by Carl Verheyen | Sep 26, 2017 | Guitar Secrets
Finishing a recording project and sending an album out into the world always feels a bit like giving birth. As you can imagine, the recording process is extremely creative. You’re deciding on the arrangements of the songs and what textures and instruments to add in...
by Carl Verheyen | Aug 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I put together the universal concept laid out in the CV Academy, I realized that I learned to play the guitar from two completely different angles: From the outside in and from the inside out. From the Outside In simply translates into INFLUENCES. We start out...
by Carl Verheyen | May 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
When it comes to guitars, every once in a while a real good deal comes along. I’m convinced you only get a few of those in your entire lifetime. The greatest one for me happened back in 1985 when a dear friend and fellow guitarist named Jeff Taylor offered to sell me...
by Carl Verheyen | May 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
I just finished writing an article for Guitar Player Magazine about the passing of my friend Allan Holdsworth. But there is so much more to say… I first met Allan in the early 80s after hearing him on a Bill Bruford album called “One of a Kind” that came out in ’79....
by Carl Verheyen | Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
The amount of clearance of my vibrato bar off the deck of the pick guard is very important to me. It can’t be too high, I want to be able to grab it in the middle of a melodic line. And not so low that it hits the jack when you spin it around. So I keep a two...
