Guitarist Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE) recently took part in a three-week Schecter guitar clinic tour through China, Indonesia and Taiwan. New footage from Jakarta, Indonesia can be seen below:

Footage of Loomis demoing his new LAG guitars can be seen below. The guitars will be featured on some of the songs on his upcoming as-yet-untitled solo album, to be released by Century Media in the spring of 2012.

Loomis returned to the studio at the end of August to record his sophomore solo album with key players contributing to the release. Aaron Smith (7 HORNS 7 EYES) will be producing the album.

Loomis commented: "He [Smith] has been a friend for a while now and has helped me out with various recording projects over the years. We've been working on demos and pre-production for the past few weeks and are very happy with the way things are turning out."

Loomis has also enlisted a group of musicians to back the project. Dirk Verbeuren of SOILWORK will be tracking drums, and Shane Lentz will be handling bass.

Loomis further comments: "Doing drums, as most of you know, is Dirk Verbeuren. I don't think there's really anything else I can add to that. His name just sort of speaks for itself. Up until about 2 weeks ago, I was planning on doing the bass parts myself but then saw this amazing bass player on YouTube and said to myself, 'I need to have him on the record'. I got in touch and was thrilled to find out he was into it. I'm really looking forward to hearing what he's going to be bringing to these songs."

In addition, Loomis plans on collaborating with a handful of other vocalists and musicians including Christine Rhodes, who previously contributed to Nevermore's Dreaming Neon Black album.