 to launch his solid-body guitar model inspired by the Les Paul, the model Aura (the name of the John Suhr's wife). The Guitar Channel went to the Suhr booth to learn all about Suhr Aura! One of the highlight of the NAMM was to do a selfie with
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For the second year, the NAMM offered a section dedicated to luthiers under the banner of the Boutique Guitar Showcase created and organized by Jamie Gale. There were 31 luthiers from all over the world who presented incredible guitars, whether acoustic or electric. The level was super high! Here's a selection of interviews done in
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Video interview recorded with the musician and guitar player Sean Ashe on the Tom Anderson Guitars booth during the 2018 Winter NAMM. Sean Ashe interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Jennifer Batten interview guitar in hand – Michael Jackson and Jeff Beck guitar player
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Here's Guitar in Hand Jennifer Batten interview recorded in Paris in October 2017 the day after she gave a clinic. Jennifer Batten is one of the rare female guitar player who achieved the guitar hero status by playing with great musicians like Michael Jackson and Jeff Beck. In this 30min interview she shares her view
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Guitar Review – Origin P90 hum-cancelling – Tony Girault luthier
Friday, 23 February 2018
The luthier Tony Girault continues to develop his range of guitar around his form Origin with a new classy model. See for yourself: we have a beautiful flamed maple top, a beautiful walnut body and a roasted maple neck. Plus this instrument features the all-new P90 hum-canceling pickups from Tony's design. www.giraultguitars.com Guitar Review -
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Mark Agnesi interview in the legendary Norman’s Rare Guitars shop in Terzana, Los Angeles
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Here is an interview with Mark Agnesi, store manager of the legendary Vintage guitar shop Norman's Rare Guitars (normansrareguitars.com) in Los Angeles. It was recorded in January 2018 right before the Winter NAMM. I had to do a selfie with Norman Harris (don't his interview) and Mark: Mark Agnesi interview Until the next interview, keep
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Here's an interview recorded with Scott Henderson during the 2018 Winter NAMM on the Suhr Guitars booth. Scott Henderson interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Norman Harris interview, founder of the legendary Norman’s Rare Guitars shop in Terzana, Los Angeles
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Interview with the legendary Norman Harris who is the founder of the Norman's Rare Guitars (normansrareguitars.com) famous Vintage guitar shop in Los Angeles. This video was recorded in January 2018 while I was in the US for the Winter NAMM. Mandatory selfie with Norman and the store manager Mark Agnesi (don't miss his interview!): Norman
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Jack and Joe Napoli are the two brothers behind the American boutique pedal builder Analog Alien. They were exhibiting as usual at the Winter NAMM, a perfect opportunity to catch up with them and get a few stories from them, straight from the show floor. www.analogalien.com Napoli brothers interview - Analog Alien Analog Alien is
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Guitar amp mic shootout – Shure SM57, SM58 and Koch loadbox LB-120 II
Monday, 19 February 2018
Miking up the sound of a guitar amp is an art in its own right where generations of sound engineers and home studio adepts continue to struggle to get the right sound. Since The Guitar Channel has a showroom in Paris, I experiment more and more with different sound recording methods for the recording of
Video interview recorded during the 2018 Winter NAMM of the great musician and guitar player Adam Levy. Adam Levy interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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One of the great novelties of the NAMM 2018 was the great announcement of Taylor Guitars, the new V-Class bracing system developed by Andy Powers, the master builder of the Californian manufacturer. The Guitar Channel went to meet the luthier to know everything! Andy Powers interview Podcast Audio version of the interview available in the
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Norman’s Rare Guitars – Interviews and visit – Legendary Vintage guitar store in Los Angeles
Friday, 16 February 2018
The Norman's Rare Guitars store is a real institution in Los Angeles (among the guitarists at least!). This is where the stars come to provide themselves in Vintage instrument by choosing from the fabulous choice proposed, in both electric or acoustic instruments. This store was founded by Norman Harris who is still the boss and
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Here's a video interview recorded with Muriel Anderson during the 2018 Winter NAMM. Muriel Anderson interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Luthiers Beyond Limits: Alquier, Beauregard, Klein, Matsuda, Pagelli, Tao – NAMM 2018
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
In the wake of last year's Boutique Guitar Showcase, six luthiers have come together to present their instruments under the Luthiers Beyond Limits banner at NAMM 2018: Jean-Yves Alquier (see this article for the full report) Mario Beauregard Steve Klein Michihiro Matsuda Claudia and Claudio Pagelli Serge and John from Tao Guitars Since the NAMM
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Leonardo Buendia luthier interview at the 2018 Winter NAMM
Saturday, 10 February 2018
At the very end of Winter NAMM 2018 I had the pleasure to record a quick interview with Leonardo Buendia who is one of the very best high end acoustic guitar builder. Leo has been an apprentice for 3 years with the legendary guitar builder Ervin Somogyi, so needless to say, he knows how to
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Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert interview – 2018 projects on brunojazz.com
Wednesday, 07 February 2018
Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert is the official Jazz consultant for The Guitar Channel. It was via his intermediary that I was able to conduct interviews with jazz greats such as Gilad Hekselman, Jonathan Kreisberg, Nir Felder and Mike Moreno. Bruno was in Paris for a few days before returning to San Francisco where he usually resides for
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The NAMM 2018 was the occasion of the launch of the largest guitar project in France for years, the Alquier Guitars project led by three partners Jean-Yves Alquier (luthier), Jean-François Azam and Nicolas Mercadal. Indeed, it was the official presentation of the prototype guitars that will be manufactured in the factory, an ultra-modern facility equipped
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There is nothing better to really understand the NAMM than to live it from the inside, that's what The Guitar Channel offers you this year through these videos recorded with the ultra wide angle Snapchat Spectacles. Day 1 - Thursday 24/01/18 There, the NAMM has just opened its doors, it is still relatively calm: Day
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Adriano Sergio is one of the luthiers who was part of the NAMM 2018 Boutique Guitar Showcase. Jamie Gale's Boutique Guitar Showcase was an entire section of the show floor where you could find high end luthiers from around the world. Previously interviewed in 2015 at the Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin, here is
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Jamie Gale interview, the Boutique Guitar Showcase curator at Winter NAMM 2018
Sunday, 28 January 2018
Jamie Gale is the curator of the Boutique Guitar Showcase section of the 2018 Winter NAMM, here is an interview with him. Jamie Gale interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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P90 pickup shootout: 1 guitar, 3 pickups from Girault, Häussel, Dreamsongs
Sunday, 21 January 2018
The idea of the P90 Shootout is simple: compare 3 P90 pickups on the same guitar. So the luthier Tony Girault came to the showroom with one of his Louisiane model guitar to make the P90 pickup swaps and yours truly served as a test pilot to make videos in the 3 configurations. The 3
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Tommy Emmanuel interview – Guitar in hand in Paris – Accomplice One
Friday, 19 January 2018
Tommy Emmanuel is one of the greats of the guitar at the moment and not only in the Fingerstyle domain. The Guitar Channels proposes you for the 3rd time an interview with the Australian maestro for a Guitar-in-Hand video. His album Accomplice One, which will be released in January 2018, is excellent with incredible duets
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Sam Tharp is an entrepreneur who is behind the Fretish service (fretish.com) which aims to be a kind of AirBnB for instruments. Admit that the idea is awesome! You go on vacation or business trip and bingo in a few clicks you can potentially rent a guitar for your stay. Well, that's in theory because the
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For your information you will see in the graph below (taken from the website of Libsyn, the service I use to host my podcast) that the trend is overall positive for the number of downloads of podcasts for the year 2017. In total, this represents a +54% increase in downloads between in 2017. In the second half
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For the fourth time, The Guitar Channel will be present at the Winter NAMM which is held every year in Los Angeles in Anaheim. The archives of the two preceding years are in this list. This edition promises to be particularly exciting because of the state of the market: the big brands are in danger, Gibson
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Reflections and perspectives on 2017/2018 for The Guitar Channel
Sunday, 31 December 2017
As an introduction, I suggest (if you understand French that is!) you go and read a long but very interesting article by Patrick Beja, the only professional French podcaster who shares his career on Medium. I know Patrick Beja for a while, we often had exchanges. What he has done with his podcast, Rendez-Vous Tech,
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Down to the Waterline – Dire Straits – Chord chart for the solo
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Huge Dire Straits fan and admirer of his guitarist singer Mark Knopfler, the first albums of the band particularly marked me, especially the first and Communiqué, the second. Sultans of Swing is probably one of the songs I've worked on most (and it's still the case today!) But also Down to the Waterline whose solo
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