Dave Malone
The Radiators


Dave has been the guitarist/vocalist of the Radiators forever it seems.The Radiators were probably the band that started it all for bringing New Orleans-inspired music to the rest of the world. Their music has been defined as "Fish-head Funk". The band has been together for over 25 years and has recorded more than 20 albums together.

Tommy Malone
Tiny Town
Subdudes


Tommy is one of my favorite players. He is one of those guys who makes you wish you never picked up a guitar. Tommy was the guitarist/vocalist for the Subdudes.The Subdudes recorded five albums for Atlantic Records before splitting up in 1998. Bonnie Raitt sang on their last album. During their time together, they developed a unique style of music and were voted New Orleans "Best Band" several times over. Tommy Malone has since formed the band Tiny Town. Their debut CD was recently released on Atlantic Records. It was produced by Bernie Leadon of Eagles fame. It is well worth the price if you are into tasteful guitar playing!

Tony Hall
Neville Brothers
Harry Connick, Jr.
Emmy Lou Harris

Tony’s career began with the Neville Brothers. After 5 years of touring and recording with the Neville’s, Tony was offered a spot in Harry Connick Jr.’s band. Between these two gigs he has played on numerous albums from the likes of Bob Dylan and Emmy Lou Harris to name a few. Now that Harry Connick Jr. is into movies, Tony has landed a gig on tour with Jewel.

Carmine D'Amico
Blondie
Tina Turner

Carmine D'Amico is a studio and performance musician whose outstanding musical legacy and credits are too numerous to cover totally in this brief biographical sketch. His skills have been showcased on stage, on records, in movie and television soundtracks, and on commercials that most of us have heard and taken for granted. As a multi-Grammy winner (16 and counting), Carmine represents "THE school" of music, in which the ability to successfully play one's part has been the key to outstanding performance. In today's music world, where it is sometimes sufficient to merely know a few chords and licks in order to make a recording, Carmine stands out as a true student of music and an incredible talent whose flexibility and ability are legendary!
www.carminedamico.com

Shane Theriot
Nashville/New Orleantas based solo guitarist.

Originally from the New Orleans area, recording and/or live experience with The Neville Bros., Jewel, Willie Nelson, LeAnn Rimes, The SYN (with Chris Squire/Alan White from YES), Boz Scaggs, Leni Stern, Little Feat, Sam Moore (Sam and Dave) Idris Mohammed, Aaron Neville, and many others. Shane has also written several instructional books and columns published in Guitar Player magazine and Guitar Nine. One of the more successful and well known of these is the instructional book/CD entitled "New Orleans Funk Guitar", available from Warner Bros. Publications. His solo records, "Highway 90", and "The Grease Factor" feature hometown rhythms and sounds, which he describes as "second-line grooves with a touch of Zydeco and burning guitar." For much more info, visit Shane at: www.shanetheriot.com

Jan Loomans


Dutch guitarist Jan Loomans (he owns 4 Melancons including a Cajun
Gentleman!) from hails from Holland. Jan is a professional guitarist having performed for over 25 years.

Jan played in a band called DIESEL. The band had a hit in the early 80's
with Sausalito Summernight, a #1 in Canada and Top 40 hit in the U.S. The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 for over 18 weeks!

Jan is currently playing and recording with his band, General Electric which
includes members from his former band, Diesel. At this time he's making a new CD with his band.

Brad Whitford


Aerosmith's rhythm guitaritst.

Scott Bernard


Scott is currently on tour with Katrina Elam, and opening for Keith Urban. Scott has also played with Mark Schultz, Nicole C. Mullen and Danny Chambers. Scott has a Custom Artist T (pictured) and a Pro T.

Marco 'Python' Fecchio


Marco plays with the Davide Van Der Sfroos Band, from Italy. Marco has a Cajun Gentleman (pictured.)

Phil Keaggy


Phil Keaggy and Paul Jackson, Jr. at the Christian Musician Summit, Redmond, WA. November 2005.

www.philkeaggy.com

Tolis Koskinas


Tolis Koskinas, studio/session guitarist based in Athens, Greece.

Started as a session guitarist 10 years ago, being involved in various indie/alt rock/pop bands and projects and now full time guitarist/arranger/engineer for Sony/BMG, Universal and EMI with studio credits for most of Greece's top mainstream artists. Also session guitarist for million selling Russian artist Linda, and highly acclaimed composer Stefanos Korkolis, the "Cutty Sark" tv band, arranger and composer for theatrical and movie soundtracks, jingles, commercials, and a member of top Greek pop band C:Real.

Steve Wilson


"Gerard:
Here is a condensed bio and picture...I hope this is OK, I never know what to say in this stuff! The truth would have read more like, "He's short, plays guitar, and has WAY too many pedals!" But anyway, thanks so much for the opportunity. Your help has meant the world to me, and it's funny, but I think a lot of your kindness comes out in the guitars you make! Thanks again, Your friend, Steve"
Well said Steve !

Steve Wilson is a working musician living in San Antonio, TX. In addition to solo and sideman projects, he is a member of the United States Air Force Band. Steve has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He has performed with such groups /artists as Jon Faddis, Eric Marienthal, The Airmen of Note, country music groups Ricochet and Trick Pony, blues singer and harmonica virtuoso John Popper and Broadway legend Ben Vereen.

Alberto Barrero


Alberto Barrero was born in 1984, in Guareña, a small town of Spain. At the age of 8 he began to study the trumpet in the Music School of Merida, passing with honours the courses. He quit the trumpet two years later in order to study the piano. However, a compilation of Toto made him change his mind. He decided then to devoted himself to playing guitar.

For the next 8 years, until he was 22, he played with various spanish artists, rock bands, studying classical guitar, jazz, harmony and theory in differents music schools of Spain and recorded several audio demos for different instrument manufacturers.

These days Alberto has just finished his first solo recording, The Night's Soul. Influences of funky, blues and jazz can be heard throughout the record.

At present, he is preparing a second work with professional musicians of Spain and intends to release it next year. Please visit Alberto at his MySpace account: Alberto Barrero
Also, be sure to check out these YouTube videos: video_1, video2

Andrej Grozdanov


Andrej Grozdanov was born in Rijeka, a port town on the Adriatic coast, Republic of Croatia. Andrej graduated with the "Platinum diploma" at one of the best schools for modern music GIT (Guitar Institute Of Technology) which produced many good players, Jeniffer Batten, Keb' Mo, Red Hot Chilli Peppers... He is a member of the band Kristina and he also played and worked on award winning projects. Andrej also carries his Masters degree in Theology and Philosophy. Leading Croatian newspapers address Andrej as highly respected and acclaimed as a top musician in the guitar world after performance at Hal's All Star Guitar Night. His main guitar is Melancon Custom Artist.

Andrej Grozdanov
Kristina.com

Andrew Szucs


Andrew Szucs is most known for his guitar work under the band name Seven Seraphim. Released in 2003 through Italy's Scarlet Records, "Seven Seraphim - Believe in Angels," has become somewhat of an underground cult-classic and several years later continues to be marketed by online melodic metal retailers around the world. Andrew is also endorsed by Seymour Duncan Pickups and Budda Amplification.

For more info, please visit:
www.myspace.com/sevenseraphim
www.myspace.com/andrewszucs
www.andrewszucs.com


It's been a while, but I wanted to let you know that some footage has been posted on YouTube featuring the endorsement guitar you built for me:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Zzdxbe55s

This was from last week's show at the Keyclub in Hollywood, California. We were opening for a European metal band called Stratovarius, and we had Yngwie Malmsteen's current touring bass player, Bjorn Englen performing with us. It turned out to be a great show, and the Melancon held up great, as well. Hope all is well and thanks again for building such a great guitar!

Dean Shoultz


"I'm from Houma, Louisiana, which is about an hour south of New Orleans," explains Shoultz. "I started playing guitar when I was twelve - my father had gotten me an inexpensive Sears guitar, but I got every dollar out of it." With a style/sound that recalls the classic late '80s/early '90s work by such guitarists as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson, Shoultz certainly has the power and the talent in his fingers to turn the head of many a six-string aficionado.

deanshoultz.com