Guitar Tales

Dave and Scott take a deep dive into the importance of practicing and ask if musicians get discouraged or encouraged by their musical peers. With all the content on line, the competition is fierce. Does that bother you?

Publicist Scott Guitarmacist Engel's Dad had some advice over the years, and they've been collected into 10 "Bandmendments". Scott and Dave go over all 10 with some funny stories and great memories!

Our very first guest joins us from the United Kingdom! Becky Baldwin talks about the music scene in the UK, her influences, her gear, her band Fury and we count how many times Dave says "POND". Listen for the "ding"!

Joe Normal is an alternative, americana, indie, pop, rock, songwriter artist from Los Angeles, CA. Joe checks in with Dave to talk about glam rock, England, Howard Stern and of course his early influences and guitar heroes! Video available on YouTube!

Intermezzo! The show between the shows! Dave and show publicist Scott Guitarmacist Engel chat about cheap guitars!

Paul Nelson is an American blues and rock guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. He has played and/or recorded alongside artists such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and members of the Allman Brothers Band! Paul joins Dave from tour to talk about coming out of the pandemic and his good friend Johnny Winter!

Lap steel rocker Matt Bradford joins Dave to talk about his unique style of playing, tone, boutique stomp boxes and his work with the charity Rock to Recovery!

Lawyer Thomas Jannarone goes through a master class in legal issues facing bands and musicians. The Do's, Don'ts and maybes of the legal pitfalls that can plague any entertainer!

Dorian Cheah is an electric violinist, composer and Emmy-nominated songwriter. His music is a genre-fluid experience combining his classical roots with a passion for the visceral power of rock and roll and modern electronic elements.

Liz Roberts of Girlbossanova chats with Dave about the local music scene and taking on the rock and roll world as a woman.

Moriah appears for a second time on GT! Since her cover of Heart's Barracuda went viral 2 years ago, she has been capturing the attention of the rock world with her band Plush! She talks about life on the road and touring with the likes of Alice In Chains, Slash, Myles Kennedy and her tour with the legendary Transiberian Orchestra! She also talks about what's next for Plush in 2023!

Professional face melter Phil X joins Dave to talk about being a guitar nerd and his rise to being one of the most sought after session players in the world including his work with Bon Jovi!

17-year-old Rock artist Sierra Levesque is going to help lead the NEW GENERATION of Rock 'N Roll!

Chris joins Dave to chat about bridezillas, DJ life, piano man life and his work with Kindness for Christopher! PLUS a few musical performances!

The Tone King joins Dave to talk tone and his experience as a long time influencer on YouTube!

Jake C Miller joins Dave to discuss his role in playing Eddie Van Halen!

You've seen his videos on TikTok, YouTube and Facebook! Now hear the backstory of how Anthony Parker grew his social media following and the perils along the way. And yes, we talking about the trolls and haters.

If you saw the Guitar Tales intro and the very first episode featuring Scott Guitarmacist Engel, then you may have seen the tricked out, flamed yellow shredder guitar made by our guest Kevin Butts of Killer B Custom Guitars! Kevin and Dave take a deep dive into guitar design.

Erin checks in from Arkansas to talk about gigging, gear and her experience as a former Guitar Center employee!

Dave chats with one of the leading experts on guitar pick-ups, Dylan from Dylan Talks Tone! He covers the most important part of any guitar tone....the pick-ups!

You've seen here viral videos all over the place! She rocks the electric violin like her rock guitar idols. We are thrilled to have her on the show to talk about her Bella Strings and Femmes of Rock shows!

New York guitarist Joel Hoekstra currently plays for Whitesnake and Trans Siberian Orchestra. Joel is also well-known for his work with: Cher, Night Ranger, the Broadway show Rock of Ages, his fill in work with Foreigner, annual sets on the Monsters of Rock Cruise and recording projects like VHF and Echobats. He is also a frequent columnist for Guitar World Magazine.

Rob joins Dave to talk about gear, early influences and his latest album "Transcendence".

Jackie Venson, an R&B/Soul artist from Austin Texas, joins Dave to talk about her creative process, her 5 epiphanies and the Hammond organ!

Stacy sits down with Dave to talk about his long successful career in TV and film scoring as well as his involvement with writing She's Like the Wind with Patrick Swayze for Dirty Dancing!