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This week we speak to our friend Michael Ross who has just returned from the 2017 Winter NAMM convention in Anaheim, California.

Michael is a seasoned musician, author and journalist - currently writing for Guitar Player and Premier Guitar - whilst curating the excellent Guitar Moderne website.

Michael gives us his take on the latest and greatest guitars, amps and pedals released at NAMM.

For more of Michael's backstory, check out our interview with him in episode 6.

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Welcome to Episode 34 of The Guitar Speak Podcast!

Today we speak to Tim Green of Mojo Stompboxes. Tim is a collector, modder, repairer, retailer and expert in all things retro Boss! In fact Tim digs many of those compact pedals hailing from Japan in the '70s and '80s - Ibanez, Maxon, Guyatone et al. 

We had a great time learning about Mojo Stompboxes, busting or confirming pedal myths and Matt gets personal when asking about the scarcity of particular MIJ pedals he sold back in the day!

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Welcome to Episode 33 of the Guitar Speak Podcast!

Today we speak with Alastair Greene, who mostly divides his his time between his own blues/rock trio - The Alastair Greene Band - and touring the world with The Alan Parsons Project.

Alastair talks about growing up in California in the guitar intense 1980s, forging his voice and career as a solo artist and working with one of rock's most enigmatic figures.

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Happy New Year!

Today we speak to Jude Gold...first 2017 candidate for the 'slashie' award. Here goes:

solo artist / high profile sideman - Greg Howe, Billy Sheehan, Jefferson Starship et al / journalist - Guitar Player Magazine / podcaster - No Guitar is Safe / educator -  former Director of Guitar at the Musicians Institute, published by Hal Leonard / good guy!

My problem wasn't thinking of things to ask Jude about...it was deciding what to focus on! Jude has built an amazing career and doesn't look like slowing down any time soon. 

This interview features live guitar examples from Jude - from Van Halen to his own incredible 'full contact' style and much, much more.

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Welcome to our last episode of 2016. 

Today we speak to Paul Rhoney of Rhoney Guitars. Paul makes incredibly cool guitars that embrace his love of vintage and oddball design, whilst presenting a unique and original aesthetic.

Sarah Lipstate (Guitar Speak Podcast Episode 13) plays one of Paul's beautiful Oceana models.

Paul also co-hosts a great podcast - The Luthierist 2.0 - with Jon Sullivan of Sully Guitars (Guitar Speak Podcast Episodes 26 & 27).

Thanks for joining us in 2016 - its been a fun 8 months or so since our launch in April. Looking forward to more in 2017!

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Today we speak amps with Grant Wills from Valve Heaven. Grant builds a range of low to medium powered amps that sound amazing and also hosts amp building workshops.

Why does he have a range called the Lamington? There is a great reason!

We also ask Grant some questions on valve amp basics - what is push-pull? Class A vs A/B? Triode vs Pentode? 

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Today we speak to New Yorker, Rob Balducci. Rob is a fantastic rock instrumentalist with several albums on Steve Vai's Favoured Nations label. He is an Ibanez, D'Addario and Atomic amps endorser, to name just a few of the companies he has had long associations with.

Rob has a knack for melding his broad influences into fantastic compositions with very cool tones.

We talk influences, career development, gear - his Custom Shop Ibanez guitars are too cool - and his latest album '812 Monroe Drive'.

Good times!

Welcome to Episode 28 of The Guitar Speak Podcast!

This week we speak to Johnny Balmer of Alchemy Audio. Based in Chicago, Johnny mods, builds and repairs pedals of all stripes. He has some high profile clients and is working on a line of original designs. Johnny also finds time to brew his own craft beer!

We also have some exciting news about the 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival from our friends Michael Fix (Guitar Speak Podcast Episode 3) and Jayne Denham. We get to hear some of Michael's Golden Guitar nominated tune, "Cosmopolitan Blues".

Finally, the brilliant Sydney based label 4-4-2 Music has released it's latest Christmas album, "God Bless the Children". It's a glorious mess of indie, electronica, alt-folk and ambient celebration...definitely not playing anytime soon in your local shopping mall. We check out one of the tracks.

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We continue our discussion with Jon Sullivan from Sully Guitars in Dallas, TX.

In this interview Sully describes in great detail his working partnership with the legendary Grover Jackson on a limited run of Sully '71s. Sully also talks us through some new designs and refinements to come to the range in 2017, and we speak about The Luthierist 2.0 Podcast, which he co-hosts with Paul Rhoney (of the awesome Rhoney Guitars).

BONUS STUFF! I asked Sully, as an invested Kiss fan, what he thought about Ace Frehley's 'Spaceman' character now being franchised out to whoever plays lead guitar in Kiss. He sent me a fascinating monologue as well as a version of Dr Love...where Sully plays all the guitars alongside the original recording stems.

This episode is brought to you by the Michael Dolce 2016 Masterclass Tour.

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast.

This week we speak to Jon Sullivan - Sully - from Sully Guitars in Dallas, Texas.

Sully builds amazing guitars which could be described as a modern evolution of the '80s hotrods he loved as a kid. 

He has been working on a limited run of instruments built in conjunction with the legendary Grover Jackson, co-hosts The Luthierist 2.0 podcast and digs Ace Frehley. So much good stuff right there!

This episode is brought to you by the 2016 Michael Dolce Masterclass Tour.