{"id":140179,"date":"2018-06-22T20:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T19:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=140179"},"modified":"2018-06-23T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T09:31:14","slug":"wills-way-will-mcnicol-in-chengdu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=140179","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s Way – Will McNicol in Chengdu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Will \"Will<\/p>\n

It was a happy\u00a0coincidence that I bumped into Will McNicol<\/a> in Chengdu when I was on my way to my Mum\u2019s 96th birthday.<\/p>\n

I was met\u00a0at the airport by Will, Xu Bao and Joshua Jiao and rushed to a restaurant in an emergency food dash.<\/p>\n

Will had been touring China with his own super charged yet gentle brand of acoustic music which he played on a new crossover guitar<\/a> made by Martinez<\/a>. This is a nylon strung instrument with a longer neck (the neck meets the body at the 14th fret) and a slightly shallower body. Will had just played in Chengdu the night before, following on from ten or more concerts throughout China, ably assisted by Josh.<\/p>\n

After a wonderful lunch which culminated in the\u00a0smashing of a wine glass while I was on a swing (don\u2019t ask) we were joined by Alex Wang, CEO of Martinez. The following, slightly inebriated interview(s) discussing\u00a0the future of the guitar in China, connections, Will\u2019s music, life, the universe etc followed without further breakages .
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