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The Guitar Channel will be in Montreal to cover the 2015 Montreal Jazz Festival
Monday, 15 June 2015
After several Musikmesse, a first NAMM show in January, the Holy Grail Guitar Show, and various others guitar shows in France, I am very pleased to announce that for the first time I will cover the Montreal Jazz Festival!
So here I am in full swing to organize the ten days that I will spend there.
On my program
Interviews with musicians programmed on the festival
Meetings with local luthiers, and God knows there are some very very good ones!
Contact catches with professional guitar for business development
And of course concerts!
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Interview of the luthier Claudio Pagelli during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Interview of the Swiss luthier Claudio Pagelli during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show.
The luthier website: www.pagelli.com
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here's a José Ramos interview. José is a luthier I met during the Salon de la Belle Guitare in Montrouge near Paris in March 2015 during the Guitars au Beffroi festival.
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Here's a Dan Macpherson interview. Dan is a luthier I met during the Salon de la Belle Guitare in Montrouge near Paris in March 2015 during the Guitars au Beffroi festival.
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Interview of the Italian luthier Giulio Negrini during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show.
The luthier website: www.negriniguitars.com
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Pierre.
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Relish guitar review – The Jane Relish Guitars – Innovative instrument from Switzerland
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Here's a Relish guitar review, the Jane model by Relish Guitars is entirely developed and built in Switzerland with some cool innovative ideas.
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Interview with Michael Spalt, President of the EGB (European Guitar Builders
Monday, 20 April 2015
The European Guitar Builders is a professional association for european luthier.
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Here's a double Michael Spalt interview I did during the Salon de la Belle Guitare of the festival Guitares au Beffroi (www.guitaresaubeffroi.com) which took place in Montrouge near Paris in March 2015. Austrian luthier Michael Spalt was there as an exhibitor and as the president of the European Guitar Builders (EGB). One of the main activity of the EGB is the organization of the Holy Grail Guitar Show where I went for the first edition in Berlin last year.
So we did two interviews instead of one! The one above is the one about his life as a luthier.
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Kari Nieminen is the luthier for Versoul Guitars in Finland (www.versoul.com). I discover his work while in Berlin for the Holy Grail Guitar Show. As Kari has built several guitars for one of my all time favorite guitar player, Billy F.
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On the first video of the Luthier Chronicle, master luthier Juha Ruokangas gives a full update on the Captain Nemo guitar project he introduced at the 1st Holy Grail Guitar Show.
Pics of the Captain Nemo guitar
Pics of the Valve Bucker
Until the next Luthier Chronicle, keep on playing your guitar and check-out your local luthier.
Pierre.
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Well, here we are, the American adventure of The Guitar Channel starts in a few hours! The NAMM show means a lot for musicians in general and especially for guitarists as it is a major event that has strong impact, especially on our respective gear fantasies! Indeed it is often during this event dedicated to the music industry in Los Angeles, California in January that are launched instruments, amps, effects, accessories, etc.
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Doug Kauer interview from Kauer Guitars at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Monday, 05 January 2015
Here's a Doug Kauer interview. Meeting with Doug in Berlin during the Holy Grail Guitar Show was one of the highlight for me as I am a big fan of the look of his guitars.
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Frank Deimel is based in Berlin and is also part of the European Guitar Builders association team who organized the Holy Grail Guitar Show so it was not a surprise to see him during the week-end.
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The plane ticket to for Los Angeles is booked. I just need to find me accommodation at a reasonable price for 5 nights from 21 to 26 January. If you have family or friends in L.A., please let me know!!
I'm super excited to finally go to the NAMM show.
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Sophie Dockx interview from Dorian Guitars at the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Saturday, 06 December 2014
There is not a lot of women in the world of lutherie so I am always ready to jump on one when I meet one. So here's a Sophie Dockx interview. Sophie was at the Holy Grail Guitar show for Dorian Guitars. She is guitar luthier but for Dorian she is the designer of the instruments.
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Hall of Thanks of guitar builders who support The Guitar Channel
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Here's a special post to mention all the guitar builders who support what I do on The Guitar Channel by subscribing to an annual Backstage Pass. You have no idea what it means to me when a guitar builder shows his appreciation for my work.
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Jens Ritter is one of the guitar designer you know even though you don't know his name for sure. That's usually how popular his designs are. I was very happy to meet him and do an interview during the show (see an extract below).
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One of the innovation brought by Jens for the Holy Grail Guitar Show was this incredible guitar based on his famous Princess Isabella model covered by real Converse fabric logo.
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Discover the interesting aluminium guitars from Relish Guitars
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Relish Guitars are made out of aluminium. I had already heard about their product and thought it was interesting to learn some more about their technology.
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Below are a small selections of the 200+ photos I took during the Holy Grail Guitar Show.
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Juha Ruokangas, Builder of the Captain Nemo Guitar and the Valvebucker
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Juha Ruokangas was one of the guitar builder I really wanted to meet during the Holy Grail Guitar Show, that's why I was thrilled to do a 45min video interview with him. Juha has established a brand so highly regarded in the guitar world that I had a tons of questions to ask him.
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Innovative luthier Ulrich Teuffel interview – 2014 Holy Grail Guitar show
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Ulrich Teuffel is one of the reason I came to Berlin for the Holy Grail Guitar Show. In fact when we met earlier this year in Francfort for the Musikmesse, he told me at the end of the interview we did there that I really should come to Berlin. At the time it seemed like a distant project I was not sure I could finance.
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Below are a small selections of the 200+ photos I took during the Holy Grail Guitar Show.
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2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show, the Best Luthier Show in the World
Sunday, 23 November 2014
Let me say it upfront the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show was a great success. It is without doubt the best luthiers salon I've ever been to.
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It was one of the highlight of the week-end in Berlin to do a Ken Parker interview during the Holy Grail Guitar Show. Ken is a living legend amongst guitar builders, he is as famous as he is nice to meet and easy to talk to.
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All the video interviews done during the first day of the Holy Grail Guitar show are now available exclusively for the Backstage Pass owners.
List of the interviewees
Kaz Goto from Jersey Girl Homemade Guitars - Japan
Michido Matsuda - Japan
Juha Ruokangas - Finland
Sylvan de Relish Guitars - Switzerland
Jens Ritter - Germany
Harry Häussel - Germany
Christophe Leduc - France
Philippe Clain - France
Sophie Dockx from Dorian Guitars
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Jens Ritter is one of the guitar designer you know even though you don't know his name for sure. That's usually how popular his designs are.
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Interview of Silvan from Relish Guitars at the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Relish Guitars are made out of aluminium. I had already heard about their product and thought it was interesting to learn some more about their technology.
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I discovered the work from Harry Häussel when I did a video review the Spartan model from luthier Mikaël Springer. So when I met in Berlin during the Holy Grail Guitar Show when he was visiting the salon I proposed him to do an interview that you see below.
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Juha Ruokangas interview – Builder of the Captain Nemo guitar
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Juha Ruokangas was one of the guitar builder I really wanted to meet during the Holy Grail Guitar Show, that's why I was thrilled to do a 45min video interview with him. Juha has established a brand so highly regarded in the guitar world that I had a tons of questions to ask him.
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Michihiro Matsuda Interview, a Living Legend of Guitar Building
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
There were so many great guitar builders in Berlin for the Holy Grail Guitar Show that it was a tough job to do a selection. Here's a Michihiro Matsuda interview.
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