Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

When I think of where music is today and an musician that is making it in today's highly

convoluted music scene, I think Anna Sentina. A lovely lady, a multi-instrumentalist, but mostly known for

her virtuoso bass playing, Anna is also very adept at promoting herself with social media and has accumulated

over 30 million views on Youtube! We talk to Anna about her bass playing, her tone, gear, and how she uses

social media to get the word out on Anna Sentina: an incredible woman and an incredible

musician!

Studio guitarist, artist and educator Lance Allyn returns to the show with luthier Jeff

Strametz. Jeff is the founder of Boulder Creek Guitars. Lance had brought one of these beautiful guitars to

the show with Les Wise (check the FLO Guitar-Enthusiasts archives, June 8, 2015) but Lance didn't get to play

the guitar on the show. I did get to try it out after the show and I had to have Jeff and Lance back on the

show! Boulder Creek has a very interesting design and the tone of these guitars are beautiful. We will be

trying out a bunch of these guitars live in studio and will be also talking to Jeff Strametz about these

amazing instruments!

Kowabunga!!! Surf's up at All About Guitar!! What is surf music? Where did it start?

What is the "surf" sound and how do you get it? We discuss that and more tonight with some of the people that

were there during those days of twangy guitars and loads of reverb!! Joining me is Tom Potts, who played with

the Chancellors. The Chancellors, by the way, was the group that singer-songwriter Paul Williams started his

legendary career! Tom and the Chancellors were the traveling house band for Kasey Kasem and backed singers

Jackie DeShannon, Round Robin, Terry Stafford and many more from that period. Also joining me is Matt

Quilter, brother of Pat Quilter, of Quilter Amps. Matt was the guitarist for the Reventlos. He also teaches

guitar at the prestigious Sierra Surf Music Camp. He now plays with the Surftones and High Tides. Last, but

not least, we are joined by Bobby Cochran, whose uncle was legend Eddie Cochran. Bobby is a session musician

and master of many styles. Besides playing surf music, he has been the guitarist for Steppenwolf and The

Flying Burrito Bros.

We all know, as guitarists, the problems we encounter when we play live, especially when

we are trying to recreate the sounds we get in the studio. And even more difficult is trying to get the sound

of our acoustic instruments to sound as close as possible in a high volume live situation. There are many

options and solutions to miking our acoustic guitars, but what about those other instruments we are called

upon to use? Tonight we explore two things: first some other stringed instruments that guitarists have in

their arsenal. Joining me is multi-instrumentalist David Maldonado. Besides being a fantastic flamenco

guitarist, he is a very versatile musician and he brings to the studio some of his other instruments he plays.

We take a look at the banjo, mandolin, and bazouki. Second, we take a look at the problems on how to amplify

these instruments live. Also joining us is Rob Turner. Rob is the founder of EMG pickups. Rob was one of

the pioneers in using active pickups and EMG pickups have been installed many name artists guitars. EMG's

were known for their great tone and for being absolutely quiet - a must for studio work! Rob is going to tell

us about his pickups but also how he has designed and built pickups for banjo, mandolin, and bazouki, and

more. We will discuss with both Rob and David the problems playing these instruments live and how EMG has

solved them!

Session guitarist, recording artist, and educator Carl Verheyen joins me in studio on this

week's show! Known globally for his work in Supertramp, there is a lot more to Carl. As a session musician,

he has played guitar on albums by Cher and the Bee Gees, among others, and his guitar work has been featured

in film scores such as The Crow and The Usual Suspects. As an educator, Carl has written several books and

instructional DVDs on guitar and is an adjunct instructor of studio jazz guitar at the USC Thornton School Of

Music. We talk with Carl about tone, gear, technique, Supertramp, session work and more! Also we will talk

about his signature guitar made by LsL Guitars, and, also in studio, we will be joined by Lance Lerman of LsL

guitars and talk to him about what it took to make Carl's dream guitar a reality!

Guitarist Paul Richards is our guest and we will talk about his work with the California

Guitar Trio! With fellow guitarists Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, the California Guitar Trio has developed

quite a following with its music that intersects between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. Since 1991,

the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. Paul also

studied with Robert Fripp with his Guitar Craft course and actually met Bert and Hideyo studying with Fripp

and also touring with Fripp as part of Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. We will talk with Paul about

playing with the Trio, the gear they use, and their music. And we will explore Paul using Fripp's unusual

tuning for guitar. It's a great night of tone, gear and technique!

Welcome to the premiere of Jeff Floro: All About Guitar! On our opening show we talk about how to market ourselves by using social media. Our guest is Max Steingart, known as the "Father of Social Networking," Max has developed courses on internet marketing and social media and has published books, video and online courses. Max's internet training courses like "The Perpetual Prospector" and "Success Online: Network Marketing in the New Millenium" have become best sellers and his "Connect, Communicate and Close" concepts and his daily motivation series "Your Daily Motivation" has helped people worldwide become more successful in their careers and business ventures. Max will talk to us about the main social networks, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and others and tell us how to best use them. And also joining me as my guest host will be Jimmy Hewitt, a noted guitarist and educator, and a former guest on the FLO Guitar-Enthusiasts. Make social media work for you! Listen in and find out how!