We were very proud to have Favourite Nations artist Rob Balducci present a masterclass at school recently.  Rob has released a couple of albums on Steve Vai's record label, and is in the process of recording the next. He was touring in the UK, so he had to drop in at the UK's best guitar school and share some of his secrets with the students! Rob has a unique guitar sound and approach, combining lightning chops with his own take on melody and harmony. Once they got started the questions came thick and fast, and Rob's very balanced musical background meant he gave great answers and advice to the audience, from his preferred wah, to how to build up chops like he has in spades!  He also bought in his touring band, in essence treating us to a gig at school. Rob's a native New Yorker, and as he said to the audience "you guys are so lucky. There's nothing like this that exists in NY, and you should make the most of it!" We couldn't agree more.