Singapore (September 30, 2020) -- Guitar.com has revealed the full lineup for Guitar.com Live, a global virtual event featuring many top names in the guitar space. The free, three-day event, held from October 2–4, 2020, will host major musical-instrument manufacturers (including Paul Reed Smith and Taylor Guitars), well-known guitarists (Annie Clark, Joe Bonamassa, Carlos Santana), up-and-coming musicians, guitar influencers, and boutique builders. The event will also feature workshops, master classes, interviews, panels, and performances.
Highlights include:
- Ernie Ball Music Man will unveil its first-ever vintage replica (hint: it’s 41 years old, has four strings, and traces its roots to one of the most revered rock bands of all time).
- Taylor will show a new model designed from the ground up to inspire players in a whole new way.
- PRS will bring together four diverse guitarists—Martin Simpson, Mark Lettieri, A.J. Ghent, and Sophia Gripari—in a showcase performance.
- Joe Bonamassa will invite virtual attendees into his Los Angeles home to see and hear select pieces from his personal guitar collection.
- Paul Reed Smith will share secrets from his decades-long career as a luthier and head of PRS.
- Heritage Guitars’ Pete Farmer will take attendees on a behind-the-scenes tour of the storied Kalamazoo, Michigan, guitar factory.
“It’s been a challenging year for all of us, but especially so for the thousands of musicians who rely on live performances to make ends meet. We hope Guitar.com Live will unite the global guitar community under one virtual roof,” says Guitar.com editor in chief Chris Vinnicombe.
For more information:
Guitar.com
![Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett Rig Rundown [2024]](https://www.premierguitar.com/media-library/youtube.jpg?id=53453295&width=600&height=600&quality=85&coordinates=193%2C0%2C367%2C0)
![Adrian Belew/BEAT Tour Rig Rundown [2024]](https://www.premierguitar.com/media-library/youtube.jpg?id=53638946&width=600&height=600&quality=85&coordinates=192%2C0%2C368%2C0)
Keith Urban has spent decades traveling the world and topping global country-music charts, and on this episode of Wong Notes, the country-guitar hero tells host Cory Wong how he conquered the world—and what keeps him chasing new sounds on his 6-string via a new record, High, which releases on September 20.
Urban came up as guitarist and singer at the same time, and he details how his playing and singing have always worked as a duet in service of the song: “When I stop singing, [my guitar] wants to say something, and he says it in a different way.” Those traits served him well when he made his move into the American music industry, a story that begins in part with a fateful meeting with a 6-string banjo in a Nashville music store in 1995.
It’s a different world for working musicians now, and Urban weighs in on the state of radio, social media, and podcasts for modern guitarists, but he still believes in word-of-mouth over the algorithm when it comes to discovering exciting new players.
And in case you didn’t know, Keith Urban is a total gearhead. He shares his essential budget stomps and admits he’s a pedal hound, chasing new sounds week in and week out, but what role does new gear play in his routine? Urban puts it simply: “I’m not chasing tone, I’m pursuing inspiration.”
Wong Notes is presented by DistroKid.
Use this link for 30% off your first year.
LR Baggs HiFi Duet High-fidelity Pickup and Microphone Mixing System
