Name: Marcel Coenen
Band/Project: Sun Caged, Stormrider, System Pilot, Time Machine, Solo
Website: http://www.marcelcoenen.com , http://www.myspace.com/marcelcoenen
Bio: Marcel Coenen is mostly well known from his bands Sun Caged and Stormrider with whom he has international success. He also has a very rich solo career and he released two albums, a live DVD and an Instructional DVD for guitar until now under his own name. Marcel has his own signature guitar series called the MC series. They are available in 6 and 7 string versions with different specs. Marcel is also part of the Dutch G3 together with Joop Wolters and a third guitarist who will change.
Instrument: MC-6, MC-7
Name: Gordon Groothedde
Band/Project:
Website:
Bio: Gordon, successful producer from amongst others Intwine, K-Otic and Jovink, is one of the few artists in the Netherlands who has his own guitar model. In cooperation with Bo~el he has an awesome instrument which carries his name. The guitar is available in different styles and adjustable to your own needs.
Instrument: GG75, GG100, GG200, GG Classic
Name: Dany Lademacher
Band/Project: ex-Herman Brood, Paris Dandies, Xander, Radio's
Website: http://www.danylademacher.nl/
Bio: Dany is a well known guitarist from The Netherlands, he used to play with Herman Brood and his Wild Romance. See here a video of Dany playing on the S-03 Dragon 2 at Dutch National Television at a program called "Pauw en Witteman":
Name: Bjorn Koenen
Band/Project: Loedder, Time Machine
Website: http://www.loedder.com
Bio: Bjorn is currently active in the all round cover band Loedder, he also plays together with Marcel Coenen in the Joe Satriani tribute band Time Machine.
Instrument: MC-7
Name: Joop Wolters
Band/Project: Lalu, Solo
Website: http://www.myspace.com/joopwolters
Bio: Joop Wolters is one of the best guitarists in The Netherlands. He already worked together with a big impressive list of artists and he released a couple of solo CD's under his own name. Joop is also part of the Dutch G3 together with Marcel Coenen and another always changing guitarist.
Instrument: KIM, GG, MC-7
Name: Rene Hoornweg
Band/Project:
Website: http://www.sanctusmetal.com
Bio: Rene wrote: I finally found a guitar that's larger than life! Bo~El is worldclass, especially the MC7. Forget all other brands, it's a must-have for all serious Metal heads !
Instrument: MC-7
Name: Hans Wijnen
Band/Project: Reason To Kill
Website: www.myspace.com/hanswijnen
Bio: Hans is the ambitious guitarist of the band Reason To Kill and he played in the Belgian band The Quiescent before. Hans spent one year at the rock academy and there he discovered the wonderful instruments of Bo-El. He had a MC6 Black DOT before and recently he switched to a MC7.
Instrument: MC-7
Name: Tim Wolvetang
Band/Project: Mitrumothy, Black Knight
Website: http://www.mitrumothy.nl
Bio:
Instrument: MC-7, MC-6 (adjusted), GG Classic
Name: Conrad Hultermans
Band/Project: X-TinXion, 666 "The Nightmare", Solo
Website: http://www.conradhultermans.com
Bio:
Instrument: MC-6
Name: Sebas Honing
Band/Project: Nimble Feet, Unleaded Blood, Elemental Journey,
Legend's Ghost, Corsair, Solo
Website: http://www.myspace.com/sebashoning
Bio: Sebas plays merely prog and symphonic rock. He studies at the Rotterdam Pop Academy (RPA, a part of Codarts) and he plays in a lot of bands and projects (in which he is the youngest guy). His MC7 is his first 7-string and it became his main axe. He says: 'This guitar is just built a lot better then all my other instruments!'.
Instrument: MC-7 TOL Natural
Name: Rob Ouwehand
Band/Project: Carthago, Coverrob
Website: www.myspace.com/carthagomusic, www.myspace.com/robouwehand
Bio: Rob is the guitarist for “female fronted progmetalband” Carthago. He also plays the guitar in a rock cover band called Coverrob. Rob says: "What I especially like so much about the MC7 is that the guitar has a terrific sound which cuts right through the mix and that the guitar is so easy to play on!".
Instrument: MC-7 TOL Natural, MC-7 TOL Dutch Purple
Name: Bart Van Ginkel
Band/Project: Izegrim
Website: http://www.izegrim.nl
Bio:
Instrument: MC-7 TOL Black
Name: Arnold Slaghek
Band/Project:
Website: http://arnoldslaghek.punt.nl/
Bio: Arnold is a teacher Dutch, English and Music on the Rietveld Lyceum School in Doetinchem, The Netherlands. He also teaches Flamenco Guitar at the music school in Zutphen, The Netherlands.
Instrument: MC-6
Name: John Brok and Wiger Fels
Band/Project: House Of Pancakes
Website: http://www.houseofpancakes.tk
Bio:
Instrument: John: MC-7 TOL, black, Wiger: MC-7 Dutch Dot, red
Name: Bart Spaan
Band/Project: Breeze allroundband
Website: http://breeze.vanderlip.nl
Bio: As a fan of the band "The Shadows" Bart only played on that one well known guitar brand. When he heard and saw a perfect demo of Marcel Coenen he decided to buy a Bo-El MC6 to play the more heavier stuff at home. Bart noticed very soon that the MC-6 is a very great all round guitar and that it is even perfect for playing "The Shadows" music. Currently Bart takes his MC-6 everywhere, simply because it is the best and most versatile guitar he owns !!
Instrument: MC-6
Name: Bram Dewachter Band/Project: producer/engineer, Japanese tour Galanor, Hello Madness, ANewMachinE, IAPETOS, ex-Cardamon (a.o.) Website: www.myspace.com/bramdewachter Bio: Started playing at eleven years old, after a lot of bands and gigs he started studying at the Rock Academy, nowadays also a lot of bands and working as a producer/engineer for studio's like Excess studio's in Rotterdam. Instrument: MC-7, MC-6 FB
Name: Rob Kraak
Band/Project: Serious Damage, Sidewalk Rock
Website:
Bio: guitarist for classic rock band Serious Damage and bluesrock/symph. rock band Sidewalk Rock
Instrument: Bo El S03 Cateye, Bo-El flattop
Name: Noud Smeets
Band/Project: Edge Of Serenity, Grain, Solo
Website:www.edgeofserenity.com , www.noudsmeets.com, www.grainmusic.com
Bio: Noud is a solo guitarist who's first solo-album will be released in 2009. Besides he also plays in the band Edge of Serenity and as a guitarist for singer/songwriter Grain.
Instrument: Bo El MC7
Name: John Dekkers
Band/Project: No-ID, Bonneville
Website: http://www.no-id-ehv.nl
Bio: John plays in 2 cover bands with rock music, now with a Bo-El MC-6 Black, it is so beautiful ! With a lot of possibilities !
Bonneville = 70´s and No-ID = blues and rock from 70's till now.
Instrument: MC-6 Black
Name: Marc Van De Graaf
Band/Project: OffWhite & diverse projects
Website: http://OffWhite.nl & http://RyCooder.nl
Bio: Marc is a multi instrumentalist, therefore he is attached to different projects. He has about 14 instruments, the GG classic is his first choice for electric gigs.
Instrument: GG-Classic
Name: Kevin Bloemen
Band/Project: Withhold
Website: http://www.myspace.com/withholdmetal
Bio: After finishing his classical guitar education Kevin started to focus on electric guitar. The band where Kevin currently is part of is called Withhold and they play Thrash Metal, without the well known grunts. They reside in Overpelt (BE) and exist somewhat longer then 2 years. The band got together out of a Metallica tribute band called "The Four Horsemen", with whom they played all kind of stages in and around The Netherlands. Right after that they started writing their own songs and in 2007 their first demo was released called 'Bite The Bullet'. On this you will find 4 energetic songs with the necessary soloing, right about half an hour of thrash metal. Instrument: MC-6
Name: Hans van Zandvoort
Band/Project: Midnight, Messed Up
Website: http://messedup.org
Bio:
Instrument: S03-E, S03-P90, MC-6
Name: Eef Van Den Dam
Band/Project:
Website:
Bio:
Instrument: MC-7 TOL Black
Name: Dirk Hemink Band/Project: Dave Burgess Band Website:http://www.daveburgessband.nl Bio:
Instrument: Cateye S03-P90
Name: Paul Van Den Honert Band/Project: Mickey Finn Website:
Bio: Started playing in 1960, he started with the band Mickey Finn in 1967.This band disbanded in 1974 after Paul played Flamenco with Carel Janssen for 10 years. Nowadays Mickey Finn is back alive in the original line up, they play mostly special occasions. Repertoire late sixties, begin seventies.
Instrument: MC-6 Dot Amber Burst
Name: Ricardo Falcao
Band/Project: Forgotten Suns
Website: http://www.forgotten-suns.com
Bio: Ricardo is the guitarist and founder of the Portuguese progressive band Forgotten Suns. With 2 released albums (Fiction Edge/2000 and Snooze/2004) he is in the studio preparing the third record and he chose Bo-El guitars as his main axes. Ricardo says: "I've got hooked by Bo-El Guitars since the first glance, it's without a doubt the "true progressive guitar", when you hold on and play one of these, be prepared for a lifetime experience !"
Instrument: MC-7, MC-6
Name: Edwin vd Werf
Band/Project: Greyhead
Website: http://www.myspace.com/greyheadmusic
Bio: Greyhead is located in the north of the Netherlands. The band's music is a mix of southern-roots-americana-rock and blues music in the tradition of John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Jayhawks etc.
Instrument: S03-E
Name: Marvin Lemmens
Band/Project:
Website:
Bio: Marvin is a guitar student from Marcel Coenen and because of that he is now also addicted to the Bo-el.
Instrument: MC-6 Sharkfin FR Natural
Name: Pieter Descan
Band/Project:
Website:
Bio: Pieter has won a Bo-El Mach 2 Natural because of a contest about the movie "Wild Romance". Here he gets his price in the showroom of Bo-El in Zutphen by Huub Boel himself.
Instrument: Mach-2 Natural
Name: John Rovers
Band/Project: Project Fear
Website: http://www.projectfear.nl
Bio: John Rovers is guitarist from the band Project Fear
Instrument: MC-7, 2 X MC-6
Name: Eduard Papen
Band/Project: Project Fear
Website: http://www.projectfear.nl
Bio: Tthe singer (Eduard, front left on the picture) of this progmetal band also plays at Bo~el guitars.
Instrument: MC-6
Name: Ray van Lente
Band/Project: ex-Delain
Website:
Bio:
Instrument: MC-7, MC-7 DOT
Name: Ron Hoekstra
Band/Project: Moondiver
Website: http://www.moondiver.com
Bio: Ron, also known as the previous singer of the band Splinter, also has an endorsement with Bo~el. He plays on a Cateye S03. A great guitar with a sound which is just as great.
Instrument: S-03
Name: Peter Verhey
Band/Project: The GRiT, ex-Crazy Train
Website: http://www.thegrit.nl , http://www.myspace.com/thegrit1
Bio: The Dutch rock band "The GRiT" have a new bassist, his name is Peter Verhey, he is the previous bass player from the Ozzy Osbourne tribute band Crazy Train. He plays on a 5 string custom made jazz Model, this bass is the only Bo-El Bass guitar ever made until now, especially for Peter. A beautiful natural jazz bass. The exceptional thing of this bass is, except for the fact that it is really the only one, it has a mother of pearl inlay in the fret board.
Instrument: The one and only Bo-El Bass guitar, especially made for Peter.
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