Yamaha Guitars Artist News

Lady Antebellum - Downtown (Live in-Studio Performance) (w/Yamaha Guitarist Jason "Slim" Gambill)

The first single off of their latest record "Golden" features Yamaha Guitarist Jason "Slim" Gambill on his custom AES1500B (which he calls the "Stormtrooper Guitar" for its black & white setup.)

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Carly Ritter – It Is Love (w/Yamaha Guitarist Wendy Wang)

Folk musician Carly Ritter, daughter of the late actor John Ritter, performs her song, "It Is Love" with Wendy Wang on her A-Series Yamaha Acoustic Guitar.
Video from KCET TV online.
Wendy is currently playing guitar for Carly on a promotion tour of the USA.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (video)

Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra performing 'Swim and Sleep' live at Oregon Public Broadcasting.

http://unknownmortalorchestra.com

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Fitz & The Tantrums 'The Walker' - Jimmy Kimmel Live

Joe Karnes with his BB2024X, live with Fitz and The Tantrums performing 'The Walker' on the Sony Outdoor Stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Wednesday May 8th 2013 at the El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles.

www.fitzandthetantrums.com

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Billy Sheehan - The Winery Dogs 'Elevate' (video)

The official video for Billy Sheehan's new band, The Winery Dogs' first single 'Elevate' featuring Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen.

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Phil X - Bon Jovi 'Bed Of Roses'

As Richie Sambora takes some time off from the huge Bon Jovi world tour, Phil X, seen here with his signature Yamaha SG1802PX model, flew straight in at a moments notice and did the first show with no rehearsal. Phil's now on tour with Bon Jovi in Europe.

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Sam Coulson - A Series

We invited Sam Coulson to the Yamaha UK Artist Suite last week to check out THR and A Series acoustics. He will now be using both for his Youtube lessons and for the up coming tour with Asia. Here he is with his first Youtube acoustic lesson using his new Vintage Sunburst AC3R.

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Rodney Branigan - dual guitar tutorial (video)

Rodney Branigan shows how playing two guitars at a time is less to do with mere spectacle and much more to do with music. In this exclusive tutorial he demonstrates how playing a mandolin and Yamaha A-Series acoustic simultaneously can produce some wonderful sounds.