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Carl Verheyen US Tour and Clinic Dates

Carl Verheyen has scheduled the following US tour and clinic dates 2012. Check him out if you can.

June 6, 2012: SLO Brew
1119 Garden St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805-543-1843
8:00pm
$15 advance/$17 door
http://www.slobrewingco.com
SPECIAL GUEST: TRAVIS LARSON BAND
 
June 7, 2012: Club Fox
2209 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 18960
650-369-7770
8:00pm
$15 advance/$20 door
http://www.clubfoxrwc.com
SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN
 
June 8, 2012: Whittier Theatre/San Juan Community Theatre (semi-acoustic set)
100 2nd Street
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-3210
8:00pm
$5 RUSH; $13 students; $26 adults
http://www.sjctheatre.org/events/eventDetails.asp?key=278
 
June 9, 2012: Highway 99 Blues Club
1414 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101
206-382-2171 (advance dinner reservations strongly recommended)
8:00pm
$15
http://highway99blues.com
 
June 10, 2012: Spotlight Music – clinic (solo)
17802 134 Ave. NE #19
Woodinville, WA 98072
425-402-3700
10:30am
$20
http://www.spotlightstudiosnw.com
 
June 10, 2012: Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 N.E. Alberta St.
Portland, OR 97211
503-719-6055
8:00pm
$15 advance/$18 door
http://albertarosetheatre.com
SPECIAL GUEST: CAMERON MORGAN
 
June 11, 2012: WOW Hall
291 W. 8th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
541-687-2746
8:00pm
$13
http://www.wowhall.org
 
June 12, 2012: Music Max
9472 Cedro Lane, #10
Palo Cedro, CA 96073
530-547-7070
7:00pm
$15 (available via phone or at the store)
http://www.musicmaxonline.com
 
June 29, 2012: Boulevard Music - mostly acoustic clinic
4316 Sepulveda Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230
310-398-2583
Doors at 7:30pm; show at 8:00pm
$17.50 (tix on sale two weeks before show date)
http://www.boulevardmusic.com
 
July 11, 2012: Parish Episcopal School (LBJ/Midway Campus) – Camp Jam clinic (solo)
4101 Sigma Road
Dallas, TX 75244
800-513-0930
12:30pm - 1:30pm
$549 per session
http://www.campjam.com/camp-cities/dallas.html
 
July 12, 2012: University School of Nashville – Camp Jam clinic (solo)
2000 Edgehill Road
Nashville, TN 37212
800-513-0930
12:30pm - 1:30pm
$549 per session
http://www.campjam.com/camp-cities/nashville.html
 
July 12, 2012: Atlanta Institute of Music – clinic (solo)
2875 Breckinridge Blvd., Suite 700
Duluth, GA 30096
800-886-6874
7:30pm
FREE ADMISSION!
http://aim-music.com/
 
July 27, 2012: The Soiled Dove
7401 E. 1st Ave
Denver, CO 80230
303-830-9214
Doors at 7:00pm; show at 8:00pm
$25 reserved seating; $20 general admission
http://www.tavernhg.com/soiled_dove/show/20753
 
August 1, 2012: St. Mary's College of Calif. – Camp Jam clinic (solo)
1928 St. Mary's Rd.
Moroga, CA 94556
800-513-0930
12:30pm - 1:30pm
$549 per session
http://www.campjam.com/camp-cities/san-francisco.html
 
November 9, 2012: Dana Point Community House (mostly acoustic)
24642 San Juan Ave.
Dana Point, CA 92629
949-842-2227
7:30pm
$25
http://www.lordofthestringsconcerts.com/carlverheyen.htm
Lord of the Strings Concert Series
 
November 10, 2012: Mission Viejo Civic Center (mostly acoustic)
200 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
949-842-2227
7:00pm
$25
http://www.lordofthestringsconcerts.com/carlverheyen.htm
Lord of the Strings Concert Series

Carl Verheyen Audio Interview for Cardboard Connection Radio

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Carl Verheyen interview for Cardboard Connection Radio.

Carl Verheyen Italian Clinic Dates

Carl Verheyen will be giving guitar clinics in Italy next month. See below for dates and venues.

March 10th - Modena TBA

March 11th - Empoli (FI) - Modern Music Institute - 4:30pm - Info: [email protected]

March 12th - Messina - Lizard – 9:00pm - Info: www.lizardmessina.it

March 13th - Milano - Accademia del Suono – 3:00pm - Info: www.accademiadelsuono.it

March 14th - Legnano (MI) - Land of Live – 9:30pm - Info: www.landoflive.it

March 15th - Vignola (MO) - Stones Café – 9:30pm - Info: www.stonescafe.it

March 16th - Torino - Lapsus – 9:00pm - Info: www.lapsustorino.it

March 17th - Massa - Lizard – 4:00pm - Info: www.lizardmassacarrara.net

March 18th - Forlì - Cosascuola – 5:00pm - Info: www.cosascuola.it

Carl Verheyen East Coast Dates

The Carl Verheyen Band will be playng the following shows on the east coast next month. Verheyen will be joined by Oz Noy at the March 23rd show at the Iridium in New York.

Mar. 20, 2012
Jon Finn (Professor of Guitar/Berklee School of Music) opens
Tupelo Music Hall
2 Young Road
Londonderry, NH 03053
603-437-5100
8:00pm
$30

Mar. 21, 2012
Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Ave.
Sellersville, PA 18960
215-257-5808
8:00pm
$21.50 regular & $29.50 cabaret (members receive a $15 gift certificate)

Mar. 22, 2012
**VERY SPECIAL SECRET GUEST!!**
The Iridium
1650 Broadway (at 51st)
New York, NY 10019
212-582-2121
8:00pm & 10:00pm
$30

Mar. 23, 2012
**SPECIAL GUEST OZ NOY!!**
The Iridium
1650 Broadway (at 51st)
New York, NY 10019
212-582-2121
8:00pm & 10:00pm
$30

Winter NAMM 2012: Final Wrap-Up

Day Three, Saturday, was my final day at NAMM this year. It's also the day I saw what proved to be my favorite gear of the entire show - the Yamaha THR stereo practice amps. Rated at 10watts, the THRs utilize amp-modeling and built-in effects to generate a wide variety of tones that all sound awesome. The two models, the THR5 and THR10, are essentially the same, though the THR10 offers a few more amp models and the ability the save up to 5 user presets. I played through one of the THR10s with a Yamaha SBG, and was blown away by the thick, tube-like tone, and the validity of the built-in effects. Other features include a USB post, and bundled Cubase software for home recording. Plus, they just look cool. Pricing appears to be in the $300-$500 range. I think I need to have one.

Saturday was also loaded with numerous celebrities and monster players. Allan Holdsworth, Joe Satriani,  Steve Morse and many other big-name musicians made appearances, causing foot-traffic jams at nearly every turn. I had a great time watching Dean Brown play at the MI booth, Matt Garrison jamming with Hadrian Feraud, Carl Verheyen and Steve Trovato tearing it up at LSL, and several other on-floor performances. I also met one of my fusion heros, violin legend Jerry Goodman (he looks ornery in the picture I took, but he couldn't have been a nicer guy).

Saturday night I was lucky enough to attend the epic Ernie Ball 50th Anniversary party - an amazing way to cap off a great trip (more on this all-star event later). All-in-all, it was another fantastic NAMM show packed with cool gear and incredible players. Look for my full photo gallery soon.

More pics from NAMM 2012:

Winter NAMM 2012: Day One

I'm getting ready to tackle day two of the 2012 Winter NAMM show, but before I do, here is some of the coolest stuff I saw on day one. Carvin recently announced their new line of Allan Holdsworth HH Series guitars, and these were easily some of the best instruments I saw all day. These things feel rock solid, yet are surprisingly light due to their chambered, semi-hollow bodies. The set-necks are super smooth, making for easy access to the upper frets. The Carvin rep told me that Holdsworth came down to the factory the day the first prototype was complete, and loved it so much he took it home and used it exclusively on his next string of live dates. FYI - The man himself is scheduled to appear at the Carvin booth on Saturday.

I also found the EVH Wolfgang line to be quite impressive. The Wolfgang Custom model I tried out was built like an absolute tank. In contrast to the Holdsworth Carvins, this thing weighed a metric ton, and had a similar feel to a Yamaha SBG IMO. The guitar has a loud sound that projects when you play it unplugged; a good sign. Definitely a rock-solid axe.

The Orange OPC has been around awhile, but I checked one out yesterday for the first time and was really blown away. This cool piece of gear is essentially a computer and amp rolled into one unit. It's loaded with amp modeling and multi-track recording software, a DVD burner, USB and video outputs, the works. It can be used as regular amp if you like, though all of the sounds are produced through the amp emulation settings, courtesy of the built-in AmpliTube 3 application. Easily one of the hippest home studio solutions I've yet seen.

More pics from NAMM 2012 Day One:

 

Carl Verheyen Interview for Shred Knowledge

Andy McLaughlin has a good interview up with Carl Verheyen over at Shred Knowledge. Verheyen talks about his session work, his new LSL CV Special model guitar, and more.

Shred Knowledge: Carl Verheyen Interview (2011)

Carl Verheyen's "The Road Divides" Double CD Now Available

Carl Verheyen has released the double live CD The Road Divides. From Verheyen's official site:

The companion piece to the live CVB DVD, “The Road Divides,” is now available on a special pre-release deal exclusively through http://www.carlverheyen.com.

From now through 8/31, the pre-release price will be only $15 for the double-CD set. Additionally, the first 50 folks who order will receive their copy autographed by Carl Verheyen! The CD price will increase to $18 as of 9/1/11, the official release date. The digital version of “The Road Divides” is available for $11.99 throughout.

The CD version contains sixteen live songs – new and from the CVB catalogue – recorded at Musicians Institute with this incarnation of the Band, their strongest line-up to date. It includes a new, fiery cover version of “Jerry’s Breakdown” (by Jerry Reed), and one new CVB original, “The Road Divides.”

The CD will also include two more unreleased tracks not contained on “The Road Divides” DVD:  Live versions of the Beatles’  “Taxman” and Verheyen’s signature tune, “All You Need is Love.”

Total running time is 87:74 minutes.

Disc One:      

The Road Divides
Chinatown
Taxman
Highland Shuffle
You Bring Me Down
On Our Way
New Year’s Day

Disc Two:

Henry’s Farm
Jerry’s Breakdown
Bass Solo
Slang Justice
Slang Justice Jam
Take One Step
Eastern Steppes
Topanga Hoedown
All You Need is Love

Video: Carl Verheyen Demos His Dean Markley "Balanced Bridge" Helix HD Strings

Premier Guitar talks with Carl Verheyen at the Summer 2011 NAMM Show.

Videos: Carl Verheyen Clinic - Wild West Guitars July 30th 2011

Loads of videos from Carl Verheyen's July 30th clinic at the VooDoo Lounge at Wild West Guitars in Riverside, CA. Check out this Gear Page thread for more info.

Video: Carl Verheyen Introduces the "CV Special" Signature LsL Guitar

Carl Verheyen introduces his hew signature LsL guitar, the "CV Special."

New Carl Verheyen Digital Download Release - "Real To Reel" with Karl Ratzer

Carl Verheyen has just released a new album for digital download entitled Real To Reel. The album is available via Verheyen's online store at theconneXtion.com. From the official announcment:

"Now available only for digital download in the official Carl Verheyen online store...Real to Reel with Karl Ratzer! Carl says, "Just 10 sleepless hours after I finished an intense five day mix-down of my 2000 CVB release Atlas Overload, I found myself in the studio with one of the baddest guitar players on either side of the Atlantic: “The Telecaster Terror,” Karl Ratzer. After our mutual guitar string company had orchestrated a collaboration in the form of a live concert in Vienna, it was suggested that stylistically we are quite complimentary together.  Two days of recording were planned in early 2000 with a rhythm section in Los Angeles, neither of us knowing what it would sound like or where the soul of the project would be: jazz, blues, rock, country or funk? As it turned out it was all of those things, and this recording represents just a fraction of what was recorded and what we could still do. There are seven tracks with the band, and two duets with just Karl and me. I especially enjoy the interplay and musical connection with Karl. Since those two days in January of 2000 we have played together a few more times in Austria.  I always ask him to sit in with the CVB whenever I'm on tour there, and last year I was honored to be a special guest soloist at his 60th birthday concerts in Vienna. I hope there are many more collaborations in our future! Click here to begin shopping. Thanks for supporting Carl and theconneXtion.com!"