Blind Guitars: world record of instruments assembled by the subscribers of The Guitar Channel

The mission of The Guitar Channel is not only to produce top quality exclusive guitar content (there, I said it!) but also to create exchanges between guitar enthusiasts. This is done by participating in guitar shows, like next week's 2023 Paris Guitar Festival in Montrouge, during weekly broadcasts on the Internet for Direct Backstage subscribers

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Come and meet The Guitar Channel at the Paris Guitar Festival of Montrouge 2023

As for all the previous years, The Guitar Channel will have a booth in the middle of the guitar show of the Paris Guitar Festival (parisguitarfestival.com), formerly called Guitares au Beffroi, in Montrouge from March 17 to 19, 2023 for this very beautiful music and guitar event at the gates of Paris. The Belfry of

2022 SHG Music Show interviews and report of the Milano guitar show

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!

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

Toulouse guitar show, video report during the Internationales de la Guitare festival 2022

The Internationales de la Guitare de Toulouse (les-ig.com) is a festival who has been active for 25 years. It also features a guitar show where I usually go every year to cover the event. Here is the video report for the 2022 editions. Toulouse guitar show report Until the next report or interview, keep on

Here is the full photo album reserved for premium subscribers for Day 3 of the Guitar Summit 2022 in Mannheim Germany. Guitar Summit 2022 - Photo album for Sunday Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Here is the report for Day 3 of the Guitar Summit 2022. Stéphane Bertrand, special correspondent of The Guitar Channel in Mannheim, went to the Rosengarten to make this video report. Reports: Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday Guitar Summit 2022 Sunday report Until the next video report or interview, keep on playing the

Guitar Summit 2022 - Photo album for Day 2 of the German guitar show in Mannheim

Here is the full photo album reserved for premium subscribers for Day 2 of the Guitar Summit 2022 in Mannheim Germany. Guitar Summit 2022 - Photo album for Saturday Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Guitar Summit 2022, Day 2 report from our special correspondent in Germany

Here is the report for Day 2 day of the Guitar Summit 2022. Stéphane Bertrand, special correspondent of The Guitar Channel in Mannheim, went to the Rosengarten to make this video video report. Reports: Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday Guitar Summit 2022 Saturday report Until the next video report or interview, keep on

Guitar Summit 2022 - Photo album for Friday, day 1 of the German guitar show in Mannheim

Here is the full photo album reserved for premium subscribers for Day 1 of the Guitar Summit 2022 in Mannheim Germany. Guitar Summit 2022 - Photo album for Friday Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Guitar Summit 2022, Friday report from our special correspondent in Germany

Here is the first complete report for this opening day of the Guitar Summit 2022. Stéphane Bertrand, special correspondent of The Guitar Channel in Mannheim, went to the Rosengarten to make this video report. Reports: Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday The photo album is in that article. Guitar Summit 2022 Friday report Until

Guitar Summit 2022, Thursday report by our special correspondent Stéphane!

Great first for The Guitar Channel because of a wedding in my family this weekend, I send a special correspondent in my place to cover this 2022 edition of the Guitar Summit (guitarsummit.de)! It is therefore Stéphane Bertrand, whom I warmly thank in passing, who will report on this German guitar show that has become

Traditionally, the last quarter of the year is very busy in terms of guitar events in France, Europe and the United States. As always, The Guitar Channel will be on the ground to bring you these music and guitar events with video reports and interviews. Fall guitar events Guitar Summit in Mannheim, Germany (September 9th

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42 Gear Street, video report and interviews of day 3 and debriefing #42GSFour

This is the report and interviews from Saturday, August 20, 2022, the third day of Henning Pauly's 42 Gear Street event in his village of Weilburg, 60 km from Frankfurt. As it is the last day where The Guitar Channel is present on site, I make a debriefing of this German stay. Spoiler : it

42 Gear Street, full video report and interviews of the second day of the event #42GSFour

As intense and tiring as the first day was, Friday, August 19, 2022 was a blast. Everyone is starting to find their marks, all 3 studios are shooting videos at full speed for this 42 Gear Street event! Summary of the full article reserved for premium subscribers : Full video report of the day Interview

42 Gear Street, full video report and interviews of the first day of the event

Thursday, August 18, 2022 was the first official day of the 42 Gear Street event. Henning Pauly called this day the "brand day". This means that the brands book the studios with the people they want to present the products. So I found myself in two videos, one organized by Andy Ferris aka The Guitar

42 Gear Street, launch of the Henning Pauly event and full visit of the amazing video studios

Just back from vacation, I'm back on the road with my camera in hand to answer the invitation of German youtuber Henning Pauly (aka EytschPi42 on YouTube). Here is the report of the launch of the 42 Gear Street event which officially starts tomorrow until Sunday. Summary of this article: a visit of Henning's three

42 Gear Street by Henning Pauly : The Guitar Channel at the 4th meeting between youtubers and brands

The well-known German youtuber Henning Pauly (aka EytschPi42 on YouTube), who you've probably already seen several videos of, is organizing for the 4th time the 42 Gear Street. It is an event where the big guitar gear youtubers and the brands meet, network and shoot videos. It will take place in the small village of

For the fourth time, The Guitar Channel is the organizer of the guitar show during the Puteaux Guitar Festival. This is the list of exhibitors for this edition of the show which will be held from October 7 to 9, 2022. The show gathers 30 exhibitors (luthiers, builders, manufacturers) coming to show their guitars, amps,

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NAMM 2022 at the time of the assessment: it was (really) the best edition. Period.

At the risk of surprising more than one, this 7th NAMM for The Guitar Channel was really the best since I cover this event. Obviously, I didn't miss the exhibitors who were not present (40% less than in 2020). It must be said that the basement, closed this year, is largely filled with Chinese exhibitors

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NAMM 2022 - Full video and photo report of the Sunday

As the NAMM 2022 was only 3 days long, Sunday was the third and last day of the show. Here is the full report in photo and video of this day at the Anaheim Convention Center. The interviewees of the day are Jamie Gale, curator of the Boutique Guitar Showcase and Bryan Galloup. Sunday at

NAMM 2022 - Full video and photo report of the Saturday

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 Andy Powers from Taylor Guitars

Black Volt Amplification, Giovanni Loria interview during the NAMM

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

NAMM 2022 - Report of the day before the opening

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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Nina Attal, replay of the full concert from our showroom in Paris, France

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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Guitar Show Padova 2022: photo and video report for Sunday

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: Riccardo Gioggi (riccardogioggi.com) Marco Omar Viola from

Guitar Show Padova 2022: photo and video report for Saturday

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

Guitar Show Padova 2022 : setup day in Italy
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Guitar Show Padova 2022 : setup day in Italy

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

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

MIGS 2022 - Last day at the Montreux guitar show !

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 - Sundai May 1st 2022 Until the next video report