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Carvin Guitars
For over 60 years, Carvin has been building high-quality guitars, basses, amps and audio gear for pro and hobbyist musicians alike.
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Jeff Kollman Biography
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Jeff Kollman
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compiled by Guitar Nine Records
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Jeff Kollman is an energetic and consummate axe wielder currently based in Granada Hills, California (U.S.A.) who represents his playing style as hard rock with the sophistication of jazz harmony, as a listener can readily appreciate on his most recent recording, "Shedding Skin".  His most utilized guitars include a 1979 BC Rich Wave and a Fender Strat (old). Kollman has been playing guitar since 1978, and straight from the shoulder discloses his career objective, "I want to be one of the L.A. session cats who get all of the major label record calls. Also I've been doing some producing. I would like to build up my producing credits and hopefully get a big selling record under my belt that would put me on the map as a serious producer. The last would be to keep building up the small indie label that I started in 1987 (Marmaduke Records) and get it to a level of a mini major (with major label distribution)."
When asked to finally make public his ultimate effect for the guitar, Kollman unflinchingly stated, "Univibe -- a la Jimi Hendrix," and continued by outlining his musicial goals, "I think capturing different moods and emotions without needing lyics to set the tone. I think the groove of the music is so important and finding your own tone or voice as a player." He eagerly hopes to, at some point, study and/or record with Chick Corea ("If I can ever reach that level of musicianship"), and is presently listening to everything but country, King's X, Pat Martino, anything from the big band to bebop era, Brazilian music, Tower Of Power and Messugah. His principal gratification? "When I've just finished a record. Especially if I produced it, and engineered it as well as wrote it. It's like your baby then," he explains absolutely.
 Kollman wraps up by mentioning current and approaching endeavors enthusiastically, by saying, "I'm doing post production and mixing a band from Florida that I've produced (Soapy Tuna). I'm also doing international clinics for Johnson, DOD, and Digitech. Territory covers New Zealand, Australia, Manilla, Thailand, Phillipines, Tokyo, and ends in Beijing, China. "
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Jeff Kollman to guitarists such as John Petrucci, Greg Howe, Doug Aldrich, Michael Schenker, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Reb Beach, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, Jason Becker, Cyril Achard, Joe Satriani and others.
Kollman's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several solo albums ("Into The Unknown", "Shedding Skin", "Schizoid", "Guitar Screams Live") and participation on a number of other recordings (Jason Becker Trib. "Warmth In The Wilderness", Kevin Chown "Freudian Slip (with Jeff Kollman)", Cosmosquad "Cosmosquad", Cosmosquad "Squadrophenia", Cosmosquad "Live At The Baked Potato", Cosmosquad "Acid Test", Crumb Bros. "The State Of Your Mind", Edwin Dare "Can't Break Me", Edwin Dare "My Time To Die", Edwin Dare "The Unthinkable Deed", Hughes-Turner Project "HTP 2", JKB "Bleeding The Soul", Vitalij Kuprij "Forward And Beyond", Magnitude 9 "Reality In Focus", Christopher Maloney "The Terrors Of Intimacy", Mistheria "Messenger Of The Gods", Mogg/Way "Chocolate Box", Sign Of 4 "Dancing With St. Peter").
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