Per Nilsson: 2013 a year in review!


Per Nilsson
LEVEL 2013: COMPLETED

Last year was a pretty solid one for me, the best in quite some time actually! It started it out with the release of the Guitar Messenger-produced Per Nilsson instructional guitar DVD "Scar Guitar", followed by a cool Scar Symmetry solo contest won by the amazing Leonardo Guzman.

I joined The Absence, and we put out the single "Oceans" - we're now working on following it up with an EP.

I did a whole bunch of guest solos, for SYSTEM DIVIDE, Feared, Hannes Grossmann, Akeldama, David Maxim Micic and a bunch more that aren't publicly announced yet.

The real high note of 2013 was getting engaged to the love of my life, my best friend, the kindest and cutest girl I've ever known - Caroline I owe you everything!

In store for 2014 so far are: new music from Scar Symmetry, The Absence, KAIPA and Zierler Projects, and the launch of my signatureStrandberg Guitarworks / Astral EXR Systems seven string guitar that we've been working on for some time now. I'm super excited about my collaboration with guitar innovator Ola Strandberg and the companies that are bestowing their magic unto my new instrument - True Temperament, EMG Pickups and Livewire Guitars, LLC.

Best wishes for 2014, much love, success and good times to all of you!

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2014 will see the release of my first signature guitar: an Ola Strandberg-designed Strandberg Guitarworks /Astral EXR Systems seven-string solid body guitar, equipped with 27 True Temperament frets, EMG Pickups, a custom pickguard and a swirl paint job fromLivewire Guitars, LLC. Full details and specs will be revealed early 2014! — with Ola Strandberg and Per Nilsson.

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