Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

It's a night of great guitars!! Chris "CB" Hill makes some incredible guitars and visits us in studio with some of his creations! His jazz guitars are legendary in jazz circles, but he makes a wide variety of models to suit any style. We will also talk about his 7-string models and what it takes to make them. Joining me are two jazz guitar experts, Les Wise and Ron Eschete. Both have taught at the legendary Guitar Institute (Now Musicians Institute) and are accomplished jazz players. Together we will explore the magic of CB Hill guitars, their tone, their construction, and their beauty!

This week we welcome Rob Bonfiglio to the show! Besides being a great guitarist, Rob is the musical director for Wilson Phillips, former member of the band Wanderlust, and a member of the Badfinger cover band Straight Up, with Jeff Alan Ross (former member of Badfinger). But Rob is also a singer, songwriter and producer, having released four albums. We take a closer look at his solo efforts, his playing, arranging, his tone and gear!

If you are into classical and flamenco guitar, you are in for a special treat! We are honored to have in studio guitarist Eric Hansen. Eric has just released his new album Glistening and we are going to take a look at it and Eric's playing. Eric is in town to do a series of concerts with Jim Stubblefield, of Incendio, and Jim joins us in studio to talk about this new endeavor and guitar playing in general. And, as an added bonus, we have Dan Sistos in studio to join in the fun! We will talk about Glistening, Hansen-Stubblefield, guitars, tone, recording, and also Eric installing the Carlos Juan pickups in his guitars and Jim Stubblefield's main axe!

The best word to describe Marc Mann and his musical career is "diverse." Besides being a session guitarist and a touring musician for such artists as the Electric Light Orchestra and Oingo Boingo. He also played in the Concert for George alongside Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. He is a film composer and has worked for many years with Danny Elfman, credited for MIDI supervision and orchestration. Projects included Men In Black, Mars Attacks!, Planet Of The Apes, and Alice In Wonderland. Marc worked with Jeff Lynne (ELO) on the Beatles project taking tapes of John Lennon and finishing the songs. Marc also did string arrangements for George Harrison's posthumous album "Brainwashed." We talk to Marc about his guitar playing, his great tone, his gear. We also take a look at Marc's arranging, programming, orchestration and how guitar fits into the picture!

Steve Fister returns to All About Guitar and we talk about his new album and new band, "Electro-Acoustic!" Steve pulls out all the stops and raises the bar with this new album. We take a pre-release preview of this great album and talk with Steve about its development, exploring new techniques and guitars!

Los Angeles is a melting pot of different peoples, cultures and music. When we hear people talk about the "L.A" sound, people think of the work of the Wrecking Crew and all the hits and artists they propelled into the charts, but there were a lot more musicians and music happening from the 1960's and beyond. A lot of music has come out of East L.A. Groups like The Delgado Brothers, El Chicano, Tierra and Los Lobos were taking their Latin American roots and exploring soul and R&B and creating a very interesting mix. And Joey Delgado was in the middle of it, combining R&B, soul, rock and blues and creating a unique voice in the L.A. music scene. Joey Delgado joins us and talks about the East L.A. music scene, his guitar playing, incredible tone, the importance of rhythm guitar in the band The Delgado Brothers.

I had heard of Pearlman mics at NAMM, but really got my attention was when Carbe-Durand was on the show talking about their new album "A Bridge Between" and I was commenting how great the guitars sounded. Jean-Pierre mentioned that they use these new mics they got, Pearlmans, on almost all of the cuts. Dave Pearlman, the creator of these extraordinary microphones, is a guitar player, and a pedal steel player (stay tuned for Dave coming on the show with his pedal steel later in the fall). Dave has backed such artists as Dan Fogelberg, REO Speedwagon, Phil Everly, among others. He also has built a successful recording studio and won an award engineering a Grammy winning album. So Dave knows both sides of the microphone, in front and behind the console. We talk to Dave about microphones, what compelled him to bring a new set of microphones into the market, his take on great sound and how to capture it.

The sideman, the session guitarist, most people have heard their work but few know who they are. But these session musicians have made an impact on today's music just as much as the artists they have worked for. Two examples of great session/side musicians are Steve Postell and Danny Kortchmar. Steve was a member of the group Pure Prairie League and went on to work on Broadway on such shows as "Evita" and "The Man From La Mancha." He has composed for TV and film, was the music director for Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Princes Lea in "Aladdin"), has developed music education apps (On The Path) and fronts the "Night Train Music Club" featuring some of the finest musicians in the country. Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar has toured and recorded with such artists as James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, and Carole King. He was a member of the Fugs back in the 1960's and is one of LA top session guitarists. We talk to these great musicians about their work, both past and present, and where it has led them and where

I am truly honored to have one of the great guitarists of our time, Albert Lee, on the show. He is the definition of great technique and great tone! He has played with such notables as Emmy Lou Harris, Joe Cocker, The Everly Brothers, The Crickets, and Eric Clapton, among others and has been an in-demand session guitarist for many artists. Albert's Telecaster tone has one of the most emulated by guitarists in rock and country! I will be talking with Albert about his tone, his technique, his gear through the years, and the development of his new signature guitar made by Ernie Ball/Music Man!

Rosemary Butler is known as an incredible vocalist. She has sang and toured with artists like James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, The Doobie Brothers, Jackson Browne, Kenny Loggins and many, many more! But she is also another important part of music history. Rosemary was the bassist and vocalist for the all girl rock band Birtha. (Birtha and Fanny were the two girl groups that paved the way for other women groups like the Bangles, The Runaways, etc.) We take a look at Rosemary's career: from being with Birtha and up to her latest new album, "You Just Watch Me."

At NAMM last January, I got a chance to check out the Yamaha booth and saw some amazing new guitars and amps. Yamaha product specialists Andy Winston and Armando Vega showed me the new Revstar guitars and the THR100H Modeling amp. These are great sounding guitars and they play great! And this new amp was really impressive! I was able to get Andy and Armando, both amazing guitarists by the way, to take a break demoing these great Yamaha products all over the country to come down to the studio and show us the Revstar guitars and THR100 amp. Andy and Armando will give us an in depth look at these guitars and amp and also give us a glimpse of what else is new at Yamaha!

Ali Handal is an amazing guitarist and artist! As a singer songwriter, she is just as comfortable playing hard rock as she is doing fingerstyle guitar, or rock. As a session musician, she has worked with people like Neil Young and Paul Williams. But she also is a teacher. Ali has written a book, "Guitar for Girls," and it is an excellent "Beginner's guide to playing Acoustic or Electric guitar!" We talk to Ali about her career, playing guitar, and her book! Joining me, as my guest host, is Jessica Baron, founder of Guitars In The Classroom. If you have a daughter that is interested in playing guitar, or you are interested in playing yourself, please check out this show!

Jim "Kimo" West is a man of many talents. Besides being the guitarist for Weird Al Yankovich, he is one of the premiere Hawaiian Slack Key guitarists and just an incredible musician. Jim has a new album out, "Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond," and he raises the bar and pushes his music into even more directions. We take a look at Jim's new album, where he is taking his music, and, of course, his incredible technique and tone! Joining me as my guest host is guitarist Steve Fister, of the Tri-Fecta Band and the new Steve Fister Electro Acoustic Band! It's a night of some great music and new insights into the creative genius of Jim "Kimo" West!!

I am very happy to welcome back several people who have been on All About Guitar and The FLO Guitar-Enthusiasts, but the topic for tonight is a somber one. Guitar theft. In preparing for this show I have talked to various musicians that I know and pretty much all of them have had an instrument stolen from them at one time or another. (I have had a drumset stolen from me too.) So we are going to look at instrument theft and how we can prevent it and what to do when we see our stolen property in a store or somebody else playing it. Joining me is Craig Chaquico, of the Jefferson Starship, who has had his prized Les Paul stolen in the 1970's. On the other hand, Snuffy Walden will also be joining us who fairly recently had his prized strat and pedalboard stolen. To get more information on the what the music stores have to deal with, I have Gary Roudenko of the Bass Exchange. He will talk to us about what he has to do before he can sell a used piece of equipment. My guest host is Monique Caravello, who also h

I remember talking with Jean Pierre Durand last November. He was busy finishing up mixing Incendio's Christmas Album "O Night Divine." He also mentioned as soon as the Incendio album was done he and Liza Carbe were recording a new album as a duo. They had toured and played in China earlier in April and that was the inspiration and motivation to do this new album. And thus "A Bridge Between" was born! JP and Liza toured China as duo, just two guitars, and a lot of the material on the new album were arrangements developed for their tour. We talk to Jean Pierre Durand and Liza Carbe about this new album which took them into new territory, both in terms of music and in recording! Some very inventive arrangements, killer tone and monster playing!

Way back when I did my Senior Recital at USC, I had the privilege to use a prototype pitch to voltage converter, monophonic, that eventually became the 360 systems guitar synth that Lee Ritenour used on his legendary album "Captain Fingers." Later we saw such instruments like the SynthAxe, used by Allan Holdsworth and one of the first mass produced guitar synth, the Arp Avatar. Later we saw the Roland system come out, which has been the most popular guitar synth controller system. But now we have You Rock Guitars, who gives us new technology and makes a controller that is as elaborate as the SynthAxe, but at a much more affordable price. We are joined by electronics engineer and inventor, Cliff Elion, and he shows us a new recording, composition, and performance tool for guitar players. Using the power of MIDI, guitarists can now explore electronic music, and do it affordably. Joining me for the show is Bo Astrup. Bo is a recording engineer and mixer, having mixed Jim Stubblefield's recent award winning "

"By Bass Players, for Bass Players." That is the what Trickfish Amps are all about. Started in 2014 by bassist, designer, and businessman Richard Ruse, Richard's background came from working for such companies as SWR Enginerring, JBL Professional and KRK Systems, Richard has brought all this knowledge to ultimately come up with the ultimate bass amp! We talk to Richard about his amps and what he is trying to achieve. Joining us is also bassist, composer and producer-engineer Tim Landers to demonstrate these incredible amps! My guest host for tonight is yet another bassist, the amazing Liza Carbe, from Incendio! We are all bringing our basses to the show, so join us as we explore Trickfish Bass Amps!!

We have a great show tonight! I am proud to have Rafael Moreira on the show! And international guitarist and artist hailing from Brazil, Rafael started singing at age four and playing guitar at age six! Since then, Rafael has played guitar for such artists as Don Felder, Steven Tyler, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, among many others, and is now playing guitar for Paul Stanley's new band. Rafael also was part of the house band for Amercian Idol, The Voice, and Rock The Cradle. We take a look at Rafael's solo career, his new band Magnetico, and his diverse guitar playing! A great night of tone, gear, and great playing! And joining me, as my guest co-host, is another great guitar player, Steve Fister, of the Tri-Fecta!

It's all about jazz tonight on All About Guitar. My guest is renowned guitarist David Becker. Another graduate of Musician's Institute, the Grammy nominated guitarist has gained recognition, both by the public and his peers, playing in his group, the David Becker Tribune, and doing a highly acclaimed album with legend Joe Diorio, "The Color Of Sound," which has been touted as "one of the best guitar duo recordings of all time!" We talk to David about his playing, his technique, his tone, and his new signature guitar made by Heritage.

I was introduced to Michael Lemmo through Norm Harris when he was on the FLO Guitar-Enthusiasts. I was impressed with his playing then. Michael called me a couple of months ago and told me about his new album, and I knew it was time to have him on and take a good look at this accomplished musician. Having started playing guitar at 11 and earning a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, there is much more to Michael Lemmo that meets the eye. We talk to Michael about his guitar playing, his gear, his tone, and his music.