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| Sevenstring.org Interview: Stéphan Forté of Adagio |
Interview: Stéphan Forté of Adagio
By: Jerich
In 1997, one year after he had been graduated from the famous music school CMCN, Stéphan Forté composed his first instrumental demo Visions, which is considered to be the starting point of the Adagio adventure. This demo, being very clearly Neoclassical-oriented, quickly helped Stephans name to be noticed among the guitaristic community and allowed him to sign his first endorsement deals with Godin guitars and Rocktron effects. - Adagio Official Website
 Jerich: For everyone who is not familiar with your accomplishments, could you fill us on everything you're involved with.
Stéphan Forté: My main focus is Adagio. I spend almost all my day working for the band, musically or buisness-wise. Apart from that, I write columns in 3 Guitar magazines in France. I also do masterclasses, clinics, and I give few guitar lessons to some very motivated students.
J: What are your current endorsements?
SF: Lag Guitars, DiMarzio, Hughes & Kettner Amplification, Elixir Strings, and Emagic:Logic audio Platinum. Also New Rock shoes - not very guitaristically interesting, but so fucking metal.
J: Tell us about your signature guitar, the LAG Stephan Forte' (The Beast!).
SF: This guitar is simply the ultimate weapon of shred. I wanted a seven string of course, with 27 frets. The pickup selector is positioned right under the middle finger of my right hand, and in circular shape to follow the move of the mike switching in an easier way. I change very often from bridge to neck, depending the kind of lick I'm actually playing. The volume knob is just next to the selector, under my little finger. n fact we've designed this guitar in function of my playing. Concerning the shape, I always loved thin guitars, so we did it as a Saber from another brand. We just needed to find the right balance between thinness and sound, so it took a bit of time. The neck is also custom - very thin with two titanium truss rods, and pretty flat. Touch is ebony, and the wood is flame maple.
J: What initially got you into sevens?
SF: The fact that everything you could play with six strings you could do with seven, but not the other way around. For the last eight years ago, I've decided to work on seven strings only.
 J: What type of string gauges and picks do you use?
SF: Strings are Elixir nanoweb 009-046 and 56 for the 7th.My picks are Dunlop jazz III black.
J: What do you have to offer the seven string community as a player?
SF: It's pretty difficult for me to say. [laughs] I don't know if I really bring something - I use my seveth string of course to have lower, and fatter guitar riffs and in lead, it's... [Read More]
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