by Carl Verheyen | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m fortunate enough to have collected a lot of guitars over the years. Not a LOT, like some guys I know, but around 70. My motto is, if it sounds good, don’t sell it. You may not use it for an entire year but one day it will be the perfect guitar for the recording...
by Carl Verheyen | Apr 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
There have been many studio musicians that transitioned from a full time career in the studios to a full time career as an artist. Some of my peers straddled both worlds for a while and eventually ended up on the road. This slow transition eventually eases one out of...
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...
