There is nothing better to really understand the NAMM than to live it from the inside, that's what The Guitar Channel offers you this year through these videos recorded with the ultra wide angle Snapchat Spectacles. Day 1 - Thursday 24/01/18 There, the NAMM has just opened its doors, it is still relatively calm: Day
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Adriano Sergio is one of the luthiers who was part of the NAMM 2018 Boutique Guitar Showcase. Jamie Gale's Boutique Guitar Showcase was an entire section of the show floor where you could find high end luthiers from around the world. Previously interviewed in 2015 at the Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin, here is
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P90 pickup shootout: 1 guitar, 3 pickups from Girault, Häussel, Dreamsongs
Sunday, 21 January 2018
The idea of the P90 Shootout is simple: compare 3 P90 pickups on the same guitar. So the luthier Tony Girault came to the showroom with one of his Louisiane model guitar to make the P90 pickup swaps and yours truly served as a test pilot to make videos in the 3 configurations. The 3
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Tommy Emmanuel interview – Guitar in hand in Paris – Accomplice One
Friday, 19 January 2018
Tommy Emmanuel is one of the greats of the guitar at the moment and not only in the Fingerstyle domain. The Guitar Channels proposes you for the 3rd time an interview with the Australian maestro for a Guitar-in-Hand video. His album Accomplice One, which will be released in January 2018, is excellent with incredible duets
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Calum Graham interview – Young fingerstyle Canadian guitar player
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Calum Graham is one of his ultra-talented young musicians with a stunning fingerstyle acoustic guitar technique, with a musicality that is undeniable. Add to this already explosive cocktail that the young Canadian sings very well and that his album Tabula Rasa was produced by Antoine Dufour, you will understand why The Guitar Channel could not
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Pete Thorn is a musician who works a lot, whether to produce his excellent videos on guitar gear or to tour behind great international stars around the world, he never stops. After Paris in 2013, our paths crossed again but at the end of the world this time since this new interview was held in
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At the first edition of the Guitar Summit in Mannheim in September 2017, The Guitar Channel had the opportunity to meet and interview Dieter Roesberg, the editor-in-chief of the Gitarre & Bass guitar magazine and organizer of the show. Below is the interview with this great professional in the field. Dieter Rosberg interview Audio version
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Zane Carney is a regular on The Guitar Channel, this time we met him in Paris on stage right before the soundcheck at La Cigale, one of the very nice concert hall of the city where he was playing that night with Jonny Lang. Subjects discussed in this Guitar in Hand interview: the approach of
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I met the luthier Isaac Jang in Berlin during the Holy Grail Guitar Show, one year later he was my guide in Los Angeles for 2 days to make me meet a lot of people including Kathy Wingert, also luthier, where he learned his trade for 10 years. This is an interview in Kathy's workshop with
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Alhambra Guitars chronicle: the differences between a classical and a flamenco guitar
Thursday, 09 November 2017
As Alhambra Guitars is building both type of nylon string guitars, classical and flamenco, The Guitar Channel recorded this chronicle with Valerià Torregrossa to explain in video the differences between the two families of instrument. Valerià Torregrossa: the differences between a classical and a flamenco guitar Don't miss the other chronicles recorded with Alhambra! Until the next
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Bill Asher interview with Gary Clark Jr, Ben Harper and many more guitar builder
Monday, 06 November 2017
Bill Asher is one of those luthiers who make instruments for stars like Gary Clark Jr, Ben Harper and many others. Through the luthier Isaac Jang I was able to meet Bill in his studio in Los Angeles to conduct this interview. Bill Asher interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre
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The Martin 000-15SM that you will discover in this review is my personal guitar which I acquired to return to playing the steel string acoustic guitar to regain the taste of pure sound without artifice. At C.F. Martin, the reference 000 designates the shape of the body, the figure 15 indicates that the guitar is
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In Bruno's Fine Guitars showroom in Montreal, Bruno Coulombe has a fine selection of instruments from Canadian luthiers, Vintage guitars and a trio of guitars made by Argentine luthier Pablo Massa (www.pablomassa.com.ar). This is the Famiglia project that Pablo presented at the 2016 Holy Grail Guitar Show.
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Bruno Coulombe interview from Bruno’s Fine Guitars in Montréal, Canada
Friday, 29 September 2017
Bruno Coulombe is a musician who has several hats, The Guitar Channel had the opportunity to meet him during the past editions of the Holy Grail Guitar Show. Not only is Bruno a professional musician on stage or in the studio, but he has also set up Bruno's Fine Guitars an guitar shop (brunocoulombe.ca) as
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Adam Rogers interview, guitar player for Ravi Coltrane (yes, John’s son)
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
On the advice of Cyriaque from the French website Maitriser La Guitare, I had put on my radar to interview a few names including the of Adam Rogers who was present at the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival as a sideman for Ravi Coltrane (yes, the son of the celebrated John Coltrane).
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2017 Guitar Summit – Visit and debrief of a great 100% guitar show!
Friday, 15 September 2017
Organized by the prestigious German Gitarre & Bass magazine, the Guitar Summit (www.guitarsummit.de) was held in Mannheim, Germany, for its first edition from September 8th to 10th, 2017. The objective: to offer a show 100% dedicated to the guitar.
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Wood management at Alhambra Guitars (Spain) – Interview Pedro Lopez
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
While The Guitar Channel was in Spain to visit the Alhambra Guitars factory in Muro de Alcoy near Allicante, we spent some time in the wood storage space to do an interview with Pedro Lopez who is responsible for this crucial part of the guitar building process.
Pedro Lopez interview
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Already interviewed in 2015 at the same Montreal Jazz festival, Stanley Clarke was back in Quebec for a concert with his band. The Guitar Channel was grateful for the opportunity to talk to this giant electric bass and upright bass player. Stanley Clarke interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre. [cta_video]
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Kurt Rosenwinkel was doubly present at the Montreal Jazz Festival as he played one night with Bad Plus and the next day with his own band to play the album Caïpi for The Guitar Channel had already interviewed him in Paris.
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Steve Vai interview – Modern Primitive: album between Flexable and Passion & Warfare
Friday, 28 July 2017
Steve Vai remains a major figure in the guitar world. In fact the 25th anniversary of the Passion & Warfare album has just passed and this album is still as relevant as ever. The Guitar Channel did a 40min Skype Guitar In Hand interview with Steve to talk about this special album called Modern Primitive.
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Mike Moreno interview – Sideman for Kendrick Scott – 2017 Montreal Jazz festival
Friday, 21 July 2017
Mike Moreno, the great Texan Jazz guitarist, was at the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival as a sideman for Kendrick Scott. The Guitar Channel was able to sneak backstage to interview him just before the concert. A great opportunity to get the latest news from this talented musician already interviewed during the NAMM 2016. In addition
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Ben Monder was playing the 2017 Montreal Jazz festival with the Jensen sisters, a perfect opportunity to interview this famous Jazz musician. Ben Monder interview Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre. [cta_video]
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A real legend of the Jazz guitar in a video interview on The Guitar Channel with Bill Frisell at the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival.
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd continues a career filled with excellent albums. Lay It On Down is no exception and offers a beautiful collection of Blues, Blues/Rock and Country songs. It will not change the face of the world, it does not invent much but God, it is excellent music!! In the interview below Kenny talks about how
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The Mag Mic system from Seymour Duncan is a solution that is seen more and more often in the instruments of pro musicians. So recently Adam Miller came to the Backstage showroom for a Guitar in Hand interview with his guitar made by the luthier Jeff Traugott which is equipped with this system, same for Shai
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Adam Miller is an Australian guitarist who is as comfortable on an acoustic as he is on an electric, which is quite annoying if you allow me to say so!
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Alhambra Guitars master builders interview – Javier Mengual and José Margarit
Tuesday, 06 June 2017
The Alhambra factory in Muro de Alcoy in the province of Allicante employs many laborers specialized in lutherie and also has a team of expert luthiers, masters builders: Javier Mengual and José Margarit.
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Pedal Review Strymon Sunset, double overdrive/boost Swiss army knife
Friday, 02 June 2017
Here's the Sunset, the latest effort from Strymon to attack the analog kingdom of overdrive and boost pedals. After the Riverside also reviewed on The Guitar Channel, this new double pedal propose another angle with 6 types of overdrive and boost, 3 per sides of the pedal, that you can combine. In fact you can have A going into B, B going into A or both running in parallel.
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Eastman Guitars was again one of the exhibitors during the 2017 Guitares au Beffroi festival, here is a two-part interview with Pepijn't Hart, European head of the brand of guitars made in China. Pepijn't Hart interview - Eastman Guitars Eastman guitars Here are the Eastman instruments exposed during the show: Until the next interview, keep
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Michael Watts and Jason Kostal interview – A musician and his luthier
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The American luthier Jason Kostal was one of the exhibitors of the Salon de la Belle Guitare of the Guitares au Beffroi 2017 festival. He was present in Montrouge with Michael Watts, a British professional guitarist who made the demos of Jason's guitars.
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