Here's a YouTube Playlist with all the most popular videos of the show with gems such as :
+ A private session with Popa Chubby
+ An interview with Steve Lukather
+ A Tommy Emmanuel soundcheck
+ A full Zane Carney Skype interview
And many more !
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Bernie Marsden is one of those guitarists found in the lineup of bands from UFO to Whitesnake not to mention countless collaborations.
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The AMPLIFi line is the latest offering from Line6 regarding guitar amps.
Nils Lofgren has released a retrospective of his music in the form of a box set of 9 discs! Given his career, especially playing with the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, in recent years, an interview was required.
I admit to not being an expert of his music, so I dove with curiosity in this huge mass of music that reveals very different facets of the musician.
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Jonathan Kreisberg interview, one of the hottest Jazz player around
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Jonathan Kreisberg was in Paris for a tour with Doctor Lonnie Smith.
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Interview of Serge and John, luthiers extraordinaire from Tao Guitars
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Here's an interview of Serge and John, guitar builders from Tao Guitars. They are based in Brussel in Belgium.
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Andy McKee interview, one of the hottest fingerpicker (@TheRealMcKee)
Friday, 11 July 2014
Andy McKee has been on my radar for a while as he is one of the hottest fingerpicker at the moment.
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Here’s the fourth part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the second here and the third here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here’s the third part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the second here and the fourth here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here’s the second part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the third here and the fourth here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here's the first part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The second part is here, the third here and the fourth here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Steve Stevens interview, awesome guitar player with multiple talents
Friday, 27 June 2014
Steve Stevens is one of those guitarists who have many strings to their bow. Indeed, not only is he an outstanding soloist but also a composer who has signed several tubes Billy Idol among other things, not to mention movie soundtracks, his solo projects, etc..
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Here's a Skype video interview recorded in February with Zane Carney, the awesome John Mayer guitar player. Zane has been playing with John on stage and in the studio for some time now. He also has a busy solo career with 2 very cool albums we talked about in the interview.
Note: sorry for the audio levels on the video recording.
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None other than Zane Carney to host the first masterclass organized by The Guitar Channel. Zane is a guitarist who has been with John Mayer for a while and also pursuing his own solo career. With a huge background in Jazz, his knowledge of music is enormous.
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Guitar Review – Spartan model from SpringerGuitars: an awesome Junior!
Wednesday, 04 June 2014
I love P90 pickups, that's a fact. When Mikaël Springer posted some pics of his Spartan guitar, his Les Paul Junior inspired beauty, on his personal Facebook profile, I immediately said I would love to review it. A couple of weeks later I received the guitar at home to spend some quality time with this awesome instrument.
Spartan guitar in video
Specifications
We are in the specifications realm of the Les Paul Junior, a mahogany body, a P90, a volume and tone.
I believe I first heard about Chris Sherland on the Six String Bliss guitar podcast. I read his book, Lead Guitar From The Inside Out and spent quite a lot of time with my iPad to get the most out of it. Here's an interview I did with Chris.
I really enjoyed reading this e-book with my guitar in hands.
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When Derek Trucks was in town for the Tedeschi Trucs Band at the Olympia Hall, I had the opportunity to go on stage and take pics of all the stage gear.
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Derek Trucks was in Paris with the Tedeschi Trucks Band for a show at the Olympia. I jumped on the opportunity to do a video interview of Dereks. Above is an extract of the video.
Free version
A short version of the interview is available in audio below and via a downloadable podcast (iTunes link).
Backstage Pass version
The full length of the interview is in this reserved article for the Backstage Pass owners.
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Here's the full length interview of Derek Trucks done right before the Paris concert at the Olympia of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Pierre.
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William Grit Laskin interview at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Here's a William Grit Laskin interview done at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar show. Grit was one of the special guest for this very first edition of the show.
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The band Yes was in Paris for one night to play 3 legendary albums in full at the Grand Rex, I took the opportunity to do an exclusive video interview with Chris Squire right before the show.
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The 200th Backstage Pass has been activated! It took about 9 months to reach the first milestone of 100 activated passes and less than 4 months for the next 100. There is therefore a clear acceleration that can only delight me. There are more renewals of the Pass, it is clearly an indicator that The Guitar Channel is going in the right direction. This proves it is possible to build an independent guitar media, 100% Passion, 0% Ads. Thank you all for your support and here's to the next 100! Thank you for sharing this great news with your friends to grow our community of enthusiasts. Pierre - Passion Amplifier since 2009.
200th Backstage Pass activated: thanks!
Monday, 12 May 2014
In June 2013 I had the pleasure of meeting Jonny Lang for the release of his album "Fight For My Soul." You can see an excerpt of the interview video above.
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In June 2013 I had the pleasure of meeting Jonny Lang for the release of his album "Fight For My Soul."
Subject discussed in the interview
+ His first guitar
+ His influences
+ The relationship between singing and guitar playing
+ The genesis of Fight For My Soul
+ The equipment used for recording
+ His wisdom advice for musicians
+ Upcoming projects
+ And many other things
Transcription
Thanks to Lisa Ortola and Romain Marengo from the great Jonny Lang fan website jonnylang.fr, here's a full written transcription of the interview.
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Review of the Patrick Rondat distortion pedal from LNA Guitar Effects
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Here's a review of a great distortion pedal built by LNA Effects in France for the great French guitar player Patrick Rondat.
The pedalboard used for the review
The LNA pedal was inserted on my regular pedalboard for the review.
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I had the pleasure to meet Frank Deimel during the 2nd edition of Guitares au Beffroi. I saw his booth at the Musikmesse but did not have the opportunity to interview him so I was super happy to have in on video at Montrouge and ask him some guitar questions. To tell you the truth
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Become an active player of The Guitar Channel
An active player of The Guitar Channel not only helps finance it but he/she is way more than that: as in a music band, he/she is taking part in the discussion to make the band even better.
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Michael Lee Firkins is not a newbie in the guitar business. Some may recall his first albums in the Mike Varney stable of shredders, Shrapnel Records. Michael provides us with Yep (on the Magna Carta label) an album very far from this era with a powerful guitar music.
It's not complicated the only thing I did not like about the album is the cover. That said, I agree, it is a matter of taste and what matters is the music inside.
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Pierre-Marie Châteauneuf, luthier for PMC, is a great guitar builder from Montpellier in France. I am reviewing here a new creation of his with the Thelonious model.
The guitar
With PMC, we are in the high class guitar area. Starting from the choice of woods to the attention to details and quality of the building, the guitar is a great job and it sounds awesome as you can judge for yourself in the video.
The look of the beauty is beautiful, simple and elegant.
The 2014 Musikmesse was a great edition with plenty of opportunities to meet and interview influential guitar people.
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