I discovered Pasquale Grosso on youtube during the pandemic. I was instantly a fan. Pasquale takes what some of my favorite pickers, like Bill DeArango and Chuck Wayne, were doing in the mid 40’s to a whole new level. Needless to say I was thrilled to find out Pasquale was using one of my pickups on his latest Trenier archtop! You can check out more of Bryant’s beautiful work here.

You can catch Pasquale playing around NYC and Birdland is posting live clips on their youtube channel. Here’s one from last week of Pasquale playing Frank Vignola’s guitar night. The whole 1 1/2 hour show is incredible, but if you’re in a hurry check out Pasquale playing ‘I’ve Never Been in Love Before’ as a solo at the 57 minute mark.