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Old 01-26-2019, 08:00 AM
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There are quite a few good ones, but my favorite is Michael Watts. He often plays beautiful guitars and he always plays beautiful music. And his playing is so wonderful I always listen all the way through.
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Great idea for a thread!!!

I absolutely loved Michael Watt's presentations at TNAG, a sample here (with Stuart Ryan, also not a bad guitar player):

https://youtu.be/rZ0jrRrlL1A
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There are quite a few good ones, but my favorite is Michael Watts. He often plays beautiful guitars and he always plays beautiful music. And his playing is so wonderful I always listen all the way through.
I always liked Brian Rankins who use to work for Fazio's in St. Louis, but the store has been sold I believe and they no longer carry the types of guitars he would demo, but he is a great player and very sincere.

As a side note, Michael Watts will be appearing and doing a workshop and playing a concert at my guitar event in March (B.I.G.). There is a thread in the custom forum with all the details, but I do have spots for a few more folks if interested.

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Mick & Pete from Andertons! Haven’t seen Mick for quite sometime already. Their chemistry is awesome! Their guitars skills are great too!
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The Acoustic Letter.

I think Tony does an incredible job being objective

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-...jvsfjX3ur9dHVQ
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I like Joel from Chicago music exchange. He mostly does electrics, but I love his playing style. He did one demo of a Martin D18 with factory gold foils through a tone king imperial, one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard.
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Anderson's for me. Although what happened to Mick? Mick and Pete were a great double act.
Mick also co-presents 'That Pedal Show', which is basically electric guitars, amps and effects. He gets around!
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Old 01-26-2019, 05:53 PM
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I like Joel from Chicago music exchange. He mostly does electrics, but I love his playing style. He did one demo of a Martin D18 with factory gold foils through a tone king imperial, one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard.
Yep, Chicago Music Exchange is a "go to" for me, Norm's Rare Guitars is still one of my favourites, Matt from Eddie's Guitars (great fingerstyle) and the guys from Andertons are all my favourites.
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Old 01-27-2019, 04:12 AM
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We all have our own tastes etc., and these tend to be the ones I go to occasionally:

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I always liked Brian Rankins who use to work for Fazio's in St. Louis, but the store has been sold I believe and they no longer carry the types of guitars he would demo, but he is a great player and very sincere.

Tom
You're right, Brian Renkins' presentations were great, with beautiful playing, and very informative. A shame he doesn't do demos anymore.
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Thanks...Her youthful exuberance was refreshing..

I like videos from the music emporium near Boston.
You never know who’s gonna show up and play..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0OpnIimLDA

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Old 01-27-2019, 07:28 AM
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I always loved (and miss) Brian Rankins' reviews. Happy to see a few fans here. His playing was so lovely and he could adjust his playing to showcase the guitar. These were simple reviews in a corner of a shop but his sincerity shines through.
https://youtu.be/Alsi5BH1dvA
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“All of the above” would be my answer and in addition to Silly Moustache I would add AGF’er Gary Roberts, and also Chris at Alamo Music. I also enjoy the two guys at Music Villa (Acoustic Letter).
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My favorite video presentations are made by The North American Guitar, Eddies Guitars and The Music Emporium. There are many outstanding players and videos available on line, but I always find the videos produced by these 3 dealers showcase the guitars rather than the player, so I get a good sense of what the guitars sound like. Gregg from Wildwood is amazing, one of the best players, but I listen to him and only dream I could do that with a guitar.
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