Pete is excited to be a part of the amazing film: Ampire: The Sound Of Music. The film is "a fun peek into the evolution of ‘Sound’: the Amp and the ever changing voice it has given the guitar. Ampire is loaded with laughs, great behind the scenes stories,...
The Classic Rock Show – UK Tour 2020
Pete Thorn will be joining The Classic Rock Show for their UK 2020 Tour! The Classic Rock Show perform legendary classics from Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, Queen, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, and more. Performed with note-for-note precision, bringing the original iconic and...
DistroKid VIP Discount
Pete Thorn uses DistroKid to distribute his music and has been discussing it during his clinics throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. If you want to get your music up on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other DSPs fast, then DistroKid can't be beat. Click here for a VIP...
“SMALL RIG, HUGE TONES” Europe Clinics 2019
Pete Thorn is bringing his new guitar clinic, “SMALL RIG, HUGE TONES” to Europe! In this clinic, Pete will take participants through the process he uses to sculpt word-class guitar tones and produce guitar-based music. Pete will be showing how he integrates world-class tube amps, like the new Suhr...
New Album – Pete Thorn II
The PledgeMusic campaign was a great success and I’d like thank everyone that pledged to help support the new album, Pete Thorn II. Those that did pledge can download the album in mp3 or Flac here. We are working to get the CDs signed and shipped with Tees and...
NAMM 2018 Announcements
NEW MUSIC & NEW COLOR NEW MUSIC Dirty Town... the first single from my forthcoming new album. I wanted to do a track that paid homage to the fun old school rock and roll swing and ferocious playing I heard on songs like “Satch Boogie” and “Hot For Teacher”....
New Clinics – Recording & Production For The Modern Guitarist
In conjunction with Suhr guitars, Pete Thorn has developed a clinic called Recording & Production For The Modern Guitarist. In the clinic Pete will demonstrate how he writes and produces his guitar based music. The main focus will be on recording guitar, and there will also be info on...
Guitar Compressors Explained
I recently posted a Youtube video about compressors, specifically guitar pedal compressors (although the info in the video could be applied to studio hardware compressors as well as plug in compressors used in DAW’s like Protools, etc). I made this video, and I’m writing this companion blog piece, because...
New Website
Welcome to the new PeteThorn.com! Way overdue, but I’ve finally got a new website. Thanks to my pal Dennis Martin for designing it! He really did a terrific job. Please sign up and become a member of the community. I aim to drop into the forums often and interact,...
Headed Back To Japan!
I’m excited to be heading back to Japan in August 2017 to perform with Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi at the legendary Budokan! More details soon…