Backline rental at Guggenheim Bilbao On February 27th, I had the opportunity to be at the Guggenheim Bilbao for the rental of our Martin D28 for a very interesting event. It was an event organized by the Italia Maitea association, which aims to connect Italy with the Basque Country. The program featured a screening of the film Palazzina LAF in its original Italian version with…
When friends are true friends It’s been a while since I’ve written on the blog. Between one thing and another, time just flies by, and… I have things to post, actually. This past January, I was hospitalized with pneumonia and a build-up of quite a few things. My body said: you need to stop. And I had to. And right at that moment, I was…
Visit of students from Armeria Eskola This week I had a pleasant visit from electronics students from Armeria Eskola in Eibar. They’re studying the application of electronics in audio, and the teacher proposed a challenge. This challenge is about making a guitar pedal (or perhaps more accurately, an instrument pedal, because it could be used for other instruments). The initial proposals ranged from a germanium…
Live sound at Nacho’s Dick’s last concert It’s not easy to keep the Kitarshokak news blog up to date… On June 20th, I had the pleasure and opportunity to provide live sound service for Nacho’s Dick’s last concert. The singer, Aitor, is leaving the band and was the only original member. The band members are considering continuing with another singer and a new name, thus…
Drum rental in Azkena Itinerant Rock This past weekend, I had the opportunity to offer Backline drum rental services in Labastida, as part of the Itinerant Azkena Rock. It was truly a very positive experience. Everything went very well. The sound of the Yamaha OAK Custom from Kitarshokak’s Backline never disappoints, and the bands were made up of good musicians. The Claytons and Nightwaves were…
Vintage Gear Tour with Endika Recently, Endika contacted me, a guy who likes blues, rock, hard rock, pop… with substance. He contacted me because he’s thinking of renting several amps to have good presets for his Kemper. The fact is, he told me he was pretty sure he wanted the original ’63 Vox AC30 and the original ’68 Marshall Plexi that I have for rent.…
Selecting vintage EI ecc83/12ax7 tubes I have an interesting collection of vintage and antique preamp tubes, which I consider crucial to the final sound of an amp (as do the power amp tubes, although they require bias adjustment while the preamp tubes don’t). Depending on the amp model and tube model, the final sound of an amp can be much better shaped, improving nuances, definition,…
Backline Rental in Urte Barri Oi 2025 at Kiñu Gaztetxea This past Saturday I was with Kitarshokak providing the rental service for practically complete equipment except for guitar heads and drum cymbals. The concert was at Kiñu Gaztetxea in Igorre for a macro-concert of 7 bands called Urte Barri Oi in which Arene6, Streetwise, Perlata, Galazota, Neskatasuna, Azken Sustraiak and Estutu played. Kiñu Gaztetxea is…
Fabi from Penadas por la ley and Pepe from Turbofuckers I usually like to show the customers who came to Kitarshokak, whether they are famous, newcomers, musicians, fans, etc… although not all those who come appear because some do not want to, they do not like social networks or appearing, they prefer discretion. In this case, a rock couple of Argentinians who are well known…
Godin Session HT Black + Fender Deluxe Reverb ´79 This time it was a Godin HT Session which I tested again before packing it as I always do to see that everything is ok and to say goodbye to the guitar as well. I have tried it with the ’79 Fender Deluxe Reverb that we have in the Backline section for rental outside the Kitarshokak…
