Frank Vignola made a big impact in Toronto earlier this month, and while the concert is now a memory a lot of us are still talking about his sound, and specifically his guitars.
Frank’s guitar is his signature atchtop model “FV” made by Ryan Thorell, which Frank endorses. You can see pictures of this beautiful instruments [...]
You may recall that last summer I performed in Nashville at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention with my student and friend Markku Wainman. That was great fun for me, but I have to tell you that Markku sounds even better on his own. I am glad to see that he has just started his [...]
Well as promised I put together a series of photos to document the concert that Markku Wainman and I played in Nashville at the 25th Annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention. If you had been there you probably would have thought that we had been carefully working on our set for months, but in fact [...]
Well I FINALLY have posted my review of Solid Air’s collection of great guitarists playing great Martin guitars: My Favorite Martin. I can claim the most hectic week of the year so far as my excuse, but also I have to admit that I was a bit thrown by the sheer diversity of styles on [...]