Guitar

North American debut of the Martin Taylor Maestro Guitar

Last month, Pearless Guitars proudly announced the release of two signature Martin Taylor guitars, appropriately named the Maestro and the Virtuoso.  Shortly after, native Georgian guitarist Shaun Hopper purchased a signature Martin Taylor Maestro, making it the first one ever sold in North America. 

Shaun recalls the first encounter with his new Peerless Maestro this way: 

"Martin Taylor is a fantastic fingerstyle jazz guitar player and I love his playing.  A gentleman in the [RedZone] guitar center...said they've got these guitars called Peerless.  I was like, 'Dude, I've been looking for one of those forever! There's no dealers in the States.'  He goes...'If you want the Martin Taylor model it's right there on the wall.'

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North American debut of the Martin Taylor Maestro Guitar

Last month, Pearless Guitars proudly announced the release of two signature Martin Taylor guitars, appropriately named the Maestro and the Virtuoso.  Shortly after, native Georgian guitarist Shaun Hopper purchased a signature Martin Taylor Maestro, making it the first one ever sold in North America. 

Shaun recalls the first encounter with his new Peerless Maestro this way: 

"Martin Taylor is a fantastic fingerstyle jazz guitar player and I love his playing.  A gentleman in the [RedZone] guitar center...said they've got these guitars called Peerless.  I was like, 'Dude, I've been looking for one of those forever! There's no dealers in the States.'  He goes...'If you want the Martin Taylor model it's right there on the wall.'

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Julian Lage Jazz Guitarist – Guitar Conversations pt. 1

Julian Lage first started playing jazz guitar at age 5 and quickly become recognized as a child prodigy. He was the subject of the Academy Award nominated documentary Jules at Eight, and went on to perform at the 2000 Grammy Awards at age 13. He recently visited our Napa studio to play guitar with Martin Taylor and talk about his early days of learning guitar. The Julian Lage interview part 1 also features a beautiful Bill Evans tune. Be sure to check out all of Martin's interviews here: Guitar Conversations. Read More
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New Flatpick Guitar Improv Workshop

We're really excited to announce the start of a new Improv Workshop department at the School of Guitar with Bryan Sutton.  Bryan will put up the basics of a tune and then over the coming months will release three different solos for that song using a lot of the tools that he teaches at his online flatpicking guitar school from the three shapes, basic major scale theory and even rhythm options for fiddle tunes.  Darol Anger will provide fiddle leads that students can use and it will provide a way for guitarists to improve their improv technique.  Students can send in their own solos to these tunes so Bryan can give feedback using Video Exchange.  Click here to go to the new Improv Workshop section on the site.

 

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