166 Allen Hinds and His '52 Telecaster Return

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Blend the playing styles of Freddie King, Allan Holdsworth, and Duane Allman, and — as you’ll hear on this episode — you’d probably get something sounds like the great ALLEN HINDS. When it comes to improvising epic solos, grooving behind world-class singers (he’s worked with everyone from Bobby Caldwell and Randy Crawford to Gino Vannelli, Roberta Flack, and Natalie Cole), building “mutt guitars” out of vintage parts, dialing in pedalboards, and maintaining guitars, Allen is such a deep player that No Guitar Is Safe felt a return visit to his guitar lair in the Hollywood Hills was fully merited. Plus, we introduce Allen to an intriguing new delay pedal from Keeley and Andy Timmons called the Halo. (Does Allen fall in love with it after just a few notes? Does he steal it from us and refuse to give it back? Listen and find out.) And, last but not least, Allen explains why, if you haven’t already, you need to start recording and releasing your own music NOW. Hosted as always by Jude Gold. Presented by Guitar Player magazine and GuitarPlayer.com Thanks to G7th Capos for the laser-engraved “No Guitar Is Safe” capo we give each guest on the show.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody? It's episode 166 of No Guitar is Safe, the guitar show where
0:05.9	guitar heroes plug in. And thanks to Guitar Player magazine and guitar player.com.
0:13.2	We got another incredible hang with Alan Hines, who's a very deep player. He was on the show back in 2016, but he has so much to
0:24.6	offer. And he also has a hit song on the smooth jazz charts randomly, which has kind of surprised
0:29.8	him. So we thought we'd go back up to his amazing guitar layer in the hills of Los Angeles,
0:37.4	of Hollywood Hills. And check out Alan and all his
0:42.3	approaches. He's going to show you like, you know, what are some things to look for when you're
0:46.7	choosing an overdrive pedal or how do you build a solo? How do you comp behind a singer and have them
0:52.8	really like it? So many things. How do you release your
0:56.9	own music? How important is it to start doing that and becoming an artist and learning the process
1:03.6	of producing your own albums and bringing them to the world? It's a lot of fun, a lot of deep
1:09.6	inspiration. And I even throw a pedal at Alan,
1:14.2	the new Halo pedal from Robert Keely and Andy Timmons from Keely Electronics, and see if he
1:20.0	likes it. And he still has it, so I think he likes it. I'm going to have to find another one
1:26.2	of those. I think I've never seen that again.
1:29.5	It's a great episode again brought to you by Guitar Player magazine.
1:32.6	I'm out here on the road right now.
1:34.9	This intro I am recording in the back lounge of our tour bus.
1:39.3	I'm with Jefferson Starship.
1:40.7	We play first every night.
1:42.6	All these big sheds because we're on the bill with
1:45.6	Night Ranger. He plays second and then the headliner Brett Michaels. It's awesome. There's a bunch of
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