150 - Alex Machacek

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by everyone from Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Pass, and Mike Stern to his late, great guitar buddy, Allan Holdsworth, ALEX MACHACEK is a spectacular voice in the world of jazz fusion guitar. I had a blast “flying the ‘copter” over to his home studio, plugging in a couple of his signature-model Strandberg guitars, and having him demonstrate for us several inspiring soloing techniques and compositional approaches. In this interview, Alex also shares his life story — how, after years of musical study in Vienna (and a year at Berklee in Boston) he and his wife, Sumitra, ultimately ended up in the Los Angeles region. Catch Machacek on tour in Europe starting this week! This episode is presented by GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE. Enjoy! — JUDE GOLD, host and creator, No Guitar Is Safe podcast.

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0:00.0	All right, here comes episode 150 of No Guitar Is Safe, the guitar show where guitar heroes plug in.
0:14.8	And plugging in with us today is Austrian guitar phenomenon, Alex Macha Chek.
0:24.2	Love this guy. He's amazing. And today's guitar hang with Alex is brought to you by Guitar Player magazine and guitar player.com.
0:30.1	Guitar player, play better, sound better.
0:32.6	No, guitar is safe.
0:37.8	What's up, everybody?
0:51.2	It's been a minute, I know, but wow, I got a nice round number for you here today.
0:55.5	Episode 150 with a killer guitar player, Alex Macha Czech, the Austrian genius.
1:04.6	And I don't throw that word around lightly, but Alex is a really clever, brilliant jazz fusion hero.
1:10.6	And if you don't believe me, just ask some of his fans such as John McLaughlin.
1:15.2	And wow, I wish you could ask the late great Alan Holdsworth.
1:18.2	But not only was he a fan of Alex's, they became friends.
1:22.4	There was even kind of some mutual mentoring going on between them.
1:25.4	We'll get into all that.
1:26.7	Holdsworth definitely plays a role
1:28.1	in this episode. And it's funny, you know, just the other day, Friday morning, I finally did one of
1:34.4	those things you got to do in L.A. if you like cars. My buddy Tommy Benson invited me to co-captain
1:41.3	his orange corvette. It's like a fully loaded 22 Corvette with just 4,000 miles on it.
1:48.1	You know, it's got the, it's the mid-engine or rear engine.
1:51.7	I mean, it's basically an American Ferrari in many respects,
1:55.9	and he let me drive it some of the way,
1:58.9	and we're just blasting on that highway. I got a couple of
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