Just back from Italy for the Padova Guitar Show, a few weeks after the first superb edition of the Montreux International Guitar Show, without forgetting the event reserved for premium subscribers in Brittany at Blue Cat Audio, it's already time to prepare the next trip to the NAMM 2022 (namm.org)! Subscribe to access our independent
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Matteo Mancuso, interview of the young Italian guitar star during the Padova Guitar Show
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
It was one of my objectives for this 2022 edition of the Padova Guitar Show: to interview the brilliant Matteo Mancuso. Having no preliminary contact with him, it was not a foregone conclusion. I had attempted a DM on his Instagram account but as he has over 70,000 followers, there was little chance of success.
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Video report of a private event for subscribers at the Blue Cat Audio headquarters
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
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
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Guitar Show Padova 2022, The Guitar Channel will be there again to cover this awesome show!
Monday, 09 May 2022
Discovered in 2021 when it took place in July, a little later than usual, the Guitar Show (guitarshow.it) in Padua, 45min from Venice, will take place this year on the weekend of May 21st and 22nd. The Guitar Channel will be on site again to cover this great show! Guitar Show Padova video reports The
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The Guitar Channel organizer again of the guitar show of the 2022 Festival Guitare de Puteaux!
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Last week I announced during one of my live broadcast every week days that the Festival Guitare de Puteaux will take place again in 2022 from October 7th to 9th after 2 years of pandemic interruption. This week I am very happy to say that The Guitar Channel will be again the organizer of the
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Totem X.2 X7 Spalt Instruments, a superb guitar built for great sounds!
Monday, 27 December 2021
In the series of Totem X.2 resin top guitars from the Austrian luthier Michael Spalt, here is an instrument with the sweet name of X7 Spalt Instruments (spaltinstruments.com). It may not be very poetic, but this guitar is beautiful and it sounds great! Totem series X.2 X7 Spalt review Album photo Until the next gear
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Montreux International Guitar Show 2022, interviews with the Swizz organizers
Monday, 08 November 2021
David Rosset and Emmanuel Cottier are the two Swiss organizers of the Montreux International Guitar Show (migs.ch) which will take place from April 29 to May 1, 2022 on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux in the Casino Barrière. MIGS organizers interview Photo album of the Casino Barrière The Guitar Channel will be in
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The Best Places to Buy Vintage or Used Guitars in Paris, France
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
There are plenty of places in Paris, France to buy used or vintage guitars. Here is below the selection of The Guitar Channel. This is of course a list that has an element of subjectivity. Let's just say that these are the places where I would go with my eyes closed because I trust them
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Victor Pitoiset & Melissa Lesnie play Les Paul & Mary Ford – Showroom concert
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, singer Melissa Lesnie and guitarist Victor Pitoiset came to give a live concert in the showroom to (re)discover the wonderful music of Les Paul & Mary Ford. Victor Pitoiset & Melissa Lesnie concert Page Facebook - Page Band Camp Audio of the concert available in the podcast The audio version
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On Thursday, June 10, 2021 the talented duo composed of Korean Yeore Kim on harmonica and Antoine Boyer (antoineboyermusic.com) on guitar came to give a live concert from the showroom of The Guitar Channel in Paris. Here is the full replay below. Yeore Kim and Antoine Boyer concert The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version
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"Classic S Suhr, the best American Super Strat today?" Come on! Let's assume the bold statement that the Classic S from Suhr Guitars (suhr.com) represents the best of the modern Super Strat in the production guitar segment. Big fan of John Suhr (whom I hope to interview one of these days!!) and his work in
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Showroom feature: Tausch Guitars model 665 Raw in Candy Apple Red
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
As part of the service proposed to boutique guitar builders to exhibit and try out instruments in our private showroom in Paris, France here is the model 665 Raw in a gorgeous Candy Apple Red relic finish from Tausch Guitars (tausch-guitars.de). This guitar built in Germany by the luthier Rainer Tausch is full of cool
The guitarist François Thouvenot had made a first appearance on La Chaîne Guitare during an interview conducted in 2019 at the Festival Guitare Issoudun where he had played with the duo Kaïnos. As he is a big fan of the work of luthier Thomas Fejoz (thomasfejoz.com), when the latter came to the showroom to drop
The American pro audio brand Eventide continues to renew its guitar pedal line. After the BlackHole reverb, the MicroPitch offers a stereo delay with the famous Eventide detuning function. The possibilities of this pedal are incredible as it can be a simple delay, a stereo multi-tap delay, a stereo delay with modulation or a chorus!
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Tiphanie Doucet, replay of her live concert from the showroom in Paris, France
Thursday, 01 April 2021
The musician Tiphanie Doucet (tiphaniedoucet.com), whom I met on Clubhouse, came to the The Guitar Channel showroom in Paris, France to play five songs. A beautiful voice, a vintage Gibson B-25 and a lot of talent: here is the result! To support Tiphanie, head over to her Patreon page: patreon.com/tiphaniedoucet Set list played by Tiphanie
One of the great things that came out of this pandemic is that the fabulous musician that is Tom Bukovac started to make videos on his YouTube channel. Don't worry if you don't know him yet, I personally discovered him on this occasion. All these videos are really interesting. He often starts with an improvisation
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After recording an in-depth guitar in hand interview in the showroom, Sylvain Luc agreed to play a song in front of the cameras. It is his composition called Boléro Langoureux, taken from the excellent album by Renaud Letang. A pure moment of music to enjoy without moderation! Sylvain Luc plays Boléro Langoureux Gear used Sylvain
The Clubhouse audio chat application is currently all the rage on the Internet. Launched in the United States a year ago, it has been making its debut in Europe in recent weeks. As a podcaster since 2005, I find the principle very interesting because it allows very simply to establish an audio discussion with its
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Pierrejean Gaucher plays Zappe Satie mixing Frank Zappa and Erik Satie music
Saturday, 06 February 2021
The musician Pierrejean Gaucher (pierrejeangaucher.com) plays in this session some selected pieces from his album Zappe Satie where he mixes the music of Frank Zappa and Erik Satie. Pierrejean Gaucher plays Zappe Satie Gear used Guitar: Tausch Guitars model 665 Raw Deluxe (tausch-guitars.de) Amp: Kelt V-Twin Sound: Universal Audio Ox Box Pedals: Jan Ray Vemuram,
As part of the service proposed to boutique guitar builders to exhibit and try out instruments in our private showroom in Paris, France here is the model 665 Raw Deluxe from Tausch Guitars (tausch-guitars.de). This guitar built in Germany by the luthier Rainer Tausch is full of cool features (see specs below) Tausch Guitars 665
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The luthiers explain why The Guitar Channel interviews are the best
Friday, 29 January 2021
During the Winter NAMM 2021 online edition, the Believe in Music week, The Guitar Channel organized a Zoom call with some of the best European luthiers, the full video is available in this article. At the end of the call, we started an informal discussion and the luthiers shared why they think the interviews done
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As part of the service proposed to boutique guitar builders to exhibit and try out instruments in our private showroom in Paris, here is a gorgeous guitar from Franfret (franfret.net) model #1. This one is inspired by the famous 1954 David Gilmour Strat but the luthier Francisco Rodriguez made it his own. Franfret model #1
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Octopus G2002 Spalt review, awesome sounding guitar and a piece of art
Friday, 08 January 2021
Make no mistake the Octopus G2002 from Spalt Instruments might look like a piece of art (guess what, it is one!) but it is first and foremost a badass guitar! It was a real pleasure to review this guitar which spent a couple of weeks at our showroom in Paris before heading to Japan. This
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Thanks to a faithful premium subscriber of The Guitar Channel (thanks Steven), I was able to test a vintage Sola Sound Tone Bender Professional Mk II. It is one of the most sought after Fuzz pedals by aficionados. Tone Bender Professional Mk II review Impressions Fuzz pedals are difficult beasts to tame. This Tone Bender
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Gate Guitar #047 Spalt Instruments review: a piece of art you can play for good!
Friday, 11 December 2020
The Gate Guitar #047 from the Totem resin top series built by Austrian luthier Michael Spalt is one of the three guitars recently received at our Paris, France showroom. This is part of the service proposed to boutique builders described here in this post. Yes! It is definitely a piece of art but, boy, is
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John Mayer Gravity analysis by Desi Serna from Guitar Music Theory
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
After discovering Desi Serna's podcast called Guitar Music Theory (guitarmusictheory.com), I went back to the corresponding video on his YouTube channel, which I link below. It's a study on John Mayer Gravity superb song called. John Mayer Gravity analysis by Desi Serna on Guitar Music Theory Gravity chord chart on iReal Pro Curiously in iReal
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Unicorn Classic Ruokangas, a super high-end Les Paul type luthier guitar
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Ruokangas (ruokangas.com) is a difficult name to pronounce for us but it's a well known name on The Guitar Channel since there have already been several interviews with luthier Juha Ruokangas as well as several luthier chronicles. In the category of high-end luthier guitars, here is the Unicorn Classic, the reinterpretation of the Les Paul
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As part of the service proposed to boutique guitar builders to exhibit and try out instruments in the private showroom of The Guitar Channel in Paris, here is the Unicorn Classic coming from Finland and built by Ruokangas Guitars (ruokangas.com) led by master builder Juha Ruokangas. Ruokangas Unicorn Classic Unicorn Classic Ruokangas Specs Amount of
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When I rediscovered “That Day Came” by Andy Timmons thanks to Jean Fontanille
Thursday, 19 November 2020
While passing on one of Jean Fontanille's Facebook live where he was presenting three of his Super Strat type guitars, I hear him playing a superb melody and ask him what it is. It was this fabulous song by Andy Timmons called That Day Came from the album Theme From a Perfect World. A few
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Showroom feature: 3 Spalt Instruments guitars by luthier Michael Spalt
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
As part of the service proposed to boutique guitar builders to exhibit and try out instruments in the private showroom of The Guitar Channel in Paris, France I am very pleased to present a trio of Spalt Instruments guitars (spaltinstruments.com) by luthier Michael Spalt : Gate Guitar #047 G2002 Octopus Totem X.2 X7 Presentation of
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