VIDEOS
Guitar Story: The Renaissance Vihuela - 16th Century relative of the guitar
There are 7 extant books of Renaissance Vihuela music, including solos, duets, plus many songs, beautifully transcribed in the books by Dick Hoban. The great singer Victoria De Los Angeles had a Vihuela made for her early music album.th entury the guitar had largely 'settled down'. Smaller and with less strings, but with a lot in common with today's 'acoustic guitar'.
Guitar Story: Renaissance Guitar - a guitar from 1581
By the 16th Century the guitar had largely 'settled down'. Smaller and with less strings, but with a lot in common with today's 'acoustic guitar'.
GuitarStory: Les Paul
Peter Green - 'Greeny' and the magic of '4-wire' humbuckers. Les Paul on pickup placement.
Chapter 3: Peter Green - 'Greeny' and the magic of '4-wire' humbuckers. Les Paul on pickup placement.
GuitarStory: Les Paul
- Les Paul tells Paul Balmer more about the development of the Les Paul - pickups and the distinctive archtop ...
Chapter 2: Les Paul tells Paul Balmer about the invention of the guitar pickups and the distinctive archtip of the Gibson Les Paul guitar .
GuitarStory: Les Paul
- how Lester Polfuss developed the Les Paul Guitar...
Chapter 1: Paul Balmer in conversation with Les Paul - a unique insight into the development of the iconic Les Paul guitar and some of the players who took it to heart.
GuitarStory: Bruce Welch - First Guitar God!
In this 10th episode of GuitarStory, Bruce tells us how Hank
became known as the first 'Guitar God'!
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
GuitarStory: Bruce Welch - Bruce's Tunes
In this episode of GuitarStory, Bruce tells us how he and The Shadows came to write songs on the tour bus!
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - How The Shadows came to have matching Fender guitars ...
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How The Shadows came to have matching red Fender guitars ...
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
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Bruce Welch - Hank and Bruce, the Early Years of Skiffle
How Skiffle influenced the Shadows and many others ...
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - Cliff's J200
In this week's GuitarStory, Bruce tells what inspired Cliff to buy a J200 and why Bruce borrowed it!
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - The 'Echo box'
in instrumental pop!
In this episode of GuitarStory, Bruce Welch tells us how Hank Marvin introduced and used the 'Echo box in instrumental pop!
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - The FIRST VOX AC30
In this 5th episode of GuitarStory, Bruce Welch tells us how the first VOX AC30 came about and why it was needed!
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - How the shadows were named...
In this episode of GuitarStory Bruce Welch tells the story of how how The Shadows were named by their bass player Jet Harris.
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - 'Apache'
In this 3rd GuitarStory episode we look into the story of the iconic tune 'Apache' by The Shadows with the one and only Bruce Welch.
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Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know. (foreword by Hank Marvin)
Bruce Welch - The story of "THAT STRAT"
A personal insight from Bruce Welch into the the
FIRST EVER Fender Stratocaster in the UK.
Are you looking to get a Fender Stratocaster? Or are you trying to get the best from one you already have? Please click HERE to purchase Paul's manual for everything you need to know.
(foreword by Hank Marvin)
Peter Green's guitars
Bonhams auctions in London have just auctioned off Peter Green's guitars. However, we were given permission to film them and uncover the stories behind a select few of these amazing intruments.