Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

I am honored to have Hiro Miura on the show! Hiro originally founded Xotic Guitars in 1996, and now is making guitars and basses in his own name, Miura Guitars. We take a look at his legendary basses and guitars and also take a look at his compressor/limiter footpedal and his DI Box/Preamp. Joining us is Gary Roudenko of the Amp Shop/Bass Exchange, where you can get these beautiful instruments!!

Former classmate and guitarist Pat DiPuccio returns to the show and we take a closer look at Power Pop. What is it and how do we play it? Joining Pat is very special guest Wally Bryson, known as the guitarist of the Raspberries. Ken Sharp also joins us, an artist and renowned author of books on rock legends. And Rex Broome joins us, a member of the Armoires and co founder of Big Stir Records. It's a night of some amazing music and insight to a genre of music that influences us even today!

Rivera amp mods were legendary back in the 1970's and almost every session guitarist and a lot of artists had their amps beefed up by Paul Rivera. In 1976 Rivera R&D was formed and Paul Rivera changed the amp game with new designs of amps, cabinets and more! We talk to Paul Rivera Jr., and talk to him about his famous dad, the legacy of Rivera Amps and the new groundbreaking products by Rivera that continues the tradition of making Rivera Amplification an integral part of the sound of electric guitar we know today!

Little Days is a collaboration between Mini Diaz and Jorgen Carlsson. Both musicians are members of Toshi Yanagi's Buzz Wizards. Jorgen is also known for playing bass with Govt. Mule and Nerve Bundle (with Steve Lukather,Toss Panos and Jeff Babko). Mini also sang with Govt. Mule for their "The Dark Side of the Mule" tour. We take a look at Little Days new upcoming album and talk about their unique style, some amazing tone, and some great music!!

Universum Guitars returns to All About Guitar and they have officially announced their new line of DAG Guitars. I was honored to see Steve Fister play this last weekend and Steve brought his custom DAG Grace guitar. The guitar looked absolutely beautiful and sounded amazing!! We take a look at Steve's new axe and also look at DAG's Brent Woods Signature model. We will also take a look at some of their other new guitar and bass models! Join me, Gregg DeLorto, Gary Roudenko and Alexander Doroshenko as we take a closer look at these remarkable instruments! And we might have a special guest and special announcement!!

Michael Jost (Radio Venice) returns to All About Guitar and is joined by Rick Boston and we talk to them about their newest project, Dos Pochos. Michael, hailing from Germany, and classically trained, has a unique style of playing that ranges from Paco De Lucia and Stravinsky to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. Rick, is an American composer and producer based in Los Angeles. He produced Rickie Lee Jones' album "Ghostyhead and played on Belinda Carlisle's 1988 album "Heaven On Earth." Rick's music has been used in all sorts of films, TV and commercials. It's a night of great playing and technique!!

It is truly going to be a night of great music, great guitars, great musicians and great tone!! I am honored to have Iain Matthews and Steve Postell on the show! Iain is a legendary artist, having been a member of Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort. Steve has been on All About Guitar a few times and, besides being an accomplished artist in his own right, has worked with David Crosby, Danny Kortchmar, Robben Ford, Jennifer Warnes, among others. We talk to Iain and Steve about their current collaboration, and take a look at some of their music!

Adrian Galysh returns to show and we take a closer look at his release/re-release, "Venusian Sunrise 20th Anniversary Edition." It includes a whole new mix of the album, a remastered version of the original 1998 mix, and some extra special live cuts. We talk to Adrian about the original album, his approach to doing the new mixes, and, of course, what he used to get his signature tone!

Jim "Kimo" West returns to the show and he has a new album!! We take a closer look at his latest release, "Moku Maluhia - Peaceful Island," A magnificent collection of music, it further explores Jim's use of baritone guitar, besides regular acoustic guitar, and features pieces for guitar and cello and guitar and shakuhachi. It's a night of some really beautiful music, amazing tone and technique!!

Last week, August 19th, marked the 100 year anniversary of Orville Gibson's death. Sharon and Gregg De Lorto return to the show to talk more about the fascinating life of Orville Gibson! We will get an update on their ongoing documentary on Orville and we will be joined by several special guests. Custom inlay specialist David Nichols will be joining us, as will Dick Decosse, owner of Dick's Country Store. Also harp guitar expert, collector, and historian Gregg Miner will be here to as well as photographer/historian Mark Bugnaski. We will explore more of Orville's life, the history of Orville's guitar shop and factory, and also some of the ground breaking developments by Orville that made Gibson guitars such a vital part of our musical history!!