Monthly Archives: April 2014

New York – Getting Lucky with Mick Guzauski and Tallia Storm

Posted on April 22, 2014     Leave a Comment

London session guitarist, in New York

I’m back from an exciting week in NYC with Tallia Storm where we played a series of intimate gigs and private events attended by celebrities and several of NYC’s top music industry executives. One of those times where you might prefer to know who you’re playing for AFTER you’ve done it! They all went well, and […]

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Getting great guitar tone and recording it

Posted on April 21, 2014     Leave a Comment

March 17, 2014 There is a wide range of ways to record electric guitar, from plugging a guitar straight into a computer and using a free guitar amp simulator, to agonising over the impedance of guitar cables, using decades-old vintage stomp boxes, having the ‘right’ preamp valves, buffers, isolated power supplies, fiddling with microphone placement […]

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Farewell tuxedo, hello sequins. Manchester Hilton last week with MonkeySelfie. #corporateentertainment #partyband #corporateents #livemusic #modernmusic #liveband #wiggle #Repost @monkeyselfieband ・・・ Well it’s Saturday night and we in the spot 🍾
#Repost @monkeyselfieband ・・・ May your 2020 be full of joy, dancing and over-the-top guitar solos 🎸💥 Happy New Year from us! 🐵 #partyband #livemusic #events #entertainment
Photos of last week with the ACTUAL @juliafordham. Incredible songs, incredible band, incredibly close audience! Happy times. Thanks to @tanglewooduk for helping out with the acoustic guitars, these guitars have been brilliant and the band and Julia all loved the sound of the new nylon string. #guitarist #livemusic #acoustic @pizzaexpresslive - what a cool venue.
Almost the last function of the year... #tootiredtohashtag
A rare pleasure - arriving to the gig and my gear is all set up (because it’s a run in the same venue, not because I’m now billy big time). All acoustic guitars from the good people at @tanglewooduk plus my Levinson Blade Durango. First EVER amplified gig with a nylon strung guitar! Kemper @kemperprofiler taking care of acoustic and electric guitars, switching between them all with @thegigrig Three2one. Night two with @juliafordham and band at @pizzaexpresslive. #guitarist #guitars #acoustic #livemusic #jazzclub #nice #formidable
Rehearsals for @juliafordham (playing at @pizzaexpresslive London on Mon-Tues. Deep grooves with @milesbould sitting back, @scotmus on fretless and G-Mitch with the extensions. @bladeguitars Durango sounding fat and a joy to play. #guitarist #guitar #guitarsolo #groovemeisters
Shout out to the 2013 Jon who wrote me this encouragement when first putting this board together 🙏❤️👍
After and before - no more wonky pedals! Feels good to have a more focused area around the @thegigrig G2, with the pedals on the back shelf not really being touched during a show. First row is a variation on the ‘Stryfecta’ with the @strymonengineering Flint, Timeline, and Mobius. On the right is my 20 year-old Budda Wah, back row L-R is @jimdunlopusa MXR EQ, @fulltoneeffects OCD, @nobelspedals ODR Mini, @ehx Soul Food, rare Dinosaural OTC-201, and @sonicresearchtuners Turbo Tuner. Bottom left is an AMT midi controller and a @brightonions bank select. @ernieball volume pedal above that. All powered by @thegigrig power supplies and connected with @lavacable. Phew #pedals #pedalboard #guitar #guitareffects #stompbox #gigrig
Big pedalboard redo! Same stuff but more ergonomic - always accessing the Flint and Mobius, so having them on the back row made no sense. Also the wah being above the Timeline was a real pain. More on next post. #pedalboard #pedal #guitar #guitareffects
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