Sammy Boller
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\u201cI grew up wanting to be Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but over time I\u2019ve found my own dark and aggressive style. These days, my dream as a musician is to make people feel as connected to the cosmos as I feel when I play the guitar,\u201d wishes guitarist Sammy Boller.
Sammy Boller has been playing guitar most of his life. He played in high school orchestra and even attended University of Michigan\u2019s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In 2012, his life forever changed when he won Guitar Center\u2019s \u201cMaster Satriani\u201d competition. (Watch his submission for \u201cSatch Boogie\u201d here.)
Catapulting off that success, the next year Boller joined Detroit rockers Citizen Zero. The band released their 2016 debut LP, State of Mind, and its lead single \u201cGo (Let Me Save You)\u201d climbed to #17 on Billboard\u2019s mainstream rock chart.
But even with Citizen Zero\u2019s success, Boller wasn\u2019t sending listeners into the stratosphere feeling one with the stardust. Then while shopping his instrumental solo work, he quickly earned a fan in CandyRat Records owner Rob Poland who signed Sammy. (CandyRat was started by Poland in 2004 and began working with Don Ross, Andy McKee, Antoine Dufourto. Boller released his debut solo album and an additional standalone single\u2014Kingdom of the Sun and \u201cPath of the Heart\u201d\u2014in 2020 that snake between Sunset shred and post-rock melodies. The next year was celebrated with Boller\u2019s stunning third release \u201cRitual Lights\u201d showing Sammy\u2019s first (solo) recorded run in with the wah wah. (Something you\u2019ll now see on his pedalboard later.) He\u2019s since dropped a pair of singles \u201cSpellbound\u201d and \u201cMidnight Garden\u201d that grow off his enchanting formula and adds in heightened technical abilities and deeper rhythmic grooves.
Before his headlining show at Nashville\u2019s Bowery Vault, the fretboard maestro shows off a pair of versatile guitars, explains why the chase for his pinnacle amp is over, and details and demos the select stompboxes that send his sound into the asteroid belt.
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0:00 - D'Addario Strings with Mark Tremonti
0:15 - Perry Bean Intro
1:16 - Sammy Boller Playing Intro
2:10 - Gibson Les Paul Axcess Custom
5:49 - Tunings, Strings & Picks
9:03 - Friedman NoHo 24
11:01 - Friedman BE-100
15:02 - D'Addario XPND Pedalboard
15:51 - Sammy Boller Pedalboard
33:31 - D'Addario with Yvette Young
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