The NAMM Show wasn't even officially open when I was already doing my first interview in the aisles with Zach Broyles from Mythos Pedals (mythospedals.com). Discovered in the excellent podcast Dipped in Tone that he hosts with Rhett Shull, I literally jumped on him when I ran into him on Thursday morning. Zach Broyles interview
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NAMM 2023: trip to the great American show in full transformation
Thursday, 06 April 2023
After a June edition last year, the NAMM is still not back to the Winter NAMM in January but will be held from April 13th to 15th, 2023 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Los Angeles. As since 2015, The Guitar Channel will be on site for the 8th time for the entire duration of
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Blind Guitars: world record of instruments assembled by the subscribers of The Guitar Channel
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
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
Monday, 13 March 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
I humbly admit that I go on TikTok to change my mind and...lose some time. But the truth is you can even find interesting things there sometimes! Yes, yes, I assure you. I also regularly post guitar stuff, here is my account: tiktok.com/@lachaineguitare This morning I came across the following gem from the musician Richard
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In collaboration with Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com) we recorded this video to help you choose the right MIDI pedalboard for your guitar rig. From 60€ to 2 000€, the range is pretty wide so hopefully this video will help you. MIDI pedalboards shootout Pedalboard reviewed in the video (in the order in which they appear):
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“The Brazilian Rosewood Blues” on a B-30 Blind Guitars OM-style instrument
Friday, 10 February 2023
Jean-Philippe, one of the premium subscribers of the show ordered this B-30 from the French luthier Virgile Pilon of Blind Guitars (blindguitars.com) a gorgeous OM-style instrument with Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides. He was so kind that he had the guitar delivered to me when it was finished instead of straight to him.
It is in the aisles of NAMM 2022 that I met Victor Lee (victorleemusic.com). Already interviewed in 2021 via Zoom, we took the opportunity to do a quick review of his current projects. Victor Lee interview NAMM Interviews & Reports Archives Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.
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I met Jano at the DSM & Humboldt booth at the NAMM 2022. DSM & Humboldt (simplifieramp.com) is a Chilean company which builds amazing pedals like the Zero Watt Simplifier preamp. Here is the interview recorded back in June 2022. Jano interview about DSM & Humboldt NAMM Interviews & Reports Until the next interview, keep
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Blackstar Amped 2 Dept. 10, all-in-one pedalboard with built-in 100W amp review
Thursday, 26 January 2023
The British brand Blackstar (blackstaramps.com) hits hard with this second version of their Amped pedalboard! Indeed, this Amped 2 Dept. 10 offers everything you need to play in a band. All you have to do is plug it into a standard guitar cabinet, a mixing console, a computer (or all three) and you're ready to
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Farewell to Jeff Beck – Interview with Jennifer Batten who played with him on stage and in the studio
Sunday, 15 January 2023
It's impossible to miss the sudden death of Jeff Beck, a phenomenal musician with a career path as brilliant as it was messy. Jeff Beck died on January 10th, 2023 at the age of 78, the British guitar legend is no more. Farewell to Jeff Beck I really discovered him in 1988 during a trip
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How to choose headphones to play the guitar and work on your DAW
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
In this video recorded in collaboration with Guillaume Jeulin from Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com), we are going through the different kind of headphones available. In fact it is sometimes difficult to understand the differences between all the models available on the market. As Guillaume has many headphones in his lab, we thought it would be
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Teuffel, Ruokangas, Spalt, Sergio and Tausch, what the guitar builders have to say about The Guitar Channel
Sunday, 08 January 2023
In January 2021, we were still in lockdown mode all over the world so there was no Winter NAMM that year. So I decided to do a live interview with several of the best and most original luthiers in Europe: Here is what they said spontaneously at the end of the interview. I was touched
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Chapman Guitars, Rabea Massaad’s departure, Philip McNight’s analysis, my two cents
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Those who follow closely the guitar industry news may have seen the news that the well known musician and youtuber Rabea Massaad (chaîne YouTube) was leaving Chapman Guitars (chapmanguitars.com) with whom he was with for 10 years. Rabea Massaad announcement The video lasts just over 11 minutes but the announcement itself only takes up the
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“Inside Scofield” – Review of the documentary film about John Scofield
Saturday, 10 December 2022
In June 2020 I proposed you an interview with the director Jörg Steineck because he was launching a crowdfunding campaign for a documentary about the great jazz musician John Scofield. A little more than two years later the documentary film Inside Scofield is released! Here is the review. Inside Scofield teaser John Scofield interview at
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Every day a video in free access on the homepage of theguitarchannel.biz
Thursday, 08 December 2022
The catalog of exclusive videos of The Guitar Channel is very rich, we have over 2000 videos with interviews, reports, gear reviews, etc.. In order to promote this content in an active way, there is now a free video available every day on the homepage of theguitarchannel.biz. This allows everyone to view a newly released
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“John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling” – Movie review on this documentary about the American luthier
Thursday, 08 December 2022
John Monteleone (monteleone.net) is an American luthier well known for his acoustic guitars and especially his archtop instruments. In the tradition of D'Angelico and D'Aquisto, he perpetuates a certain idea of American lutherie. Played by the greatest, from Mark Knopfler to Eric Clapton through Julian Lage, David Grisman and many others, his guitars are very
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2022 Puteaux guitar show: results of satisfaction survey, 68% of sales or orders!
Friday, 25 November 2022
As for the editions of the previous years of the Puteaux Guitar Festival, The Guitar Channel realized a satisfaction survey with the exhibitors of the luthiers show that I was organizing for the fourth time. To my knowledge, the Puteaux guitar show is the only one to conduct a satisfaction survey at each edition and
While waiting for a complete gear review of these excellent Italian pedals, here is a first discovery of these products from Costalab (costalab.com). You can discover the two speed echo, the EchoLab, the ultra deep chorus, the ChorusLab and finally a revised version of the Big Muff with the Custom Muff. Costalab pedal review Until
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MIDI tutorial: how to control the Kernom Ridge overdrive pedal via MIDI with Blue Cat Audio Remote Control
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
In the video below recorded in collaboration with Blue Cat Audio (bluecataudio.com), I show you how you can use their Remote Control software to change parameters on the MIDI capable overdrive pedal Kernom Ridge (kernom.com). For us mere guitar players, there is something magic in being able to remote control a pedal on our pedalboard.
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Showroom update: Légende guitar by Jeanmichel Capt from Switzerland
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Here is a short demo of a Légende model of a guitar built by the Swiss luthier Jeanmichel Capt (autraversdesmains.ch/guitares-legende). Met for the first time at the Montreux International Guitar Show, Jeanmichel was an exhibitor at the Puteaux guitar show organized by yours truly. After the show, I took this beautiful instrument with me as
It is difficult to remain insensitive to the shape of the California made by Tony Girault (giraultguitars.com), luthier in Evreux, in the beautiful region of Normandy in France. This is the new version of this model with slightly redesigned curves. In case you are wondering the name of the luthier is pronounced G-raw. Loaded with
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4th Festival Guitare de Puteaux, France with the guitar show organized by yours truly
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
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
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Duesenberg Senior, a beautiful German guitar at our Paris showroom thanks to Fred’s Guitar Parts
Saturday, 01 October 2022
Here is a short demo of a Duesenberg (duesenberg.de) Senior model in collaboration with the French importer of the German brand Fred's Guitar Parts (fredguitar.com). Thus, as part of the showroom service, I am delighted to present this beautiful German guitar which has more than one trick up its sleeve despite its apparent simplicity. Duesenberg
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Cherry’s Guitars, demo of a Les Paul type guitar built by the French luthier Thierry Ceresa
Saturday, 17 September 2022
The Les Paul number VIII guitar from French luthier Thierry Ceresa under his brand Cherry's (cherrysguitars.com) is an exceptional guitar! The demo below is a compilation of the playing sequences from the Direct Backstage live show on September 2, 2022 on La Chaîne Guitare. The guitar is plugged into the Universal Audio Dream 65 preamp
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Launch of the The Guitar Channel radio for premium subscribers
Thursday, 08 September 2022
For paying subscribers of The Guitar Channel, it is now possible to access the audio versions of the last 20 videos published. It's a feature that I was regularly asked for but that I didn't know how to implement easily yet. It's now done via this page: theguitarchannel.biz/radioRadio better than radio as you get to
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 by Henning Pauly : The Guitar Channel at the 4th convention between youtubers and brands #42GSFour
Sunday, 14 August 2022
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
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2022 Puteaux guitar show exhibitor list – Festival Guitare de Puteaux
Tuesday, 02 August 2022
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,
Peter Arends is the CEO of Bad Cat Amps (badcatamps.com). It was a pleasure to meet him and do this quick interview during the NAMM 2022 edition. Following this moment we agreed on doing a visit in their workshop in Costa Mesa, you can find it in this article. Peter Arends interview Until the next
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