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Mazzucco Custom Guitars, interview with the luthier Diego Mazzucco in Padova
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Here's an interview with Italian luthier Diego Mazzucco (Instagram account) who was one of the exhibitors at Guitar Show Padova 2024. This craftsman was introduced to me by Paulo Celentano, maker of Celentano Pickups. Diego has the particularity of making his own bridges, whether for Strat or Tele. Diego Mazzucco interview Until the next interview
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Guitar Show Padova 2024 – Sunday Report, Interviews & Guitar Demos
Monday, 20 May 2024
Here's the report for the last day of Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it), with videos of guitars recorded on the spot to really get a better idea of the sound of these beautiful transalpine electrics. Interviews of the day: Guitar demos recorded onsite: Sunday report in Padova Until the next interview or gear review, keep on
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Guitar Show Padova 2024 – Saturday Report, Interviews & Guitar Demos
Sunday, 19 May 2024
A busy Saturday for Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it) 2024. This report features no less than 5 interviews and 6 guitars tested on site in video. This show is really amazing with a vast array of boutique builders coming from all over Europe, big guitar brands as well as some incredible Vintage guitar collections. Interviews of
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Here is the full report for Day 2 of the Sound Messe Osaka 2024 on this beautiful Saturday at the biggest guitar show in Japan. Interviews of the day: Guitars reviewed in the video: Sound Messe Osaka 2024 - Day 2 Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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Freedom Custom Guitar Research, a boutique guitar builder from Tokyo – Showroom & Demo
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
It was during my first trip to Japan for the Sound Messe Osaka in 2019 that I discovered luthier Makoto Fukano and his work via his brand Freedom Custom Guitar Research (fcgrtokyo.com). This Japanese craftsman is based in Tokyo, both for the showroom shown here and for his workshop (see the visit in another episode).
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Here is the full report for day 2 at the 2024 Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch) in Switzerland. Part 1 / Part 2 Interviews of the day: MIGS 2024 Day 2 report - Part 2 Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:MIGS ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier
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Here is the full report for day 2 at the 2024 Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch) in Switzerland. Part 1 / Part 2 Interviews of the day: MIGS 2024 Day 2 report - Part 1 Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:MIGS ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier
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Rufini Guitars, luthier interview Matteo Rufini at the Guitar Show Padova and demo
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Interview with Italian boutique guitar builder Matteo Rufini from Rufini Guitars (rufinifineinstruments.com) at the Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it) in Italy. As a bonus, you will have a demo recorded during the show. Matteo Rufini interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Padova ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Bona Guitars, Cristian Bona interview at the Guitar Show Padova and guitar demo
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Interview with Cristian Bona from Bona Guitars (Instagram) at the Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it) in Italy. As a bonus, you can hear a demo recorded on site of Cristian's instrument. Cristian Bona interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Padova ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Marconi Lab Guitars interview with Guido at the Guitar Show Padova, Italy
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Interview with Guido from Marconi Lab Guitars (marconilab.com / egoguitar.com) at the Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it) in Italy. Marconi Lab Guitars interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Padova ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Oopegg Guitars, Kazuma Tanabe interview at the Sound Messe in Osaka, Japan
Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Interview with guitar designer Kazuma "Kaz" Tanabe from Oopegg Guitars (oopegg.com) at the Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka, Japan. As a bonus, following the interview, you'll get a demo of the Trailbreaker presented by the craftsman. Kazuma Tanabe interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more
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Interview with Yoshi from KZ Guitar Works (kzguitarworks.com) at the Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka, Japan. As a bonus, two awesome instruments by KZ Guitar Works are demoed. Yoshi interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Oroborus Guitars, interview with German luthier Tobias Traub at MIGS
Saturday, 23 March 2024
Interview with German guitar builder Tobias Traub from Oroborus Guitars (oroboruscustoms.com) at the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch). Tobias Traub interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:MIGS ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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ON Guitars, Christoph Noe guitar builder interview and demo of the Elster model
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Interview with guitar builder Christoph Noe from ON Guitars (on-guitars.com) at the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch). As a bonus you will be able to watch a demo of the P90 equipped Elster model. Christoph Noe interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:MIGS ArchivesGuitar
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Interview Michael Spalt at the Montreux International Guitar Show
Monday, 18 March 2024
Interview with luthier Michael Spalt from Spalt Instruments (spaltinstruments.com) at the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch). Michael Spalt interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Michael Spalt ArchivesMIGS ArchivesLuthier Interviews
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Malcom Rose-Zadow, luthier awarded the Innovation Prize at the Paris Guitar Festival
Friday, 08 March 2024
Here's an interview with luthier Malcom Rose-Zadow (Instagram: @malcolmrosezadow) conducted during the 2024 edition of the Paris Guitar Festival guitar show in Montrouge (parisguitarfestival.com). I really enjoyed Malcolm's work on archtop guitars. This young luthier from Toronto, Canada, who now lives in Belgium, has a bright future ahead of him. Once again this year, I
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Sully Guitars, interview with the American guitar builder at NAMM
Thursday, 22 February 2024
It was within the Boutique Guitar Showcase area that I discovered the works from Jon Sullivan from Sully Guitars (sullyguitars.com) during the NAMM 2024. Here is the American boutique guitar builder in an interview and a visit of his guitars. Jon Sullivan interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar!
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Adriano Sergio (Ergon Guitars) interview with the boutique guitar builder during the NAMM
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Interview with luthier Adriano Sergio from Ergon Guitars (ergonguitars.com) during the NAMM 2024 edition. As a bonus, after the interview I had the pleasure of playing one of the sublime achtop to make a video demo. Adriano Sergio interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Adriano Sergio ArchivesNAMM Reports & InterviewsLuthier
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Juha Ruokangas, “State of the Union” interview with the Finnish luthier – Part 3
Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Finnish luthier Juha Ruokangas (ruokangas.com) is a long-time premium subscriber to The Guitar Channel. I always enjoy interviewing him, as he is very generous and articulate in his answers. Here's an interview recorded via Zoom where he goes into great depth on the following subjects: Here's the third and last part of this interview. Thank
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Juha Ruokangas, “State of the Union” with the Finnish luthier – Part 1
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Finnish luthier Juha Ruokangas (ruokangas.com) is a long-time premium subscriber to The Guitar Channel. I always enjoy interviewing him, as he is very generous and articulate in his answers. Here's an interview recorded via Zoom where he goes into great depth on the following subjects: Here's the first part of this interview. Thank you to
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STS Guitars, interview with the luthier Jonas Mehne at the Guitar Summit
Monday, 27 November 2023
German luthier Jonas Mehne of STS Guitars (sts-guitars.com) presented his stunning-looking guitars at Guitar Summit. I wanted to find out more, and here he is in an interview. Jona Mehne interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. Audio version available on The Guitar Channel Radio for premium
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Boxis Guitars – Presentation an demo by Marwan Boulaïd in Puteaux
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Presentation and demonstration of two guitars by Boris Guitars (boxisguitars.com) by musician Marwan Boulaïd (marwanboulaidmusic.com) in the presence of luthier Alexis Bonin. Boxis Guitars demo concert Sound, video and edit: Philippe Camus The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: About the demo concerts
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Unicut Guitars, Flo Lüttke Interview at the 2023 Guitar Summit
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Interview with German luthier Flo Lüttke of Unicut Guitars (unicutguitars.com) at Guitar Summit 2023. Flo Lüttke interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Guitar Summit ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Panucci Guitars, Angelo van Merrienboer luthier interview in Montreux and double demo
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Dutch luthier Angelo van Merrienboer of Panucci Guitars (guitarlounge.nl) was one of the exhibitors at the second edition of the Montreux International Guitar Show. Here he is in an interview to present his guitars on his stand. As a bonus, after the interview you also get a double guitar demo recorded on site: a superb
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Bizen Guitars, interview and demo during the Sound Messe in Osaka
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Interview and guitar demo of Bizen Guitars at the Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka, Japan. Bizen Guitars demo and interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Conor Casey boutique guitar builder interview at the Sound Messe in Osaka, Japan
Friday, 16 June 2023
Interview with Irish boutique guitar builder Conor Casey (caseyguitars.com) at the Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka, Japan. Conor Casey interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Freedom Custom Guitar Research interview with Makoto Fukano and guitar demos
Friday, 16 June 2023
Interview with Japanese luthier Makoto Fukano of Freedom Custom Guitar Research (global.fcgrtokyo.com) at Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka. As a bonus after the interview, two guitar demos to give you an idea. Makoto Fukano interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show
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Keystone Guitars Keisuke Nishi interview at the Osaka Sound Messe
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Interview with Japanese luthier Keisuke Nishi of Keystone Guitars (keystone-si.com) at Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka. Interview Keisuke Nishi Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Arima Guitars, Iker Rodriguez interview at the Sound Messe Osaka
Monday, 12 June 2023
Interview with Iker Rodriguez from Arima Guitars at the Sound Messe (sound-messe.com) in Osaka, Japan. Iker Rodriguez interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Sound Messe ArchivesGuitar Show ReportsLuthier Interviews
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Adriano Sergio (Ergon Guitars) interview with the boutique guitar builder during the MIGS
Monday, 12 June 2023
Interview with luthier Adriano Sergio from Ergon Guitars (ergonguitars.com) during the MIGS 2023 edition. Adriano Sergio interview Until the next interview or gear review, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel. For more info:Adriano Sergio ArchivesMIGS Reports & InterviewsLuthier Archives
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