Players who crave a splash of 12-string shimmer but don't want the full 12-string sound will love the hybrid nature of our first-ever 9-string. Nashville session players have long worked a 9-string configuration into their quiver of recording tools to add extra jangle to the midrange — the D and G strings are doubled an octave apart, while ...More
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Next Jam Session: 2010 Date Not Confirmed
General Overview
Many guitarists are rarely heard of or even known except by thier area churches, friends and acquaintances. Music was created as a way of giving praise to God, our Creator. The talent of these guitarists is a gift from our heavenly Father, and thousands of people are blessed as they listen to these musicians.
The annual Gospel Guitar JAM Session brings guitarists from several states and an audience of hundreds of listeners (which contains many musicians as well). With new ones coming every year, it has grown from a small, packed, standing-room-only church at the first one in 1996 to a large school auditorium that seats several hundred. The efforts of two guitar players with a desire to pull other guitarists together to share their talents can not go unmentioned.
Thanks, Darrell McDaniel and Buddy Essary! I can perhaps speak for everyone
that has attended a JAM session: "Your efforts are greatly appreciated and we look forward to the next one every year!! God bless you both!
Fellow guitarist and friend,
Tim Beck
Featured Videos/Audio Musicians who have attended the Gospel Guitar Jam sessions