Eric Clapton Live at Crossroads 2026

I have the privilege of spending an afternoon with Eric Clapton several years ago at his house in London but I had never seen him live and I have to say it was an absolute privilege and an honour to “witness the fitness” of Eric from the side of the stage, he really comes alive with energy, especially during the playing of Crossroads! Big thanks to  https://ift.tt/g1JzSlV for hooking this up, a great place to go and watch the whole festival for free 

John Mayer & Trey Anastasio - Crossroads 2026

Full backstage access passes at Crossroads Festival was pretty fucking awesome, huge thanks to @thenextcrossroads for hooking that up, shooting content for the official live stream was super fun. #robchapman #crossroadsfestival #johnmayer #treyanastasio

Modern Guitars are Made Better Than Vintage Guitars Were 

Vintage guitars were not made by expert Luthiers, in many instances they were made by artisans from furniture companies or even automotive. As a result, many of the early Electric Guitars from the top brands were in many instances built incorrectly 

I Can’t Believe I Found This!

This is absolutely classic, I just stumbled upon this purely by chance Rabea Massaad and Rob Chapman jamming the track Aeromancy from Dorje‘s first EP 

This PRS Tekton is Awesome!

I have the honour to be one of the first people to demonstrate the new PRS Tekton range whilst at Guitar Center just a few days ago, this hardtail version was my favourite 

$40 Vs $300 Overdrive Pedal Shootout

Chappers and the Captain at Andertons testing the Golden plexi against the Almighty Vemuram! Which do you think sounds better? Bearing in mind Golden plexi is worth about $40 and the Vemuram is worth roughly $300 

Insane Melodic Shred 

This is a clip from my recent chat with my friend Rusty @MetalRust1331 about his heavily customised Ibanez RG550. Can you believe all of that Tone is just coming from his Boss Katana mini