Clinic Schedule
Saturday, September 12
Vine Cinema
1722 1st Street, Downtown Livermore
11:00 am
Session Stories with Steve Lukather and Earl Slick
Guitar Player Editor in Chief Michael Molenda interviews superstar guitarists Steve Lukather (Toto, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson) and Earl Slick (David Bowie, John Lennon) about playing with legends, getting great guitar tones, how they come up with hit-making riffs and solos, and more.
$20 per person Ticket includes screening of the just-released guitar documentary, It Might Get Loud, starring Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White.
Fine Fretted Friends
2181 1st Street, Downtown Livermore
12:00 noon
Make Your Best Pedalboard Ever!
Tone wizard James Santiago reveals everything you need to know about arranging, connecting, and configuring stompboxes to make an easy-to-use and great sounding pedalboard.
1:30 pm
The Six P’s to Success
Steve Belkin—the owner of Open All Nite Entertainment, and author of the upcoming The Working Stiff’s Guide to the Music Business—delivers an essential seminar on how to survive, flourish, and get heard in today’s volatile music industry.
3:15 pm
D’Addario/Planet Waves Ultimate Guitar Care Seminar
Guitar tech and author (Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair) John LeVan of Guitar Services Workshops serves up some great tips and techniques on how to keep your guitar sounding and playing great.
4:30 pm
Tube Tasting
Guitar Player Senior Editor—and gear guru—Art Thompson demystifies preamp and power tubes, revealing the sonic differences between various models, and how selecting the right tube can coax your amp into producing the absolute best tone for you.
Oddfellows livermore lodge
2160 1st Street (upstairs), Downtown Livermore
12:00 noon and 2pm
D’Addario/Planet Waves Ultimate Guitar Care Seminar
Guitar tech and author (Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair) John LeVan of Guitar Services Workshops serves up some great tips and techniques on how to keep your guitar sounding and playing great.
3:30 pm
How to Get a Great Sound Out of Any Guitar and Amp with Earl Slick
A “can’t miss it” seminar for every guitarist obsessed with the pursuit of great tone. Session superstar Earl Slick reveals specific, explicit, and useful tips on how to improve your sound—no matter what you play.
Sunday, September 13
Vine Cinema
1722 1st Street, Downtown Livermore
11:00 am
Session Stories with Laurence Juber and Carl Verheyen
Guitar Player Associate Editor Matt Blackett sits with Carl Verheyen (Supertramp, Bee Gees, film/television sessions) and Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney and Wings, solo fingerstylist) to discuss the art and craft of playing movie and television sessions, working with famous artists, and dialing in tones and musical parts that bring a song to life.
$20 per person
Ticket includes screening of the just-released guitar
documentary, It Might Get Loud, starring Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White.
Fine Fretted Friends
2181 1st Street, Downtown Livermore
12:00 noon
Looping Master Class
Looping expert Bill Walker shares his dazzling sound-on-sound techniques for constructing live, solo-performance tracks, as well as crafting eerie and powerful guitar layers for full-band gigs.
1:30 pm
Composing & Arranging for Solo Guitar with Laurence Juber
DADGAD mastermind and fingerstyle wizard Laurence Juber shares his vast armory of musical knowledge, techniques, altered tunings, and more to help you deliver truly magical solo-guitar performances.
3:30 pm
Full Technicolor Guitar!
Guitar Player Associate Editor Matt Blackett shows you how to sweeten and energize your guitar tracks with textural layering, crafty trickery, and other techniques.
4:45 pm
Seymour Duncan Presents –All About Pickups!
An expert from Seymour Duncan talks about different pickup configurations and how to best use single coil, double coil, high output and vintage configurations.
ABC Music
2156 1st Street, Downtown Livermore
6:30 pm
Fingerstyle Clinic with Peppino D’Agostino
The man the San Francisco Chronicle called “a poet” and “one of the best talents around” shares his mind-blowing acoustic techniques in a bonus Guitar Player Live! seminar.