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Guitar Idol at Gand

Guitar Idol 2008 Finalists

1st Place: DJ Arrigo
2nd Place: Sam Gelfand
3rd Place: Will Jacobs
4th Place: Christian Von Kreuter
5th Place: Chuck Mulvey

Honorable Mentions
Jason Lewis, John Wiegand, David Velasco, Joe Hampton,
Kenny Bro, and Jimmy Friedman

Contestants who participated in the final round who received honorable
mentions were awarded a gift bag of prizes from D'addario, Planet Waves
and Gand Music & Sound

You can see Jimmy Friedman's playing a Jaco Pastorius bass solo on stage
for the final round at Gand Music & Sound's Guitar Idol 2008 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8L0Ag4Qug

1st Place Winner DJ Arrigo was awarded a 2008 Breedlove
DM200/SM Acoustic Guitar with Breedlove Gigbag.

(Left to Right - Mitchell Green, Guitar Idol Champion from 2007, DJ Arrigo,
Bob Tjarks, Manager, Gand Music & Sound).

2nd Place Winner Sam Gelfand was awarded a
2008 Ibanez RG350DX Electric Guitar.

(Left to Right - Jim Heath from Ibanez, Sam Gelfand,
Bob Tjarks, Manager, Gand Music & Sound).

3rd Place Winner Will Jacobs was awarded a
Yamaha AE500BS Electric Guitar.

(Left to Right - Sam Varma, Yamaha guitar product specialist,
Will Jacobs, Bob Tjarks, Manager, Gand Music & Sound).

4th Place Winner Christian Von Kreuter was awarded a M-Audio
Firewire Solo audio interface and ProTools M-Powered software.

(Left to Right - Rasheed Thomas, Digidesign/M-Audio product specialist,
Christian Von Kreuter, Bob Tjarks, Manager, Gand Music & Sound).

5th Place Winner Chuck Mulvey was awarded a
Gator Case Pedal Tote Effects Case.

(Left to Right - Chuck Mulvey, Bob Tjarks, Manager, Gand Music & Sound).

Preliminary Round Dates
Wednesday, April 4th at 6:30pm | View Photos
Wednesday, April 11th at 6:30pm | View Photos
Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30pm | View Photos


Finals
Wednesday, April 25th at 6:30pm | View Photos