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…
Coldplay “Fix It” + guitar arrangements by Ni Neu On Three Kings’ Day it is the turn of this Colplay song in which light is glimpsed after a gloomy beginning. A cry for hope, for the hand that is offered so that things can gradually go their way. The Kings have been slow to arrive because a priori they were not expected, but they have…
José Ramirez R4 classical guitar test Test of a professional quality classical guitar that will soon be on sale at Kitarshokak. It has been tuned with one of the luthiers I work with and is ready to play and enjoy. it was recorded with my Poco mobile phone on the fly without “wasting” time with microphones or other gear, reflecting the personal moment in which…
Rihanna “Diamonds” + Guitar arrangements by Ni Neu This time I have made electric guitar arrangements to a Rihanna song. I see the electronic-based songs or songs with little guitar presence as susceptible to being arranged with the guitar, something like a blank notebook at the beginning of the course ready to destroy with various notes on all sides. Then you have to organize the…
Aitorpenak in Kitarshokak Studioak Aitor from Aitorpenak is a musically restless person, always with new ideas and projects, alone or with his band, Aitorpenak. He is Catalan but with deep Basque roots, always trying to practice his beloved Basque. It is always a pleasure to be part of your adventures. This has been a small last minute detail that he thought of inserting into his…
Improvisation: old school hard heavy metal riffs A customer contacts me concerned that the amplifier is not working well, making problems in sound and urgently because he has two live concerts coming up. To see if it can be solved quickly, I start checking all the possible problems. It is a Laney Ironheart 60 and I connect it to the Marshall 4×12″ JCM800 cabinet with…
