I am so genuinely happy and proud to have successfully completed the twenty-seventh Freak Guitar Camp together with all the amazing participants, guests and staff/friends. The Freak Guitar Camp somehow manages to get better with each passing year, a fantastic melting pot of people from all corners of the world coming together in the Swedish forest to celebrate their love of music and life itself. After a little rest, the preparations for 2026 begin; everything is booked and ready, and I can't wait to climb up on my old creaky barstool for another summer. It's the absolute best thing I know. A big thank you to our fantastic guests, B.C. Manjunath, Lior Ozeri, Guthrie Govan, Rob Marcello, Joakim Chordinero and Jan Zehrfeld. A huge thank you to the world's best "secret weapons" without which Freak Guitar Camp would have failed from day one: Fiffi Tjusling, Jörgen Tjusling, Linus "Mr. Gul" Abrahamson, Robert "Bob" Hansson, Peter and Heidi Ahlberg, and my incredible friend and sidekick Yogev Gabay.
A massive thank you to all the magical, dedicated camp participants who have come from near and far to play guitar until their fingers bleed (and bass... and drums). It is a great honor (and not something I take lightly) to lead this constructive madness in the midst of the Swedish wilderness.
You are all the best!
IA
PS. The picture shows a cool pick holder in the shape of a log with a campfire, made by camper Sönke Dentz and his reliable 3D printer.
PS II. There is a lot of groovy, new music coming this fall. More information coming soon.
PS III. I hope to see wonderful "freak friends" during upcoming trips to France, Japan, USA, Morocco, Switzerland, and Germany in the next bunch of months.
Freak Guitar Camp 2025 is since long sold out. However, as a result of multiple permanently canceled flights (due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East), we now have space for two additional campers during the second week (29th of July - 3rd of August), should you be interested. More information: freakguitar.com/fgc
I am tremendously pleased to say a pile of ULV 6, 7 and 8 guitars are now available in Japan through our friends and distributor Zanshin Musical Instruments. Please visit zanshin-musical-instruments.com/en/pages/freak-gui… for more information.
It's that time of year; black dot inferno! The absolutely marvelous, ingenious Linus "Mr. Gul" Abrahamson, a true notation wizard if there ever was one, is powering through the challenging Freak Guitar Camp music, track by track, like a true champion! I couldn't accomplish what I do without Linus; he's one of my invaluable assets. (He truly knows how to wrestle with the notation software, pushing it to do things it never knew it could!)
If you're ever in need of top-notch notation, Linus is your go-to person. I can't recommend him highly enough.
I've got to run—just eight more songs to complete before we wrap up (most of them in 81/16, of course)!
Got Guitars coming up the weekend at the incredible World of Volvo. There will be a Freak Guitar Clinic at 14:00 Saturday on the main stage and I will be present the entire weekend together with my friends from True Temperament as well as Johan Lundgren. Come try out the ULV guitars in the Freak Guitar Lab booth!
I am most delighted to do a Freak Guitar Weekend in Osaka 10th - 11th of May along with some cool guests in addition to the Osaka Sound Messe where we will bring the Ulv guitars to try out. Hope to see you groovy Japanese friends there!
I am delighted to do a Freak Guitar Clinic at Got Guitars 26th - 27th of April in the amazing, brand new World of Volvo building in Gothenburg. The Freak Guitar Lab wolf pack, Ulv 6, 7 and 8, will also be there for you to try out!
Mattias IA Eklundh
Mattias IA Eklundh
I am so genuinely happy and proud to have successfully completed the twenty-seventh Freak Guitar Camp together with all the amazing participants, guests and staff/friends. The Freak Guitar Camp somehow manages to get better with each passing year, a fantastic melting pot of people from all corners of the world coming together in the Swedish forest to celebrate their love of music and life itself. After a little rest, the preparations for 2026 begin; everything is booked and ready, and I can't wait to climb up on my old creaky barstool for another summer. It's the absolute best thing I know.
A big thank you to our fantastic guests, B.C. Manjunath, Lior Ozeri, Guthrie Govan, Rob Marcello, Joakim Chordinero and Jan Zehrfeld.
A huge thank you to the world's best "secret weapons" without which Freak Guitar Camp would have failed from day one: Fiffi Tjusling, Jörgen Tjusling, Linus "Mr. Gul" Abrahamson, Robert "Bob" Hansson, Peter and Heidi Ahlberg, and my incredible friend and sidekick Yogev Gabay.
A massive thank you to all the magical, dedicated camp participants who have come from near and far to play guitar until their fingers bleed (and bass... and drums). It is a great honor (and not something I take lightly) to lead this constructive madness in the midst of the Swedish wilderness.
You are all the best!
IA
PS. The picture shows a cool pick holder in the shape of a log with a campfire, made by camper Sönke Dentz and his reliable 3D printer.
PS II. There is a lot of groovy, new music coming this fall. More information coming soon.
PS III. I hope to see wonderful "freak friends" during upcoming trips to France, Japan, USA, Morocco, Switzerland, and Germany in the next bunch of months.
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Freak Guitar Camp 2025 is since long sold out. However, as a result of multiple permanently canceled flights (due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East), we now have space for two additional campers during the second week (29th of July - 3rd of August), should you be interested.
More information: freakguitar.com/fgc
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I am tremendously pleased to say a pile of ULV 6, 7 and 8 guitars are now available in Japan through our friends and distributor Zanshin Musical Instruments. Please visit zanshin-musical-instruments.com/en/pages/freak-gui… for more information.
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It's that time of year; black dot inferno! The absolutely marvelous, ingenious Linus "Mr. Gul" Abrahamson, a true notation wizard if there ever was one, is powering through the challenging Freak Guitar Camp music, track by track, like a true champion! I couldn't accomplish what I do without Linus; he's one of my invaluable assets. (He truly knows how to wrestle with the notation software, pushing it to do things it never knew it could!)
If you're ever in need of top-notch notation, Linus is your go-to person. I can't recommend him highly enough.
I've got to run—just eight more songs to complete before we wrap up (most of them in 81/16, of course)!
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Freak Guitar Weekend in Osaka coming up next week! Schedule for loads of strange Swedish playing along with groovy guests.
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Thank you for an absolutely marvelous weekend at Got Guitars and World of Volvo, for coming by and trying out our groovy ULV guitars!
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Got Guitars coming up the weekend at the incredible World of Volvo. There will be a Freak Guitar Clinic at 14:00 Saturday on the main stage and I will be present the entire weekend together with my friends from True Temperament as well as Johan Lundgren. Come try out the ULV guitars in the Freak Guitar Lab booth!
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I am most delighted to do a Freak Guitar Weekend in Osaka 10th - 11th of May along with some cool guests in addition to the Osaka Sound Messe where we will bring the Ulv guitars to try out. Hope to see you groovy Japanese friends there!
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I am delighted to do a Freak Guitar Clinic at Got Guitars 26th - 27th of April in the amazing, brand new World of Volvo building in Gothenburg. The Freak Guitar Lab wolf pack, Ulv 6, 7 and 8, will also be there for you to try out!
www.facebook.com/p/Gotguitars-100064105721538/
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Freak Guitar Lab - Ulv 6:
truetemperament.com/produkt/ulv-6-string-by-freak-…
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