The Guitar Channel - Passion Amplifier

In this review I present you the XTone Pro from Xsonic. This is a super cool USB 2 input audio interface which doubles as a MIDI pedalboard! Great piece of gear which works great with your favorite amp emulation software on your computer or mobile device. Disclaimer: this gear was sent to me by the brand. Summary of the full article * Full access to the video * Pros * Cons * Conclusion XTone Pro Xsonic review The Guitar Channel podcast about the Xtone Pro The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next gear review or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Davy Knowles is a great guitar player who has been endorsed by PRS Guitars for many years now. It was a lot of fun to record this guitar in hand interview during the 2020 Winter NAMM show. Davy Knowles interview The Guitar Channel podcast with Davy Knowles The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Steve Swallow is a legendary bassist who plays with pianist Carla Bley and guitarist John Scofield. This interview was conducted in the context of the release of the excellent album titled Swallow Tales featuring compositions by Steve Swallow. Steve Swallow interview The Guitar Channel podcast with Steve Swallow The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

A few weeks ago I heard about this documentary project called Inside Scofield about Jazz musician John Scofield. Having just recorded an interview with the New York guitarist, I found it interesting to give the project a hand by doing an interview with Jörg Steineck, the director of this documentary supported by a Kickstarter campaign. Jörg Steineck interview Support the Inside Scofield project on www.scofilm.com The Guitar Channel podcast about Inside Scofield The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Neal Black (nealblack.net) is an American bluesman well known in France and elsewhere in Europe where he has been touring for years. He has also collaborated in terms of songwriting with French artists such as Gaëlle Buswel and Fred Chapellier. In this FaceTime interview, he talks about his brand new album A Little Boom Boom Boom. Neal Black interview The Guitar Channel podcast with Neal Black The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

The sacred Jazz guitar monster that is John Scofield (johnscofield.com) was my guest for an interview via FaceTime to talk about the excellent album recorded titled Swallow Tales with compositions by his lifelong friend, bassist Steve Swallow. Bill Stewart is playing drums. Don't miss the 2016 interview recorded guitar in hand with John Scofield John Scofield interview about Swallow Tales The Guitar Channel podcast with John Scofield The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

With its scale of 610 mm instead of 648 mm on a normal Strat, this Fender Duo-Sonic is terribly sexy! Especially in that Desert Sand finish with its anodized plate which is a must have for this model. Here is the complete test of this beautiful Made in Mexico reissue of a flagship model from the brand of Leo Fender. Test configuration The tube amp used for this test is a Marshall 6101 with its three channels clean, crunch and lead. The miking was done by the Ox Box Universal Audio. No post-processing was done except a normalization of the levels. Fender Duo-Sonic review The Guitar Channel podcast about the Duo-Sonic The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next gear review or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Thanks to my luthier friend Isaac Jang, I was able to meet Joseph Yun (josephyunmusic.com), a young talented guitar players. As he is a former student of the Musicians Institute Hollywood, we recorded this guitar in hand interview in the school. Joseph Yun interview guitar in hand The Guitar Channel podcast with Joseph Yun The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

As part of the lockdown Stay-at-Home period linked to the Coronavirus, this is one of the live interviews freely broadcasted to highlight musicians and other music pros impacted by this situation. Live Interviews Schedule Saku Vuori master luthier from Finland for Vuorensaku Guitars Here is a replay of a live interview recorded via FaceTime during the strange lockdown times with Finnish master luthier Saku Vuori from Vuorensaku Guitars (vuorensaku.fi). We talked about the current builds of Saku including three cool looking bass guitars. Archives Articles The Guitar Channel podcast with Vuorensaku Guitars The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next live or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

The Greek guitarist Gus G who accompanied Ozzy Osbourne releases a new album with his band Firewind (firewind.gr). After meeting him in February 2020 at the United Guitars festival where he was invited to play in Paris, France after playing on the album Volume 1, here is an interview to talk about all this and his next projects. Gus G interview The Guitar Channel podcast with Gus G The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

As part of the lockdown Stay-at-Home period linked to the Coronavirus, this is one of the live interviews freely broadcasted to highlight musicians and other music pros impacted by this situation. Live Interviews Schedule Juha Ruokangas interview Juha Ruokangas is the mastermind and luthier behind Ruokangas Guitars. He was the guest of this lockdown interview to talk about the impact of the pandemic, about the Holy Couch Guitar Show which has just ended the week-end before. He also shared some cool stories about slide guitar player Sonny Landreth and how the first Ruokangas bass guitar was developped with German musician Markus Setzer. Many thanks to Juha Ruokangas who has been a paying subscriber to The Guitar Channel for many years. He explains in the interview why he does it and why he even finds it indispensable. Archives Articles ruokangas.com The Guitar Channel podcast with Juha Ruokangas The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next live or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

As part of the Stay-at-Home period linked to the Coronavirus, this is one of the live interviews freely broadcasted to highlight musicians and other music pros impacted by this situation. Live Interviews Schedule Matt Schofield interview The awesome UK born great Blues guitar player Matt Schofield was the guest for this lockdown interview live from his home in Florida. He talked about the strange times we are going through, about the adjustments he made to his life as a musician, about the new album he is working on. Archives Articles www.mattschofield.com The Guitar Channel podcast with Matt Schofield The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next live or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Leo Buendia (buendiaguitars.com) was one of the guitar builder who should have been in Berlin this week-end to exhibit during the Holy Grail Guitar Show (holygrailguitarshow.com) which was cancelled because of the Covid19 pandemic. The physical show was replaced by the Holy Couch Guitar Show with plenty of online activities across the world. This FaceTime interview is one of them and was recorded from his workshop in Oakland, California. Leo Buendia luthier interview from his workshop Listen to the Buendia OMC Figured Koa guitar Here is the guitar Leo shows and talks about in the video above. It is played by Mark Lemaire: The Guitar Channel podcast with Leo Buendia The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Leo Buendia guitars during the 2020 Winter NAMM: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

In this new luthier chronicle, the Los Angeles based guitar builder Avi Shabat explains which woods he uses and how he selects them to obtain the results he wants. Guitar building is like cooking, if you want to get good results, you have to use high quality ingredients. Luthier Avi Shabat interview about woods The Guitar Channel podcast with Avi Shabat The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Here is below a picture of a bass guitar built by Avi Shabat where you can see the wood perfectly quarter sawn for a better stability: Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

As part of the Stay-at-Home period linked to the Coronavirus, this is one of the live interviews broadcasted to highlight musicians and other music pros impacted by this situation. Guest: Bruce Forman Bruce Forman is a great American Jazz guitar player I had the pleasure to me during the 2020 Winter NAMM. In this Stay-at-Home Coronavirus interview Bruce explains how he keeps busy during this weird times. For more interesting talks with Bruce, check out Guitar Wank (guitarwank.com), the podcast he co-hosts with Scott Henderson and Troy MacCubin. s2If current_user_is(s2member_level1) OR current_user_is(administrator)] [/s2If] Archives Interviews www.bruceforman.com You want a Skype lesson with Bruce? Now is the time! The Guitar Channel podcast The audio version of the video is available in the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and below: Until the next live or interview, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.