Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor are pleased to announce “The Colonel & The Governor UK Tour 2013”. A forthcoming collaborative acoustic album of the same name is scheduled for UK release in February 2013. The 16-date tour, which sees both guitarists playing together and separately, starts March 7 at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury. Tickets are available from the 24 hour box office 0844 478 0898, www.thegigcartel.com.

While they are both serious “men of letters” with Tommy Emmanuel being an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a CGP (Certified Guitar Player), an Order of Australia Medalist (AM) and the holder of an honorary masters (MA) and Martin Taylor being an M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire) and holder of two Honourary Doctorates, they honour each other affectionately with these titles. Both acoustic guitarists are leaders of music in their respective countries – Australia and the UK. Call it a British Commonwealth thing.

Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre (March 7)
Gateshead, The Sage (March 8)
Manchester, Bridgewater Hall (March 9)
Wolverhampton, Robin 2 (March 10)
Barnstaple, Queen’s Theatre (March 12)
Exeter, Corn Exchange (March 13)
Bristol, Colston Hall (March 14)
London o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (March 16)
Folkestone, Leas Cliffe Hall (March 17)
Crawley, Hawth Theatre (March 18)
Ipswich, Corn Exchange (March 20)
Chesterfield, Winding Wheel (March 21)
Halifax, Victoria Theatre (March 22)
Ulverston, Coronation Hall (March 24)
Aberdeen, Lemon Tree (March 26)
Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall (March 28)

Eric Johnson, the celebrated American electric guitarist, hailed by Joe Bonamassa as “one of the greatest guitar players of all time,” returns to the UK in 2013 for a tour that kicks off at the London o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Wednesday 3rd April. 

Planet Rock will start at ticket pre-sale on Wednesday 26th September, followed by general on-sale date of Friday 28th September from www.thegigcartel.com and 0844 478 0898.
The 6-date tour will showcase material from his current album Up Close, as well as from his rich back catalogue, including the classic Cliffs of Dover.

London o2 Shepherds Bush Empire (April 3)
Harrogate Theatre (April 4)
Edinburgh Queen’s Hall (April 5)
Manchester Royal Northern College of Music (April 6)
Birmingham Town Hall (April 7)
Salisbury City Hall (April 8)

TAB available HERE.

Guitarist Magazine’s ‘Guitarist of the Year 2011′, Rick Graham (www.rick-graham.co.uk), will be giving 15 lucky students a full day’s masterclass straight from our studio on Wishaw Main Street.

Rick will be covering many topics with an emphasis on his approach to improvisation. Rick combines an outrageous level of technicality with exceptional taste and musicality and this is your chance to find out how he does it!

A day in Rick’s presence as he guides you through his approach to guitar playing is absolutely unmissable!

Rick will also be performing tracks from his full length album ‘Insideout’ and each student will recieve a complimentary copy of the album along with all teaching materials from the day.

Rick’s teaching methods are in demand from publications such as iGuitar magazine as well as the wildly popular Lick Library website and chances like this are few and far between in Scotland!

Tickets are only £45 and the masterclass runs from 10.30am until 4.30pm.

 

For further details and ticket booking please visit http://www.wishawguitarlessons.co.uk/events

Music Theories Recordings, a division of Mascot Label Group, is pleased to announce the 15^th October UK release of Paul Gilbert’s 12^th solo album “Vibrato”.  The album includes 4 new guitar and vocal compositions, 4 instrumentals, and 3 live cover songs from Gilbert’s 2010 “Fuzz” tour including Yes’ Roundabout, Muddy Waters’ I Want To Be Loved and AC/DC’s Go Down.

ALBUM TRACKLISTING

01 – Enemies (In Jail)

02 – Rain And Thunder And Lightning

03 – Vibrato

04 – Put It On The Char

05 – Bivalve Blues

06 – Blue Rondo A La Turk

07 – Atmosphere on the Moon

08 – The Pronghorn

09 – Roundabout

10 – I Want To Be Loved

11 – Go Down

The album follows Gilbert’s appearance at the Marshall Amplification’s 50 Years of Loud concert at London Wembley Arena on Saturday 22^nd September. The concert celebrates 50 years of Marshall Amplification’s musical innovation and the life of the late Jim Marshall, and also featues Joe Satriani, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, and many more name guitarists.  

 

Paul Gilbert: Official Website www.paulgilbert.com

Paul Gilbert: Facebook www.facebook.com/Paul-Gilbert-virtuoso

Hutchinson Guitar Concepts unveil the Molten Diabolic!

The second release in a series of high-concept electric guitars inspired by popular culture.

Artisan instrument builder James Hutchinson releases the second in a series of high-concept electric guitars inspired by popular culture and reimagining iconic themes from Films, TV and video games.

Celebrating the release of ‘Diablo III’ earlier this year, the Molten Diabolic draws its namesake from Blizzard Entertainment’s enduring video game franchise, taking Hutchinson’s original Molten Lava concept and infusing it with a shard of the Black Soulstone, an artifact of incredible power. Both the mystical stone and the hand carved lava flow have been illuminated by an incredible LED array recessed into the guitar top.

DiMarzio Evolution and Fred humbuckers provide scorching hot leads and menacing rhythm tones, a low profile fixed bridge with stainless steel saddles assures harmonic clarity and ample sustain, while Gotoh machine heads maintain rock solid tuning stability when drop tuning on the fly. The highly detailed paintwork compliments distressed steel plates, annealed to give an intensely weathered aesthetic. The lava is finely textured to better showcase the lighting system, whilst offering a robust and roadworthy finish.

Orders for the Molten Diabolic can be placed through the Hutchinson Guitar Concepts website, which also features a portfolio of finished instruments that exert design inspiration from themes as diverse as Steampunk, Natural Disasters, and Chinese dynasties.

Hutchinson’s Cybertech, Molten Lava, and Bronze Top guitars are just a few examples of what can be achieved through intricate wood carving, masterful finishing and state of the art electronics. Hundreds of hours of work go into every fine detail, ensuring that each Tibetan symbol is perfectly engraved, and each ripple of molten lava oozes and glows with incredible LED lighting effects.
Every guitar featured in Hutchinson’s portfolio is available as a theme to order for your own guitar and several of these portfolio items are commissions from world touring, platinum selling artists. Look out for Hutchinson Guitar Concepts on the road, as our instruments make their way to the largest festival stages and hottest tours in 2012.

Hutchinson Guitar Concepts accept requests for new custom concepts and designs, offering extensive modifications to existing guitars, or complete concept instruments built to the highest standard. If you’ve ever wanted a guitar built to embody your favourite place, time, movie, game, fashion, genre or style, look no further than Hutchinson Guitar Concepts! Quotations can be provided via the website contact form.

To learn more about Hutchinson Guitar Concepts visit: www.hutchinsonguitars.com.

Elmo Karjalainen playing the tune “The Voices in My Head” from the album “Unintelligent Designs”.

For more info, visit www.elmojk.com

Great to see that Mr Guthrie Govan now has an official Facebook page after quite a few fake ones kicking about.

Check it out at www.facebook.com/GuthrieGovanOfficial and be sure to Like to keep up to date with all things GOVAN.