The Guitar Hour Podcast

The guys chat with Joseph Anidjar and Joshua De La Victoria about their prog-tastic collaboration "Traveller". They discuss writing grooves of Skype, feeling odd time signatures and metric modulation, mixing modern guitar modern tones and lush videography!   The extended Patreon edition of this episode includes a deeper chat on guitar tone crafting, production techniques and the progression of the...

TGHP returns, with special guest Tosin Abasi! The boys chat to Tosin about his innovative technical approaches, love of modern jazz, inspiration, thoughts on his legacy, guitar hero status, and shaping the progressive landscape. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs...

Beebs has new toys and a new workflow, which leads the guys to reflect on the challenges and possibilities of being a one person production/creative guitar studio in 2021. They also fall into a discussion on the writing and planning of educational material, asking the question: how much knowledge should be assumed? This weeks' extended Patreon edit includes a classic (and lengthy) Quayle/Beebee ar...

Lockdown skill upgrades: Beebee learns to use a soldering iron; rewiring his custom boutique axe. The guys discuss dealing with noisy guitar when recording, the importance of listening to oneself in the moment when improvising, and Jake explains the thought process behind choosing a winner for his incredibly popular JTC jam track competition. This weeks' extended Patreon edit includes patron feedb...

It's a double drop. Dan releases his hybrid picking essentials lesson package and Jake lets loose the melodic minor masterclass with JTC. Tom has a right hand picking revelation and Beebs has a lazy legato revolution. It's a technique heavy episode guys, nerd up! This weeks' extended Patreon edit includes a reflection on the Jordan Rudess episode, Jake does a Louis Theroux impression and plenty of...

This week the Doctor, Beebee and Smith warmly welcome Dream Theater's keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess! It's not often a non guitar player joins the fray, but always hugely enjoyable when it happens :D  Jordan discusses his musical journey, what it was like attending Juilliard aged 9(!), practising, his new solo record 'A Chapter In Time', the upcoming Liquid Tension Experiment 3, the writing process...

We're back! Apologies for the short hiatus. This week Beebs, Quayle, Smith and the Doc dive deep into imposter syndrome, and how it can affect our musical identities as guitar players.   This week's extended Patreon edit has the guys talking about music production, electronic music and options paralysis.   If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can...

Coming off the back of last weeks' ep, and in the context of Jake's upcoming JTC Jam of the Month, the guys discuss how to get the 'perfect' solo take. The second big discussion is on the importance of jamming and if we're too biased as guitar players towards it. This week's Patreon edit sees guys share jam night horror stories, tips for surviving them. If you enjoy the show please consider suppor...

The boys return and get a bit ranty about social media. They also discuss the news of Mateus Asato stepping back from everything and react in realtime to the news of uber legend Chick Corea passing. This week's Patreon edit there's an extended discussion on guitar fakery and the mental health knock on. We learn Jake's tune FanFiction is a bit of a Tik-tok sensation with dancing toddlers and Beebee...

It's that time again, the once a year gear episode we allow ourselves. Beebs has solved the 'rubbery slippage' loose feel thing of the Helix, thanks to this week's guest John Cordy. Things turn towards no-NAMM chat, virtual NAMM chat and the interesting events of the last few weeks. There's a surprising amount of questions raised about Californian toilets (restrooms for our American listeners) and...

It's a power trio episode. Beebs, Dan and Jake discuss: Practising scales with the Solo app, getting some diminished stuff in the bag, Beebee's surprising lack of atrophy, and whether or not an exclusive 'listen and transcribe' mantra is a lazy approach to musical education. In this week's extended patreon edit Dr Willson gives us a figured bass 101 and the boys discuss slash chords. G over Eeeeee...

Beebee and Tom finally spill the beans about "Solo", their brand new app for developing fretboard visualization. They talk through what it is, how it works and how it came to life. Solo is available for iOS and yes yes yes, Android is coming! The episode morphs into a more general take on the concept of fretboard visualisation before the guys discuss their plans for the new year ahead. This week's...

Happy new year to you all! We all hope that 2021 is an improvement over 2020 for everyone, and we're kicking things off with our annual all star holiday special mega quiz! We have last year's champion Jens Larsen returning to defend the belt, and joining him and the regular rogues this year are past guests and friends of the pod: Ant Law, Jack Gardiner, John Nathan Cordy and Rhett Shull! This is t...

This week, the guys have the immense pleasure of welcoming to the show (to quote British royalty) "the genius, the master, of the space age guitar, Mr Steve Vai!   Yep, STEVE VAI! 🤯😻.   This is a deep one guys, and we cover... S t e v e ' s e x p e r i e n c e o f 2 0 2 0 . T h e P I A l a u n c h N A M M g i g . T h e " i n f i n i t y s h e l f ". C a n d l e P o w e r " j o i n t s h i f t i...

The guys are joined by the phenomenal player and all round grand chap, Mr John Wheatcroft. John is an incredibly versatile and seasoned player, also well known for contributing to the UK guitar magazine and education press. The guys talk about transitioning from rock to jazz, Gypsy jazz vocabulary as well as catching up with John's latest projects and recovery from a fairly serious brush with the...

In this bumper length episode the guys answer a common listener question and discuss (or argue profusely!) "How to get Started With Jazz & Changes Playing".   This weeks' Patreon bonus edit is enormous and very feisty! Essentially after finishing recording the guys immediately did another (hour+ long) show asking the follow up question, "Is the blues really a good starting point for learning jazz?...

The guys follow up on last week's Giant Steps episode with Jake and Beebee discussing practise and progress on the tune. We also get more on the subject of 'Guitar heroes' and answer listener email. In this week's longer Patreon edit, Dan and Beebs ponder the troubadour guitar life and potentially start a TGHP standard/song/jam of the month. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the pod...

This week the boys ask the question; "Do we really need to learn Giant Steps?" John Coltrane's seminal tune from the 1960 album of the same name. They take a closer look at what it is, why it's so notoriously tricky, how they've all tackled it in the past, and what you may or may not gain from attempting this ultimate jazz Tough Mudder. This week in the Patreon aftershow there's an extended follow...

The guys pick up on the muscle memory thread started in October's bonus episode, they deep dive the subject and Tom weighs in with his thoughts. Conversation then pivots to learning blues vocabulary, bebop language and if remembering changes actually makes us all play better? Dan ponders a question for the ages "What even is vocab bro?"   If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcas...

Jake and Dan welcome Australian guitar visionary Plini onto the podcast to talk about his new music, inspirations and the creative journey. This week's extended Patreon edit features some extra minutes with Plini and the guys: a behind the podcast sausage curtain, covid catch ups, and all the usual bants. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can...

This week the boys revisit the ever elusive concept of 'time feel', bringing in Jake's colleague Dr Milton Mermikides for a scholarly deep dive into the technique, theory and analysis of time feel. This week's extended Patreon edit features the longer chat with Milton, including guilty pleasures, subjectivity, and the snare sound on Metallica's St. Anger.   If you enjoy the show please consider su...

Jack Gardiner returns to the show and the guys pick up on the guitar hero theme Dan laid out last episode. Each rogue shares their own personal 'mt. rockmore' before discussing what it even means to be a 'guitar hero' in 2020. This week's longer patreon edit features an additional 30 minute argument about John Mayer, plus all the usual NSFW banter. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting...

EVH :( Pour one out dear listeners. TGHP doesn't often 'do a news', but we can not do an episode without acknowledging, remembering and celebrating a genuine goat. Eddie Van Halen. We kick things off however with a dissection of the YT lesson landscape and Tom launches new YouTube lessons - the first is a killer video on Lazy First Finger Syndrome - the enemy of your legato technique! This week in...

It's giveaway time! Thanks to the fine folks at Ibanez UK we are giving away an acoustic AE295 LGS. It's open to everyone, patron or otherwise and to enter all you have to do is comment and tag a friend on Tom's instagram post, then follow The Guitar hour Instagram account (Closes Oct 12th Links below) . After a brief covid catch up Beebee crashes the pod bus into a harmony hole - soloing over dim...

We're back, and weekly podcasts are resuming! This week the team chat about the 'red light recording syndrome', screwing up takes, plectrum material and debate various bending techniques/practice. In the Patreon after show edit there's more bending chat, ear training follow ups, pitching notes without a reference tone and plenty more bants.   If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the po...