The Guitar Hour Podcast

Ant Law returns, joining Tom, Beebs and Jake. They discuss Ant's recent adventures before delving into 4ths tuning (Ant tunes in 4ths, but not the same as TQ), juggling multiple musical identities, and a passionate re-evaluation of the "3 note per string" approach, yields surprising conclusions. In the Patreon aftershow the guys chew the fat and briefly review Petrucci's new album, Terminal Veloci...

Beebee, Jake and Dan delve deep into the bowels of melodic minor harmony, exploring the challenges it can pose on the guitar fretboard. Other news: Jake celebrates the release of his new JTC course 'Fretboard Navigation' & Beebee acquires a new imac and...a Rooster. In the Patreon aftershow the guys play more examples on guitar and Jake makes a discovery.   If you enjoy the show please consider su...

The Trooch, the whole Trooch and nothing but the Trooch.   This week TGHP guys are joined by the almighty progressive shred legend himself, John Petrucci!! (can you tell we're excited about this one?)   They discuss John's soon to be released second solo album "Terminal Velocity" and the freshly released title track. Topics include the background to the writing, recording and production process, c...

The boys explain the power of the functional method in context and also make some new discoveries about 4ths tuning and the power for connecting the visual and aural nature of the instrument. There's also more discussion on the 'reactive ear training' method and executive producers can download the practise pack resource when logged into Patreon.   In other news Beebee fights Virgin Media and Tom...

Beebee's FM3 has finally arrived, so who better to talk to about modelling and rubbery slippage than Leon Todd, the Ragdoll axe slinger and YouTube Fractal Audio guru! The guys discuss Leon's musical background, approach to playing, amp modelling, his band Ragdoll, playing with conviction and get some great tips on moving into the digital world for live use in particular. And yes...rubbery slippag...

Jake reports back with the results on his week of 5 hour daily practise sessions. He clarifies some of the objectives, misunderstandings and also highlights the pro's & con's of running this experiment. The extra minutes Patreon after show contains a longer section with Jake on guitar demonstrating some of the accidental ideas stumbled upon during the week. If you enjoy the show please consider su...

Inimitable Scouse-Swiss fretboard wizard Jack Gardiner returns to the podcast for an epic hang with Tom, Beebs and Jake. They discuss Jack's brand new debut record "Escapades", weaving improvised guitar playing amongst intricately composed material, and balancing original music with session/YouTube/education work. The extra minutes Patreon version contains the longer chat with Jack's thoughts on t...

Big day at TGHP headquarters: new logo, new website, Patreon refresh and merch!  This week the guys discuss Tom's new Ibanez TQM Japanese Custom Shop, nitrocellulose finishes, relic'ing and resources for learning music production. Jake shares his 5 hour practise plan and Dan sketches out his July practise goals. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where y...

This week the guys ponder the perfect practice schedule, and Jake sets everyone a challenge. In other news Tom gets organised, Dan has technical woes, Beebee is grumpy hot, and Jake releases a new JTC bootcamp product. This week's Patreon edit contains a bunch of pre/post show banter and a cut discussion on Steve Vai's new song Candle Power, and thoughts on the technique/term 'Joint-Shifting'. Epi...

This week Misha Mansoor (Periphery, Bulb) joins Tom Quayle, David Beebee, Jake Willson and Dan Smith. They talk about Misha's approach to music, guitar, optimising creative workflows, programming drums, virtual instruments and how to be diverse and self sufficient in today's music industry. This week's Patreon edit contains more recording, drum programming and behind the scenes chat. Support TGHP...

This week TGHP gets a visit from Aaron Marshall, creative mastermind and guitarist of INTERVALS. The guys chat about the writing process, production, pushing yourself creatively as well as the difficulty of trying to release and tour original music in a locked down, post-covid world. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic ext...

We're on a role with the guest episodes this month! The guys sit down with Nick Johnston to discuss writing, recording, technique maintenance & breaking from the social media treadmill. (Apologies for some plosive audio at times during this episode, we've done our best to reduce it but the occasional P and B might catch you off guard!) Nick Johnston Links Nickjohnstonmusic.com If you enjoy the sho...

The incredible Jonathan Kreisberg returns to TGHP to talk improvisation, writing, acquiring language/vocab, creativity and of course practising guitar. Jonathan is a long time friend of the podcast and it was a total pleasure to (virtually) catch up in this multi-hour mega hang! Jonathan was actually the very first guest way back on the old live streams circa 2016. You can check out those video in...

Wayne Krantz returns to the show, catching us up on the latest record, his Improviser's OS instructional book, what he's currently working on and much more. There's some heavy wisdom on the art of pure practise and creativity in this one! Apologies for mini-break/delay, technical difficulties at TGHP towers. Wayne's Links Wayne On Patreon Wayne On Bandcamp http://www.waynekrantz.com/ If you enjoy...

This week the guys talk about getting stuck in a playing or creative rut, and what you can potentially do to clamber out of it. (Warning: the words 'rut' and 'rutting' become rather humorous the more said out loud. Banterbus is full this episode). If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! Thanks for listening...

Cheeky extra bonus episode for you this week! In addition, those of you supporting us on Patreon will get access to the pdf materials and the video version ('extra minutes' + above). Tom and Beebee broadly chat chord scale theory, and then zoom in on some questions and points raised by previous episodes and on the facebook discussion group. Stay safe everybody! TGHP crew. If you enjoy the show ple...

This week Beebee, Quayle and Smith chat to Ross Campbell about his conscious, early decision to move from studying music at university to crafting an online guitar business. Topics include using YouTube as the primary audience builder, workflows and generating ideas, avoiding burnout, balancing practise with 'work' and of course, how Ross visualises the fretboard. Episode Links Ross Campbell Youtu...

Tom Quayle & David Beebee are joined by Levi Clay for a robust back-n-forth on building the chordal sound of a mode. Yes we're back into hardcore harmony territory again, so grab your emotional support animal and favorite whiskey - it's gonna get nerdy! Despite the click baity titles (a subject we discuss in the episode) this is fun, civilised discussion. Thanks to Levi for coming on and playing a...

Tom Quayle, Jake Willson & David Beebee sit down for a virtual hang with modern master Tim Miller. They discuss Tim's background and musical histroy, technique, sound, composition, ear training, teaching and fretboard visualisation. This might be the smoothest, most legatoee podcast episode ever! Tim's Links www.timmillermusic.com Tim's Tuition Site - Internet Guitar Lessons Tim's Albums If you en...

Jake returns with some things on his mind! He looks back on the last 3 years of professionally playing in the high pressure show world of London's West End and talks to Dan (and half of a Beebee) about what he's learned and how the experience has shaped his playing, confidence and match-fitness. The guys discuss ways to over prepare for the task at hand and raise your overall game in the process. ...

Tom Quayle & Beebs are joined by the Lee Wrathe to talk about his unique career in the guitar industry. Lee is currently marketing director and head demonstrator for Ibanez UK and Laney with Headstock distribution, but was working in the UK Police force just 6 short years ago. There's a lot of wisdom in this episode for anyone thinking about changing careers later in life or just getting into the...

Modelling! Beebs steps boldly into 2012 getting an Axe FX II - just as Fractal finally starts to ship the FM3! 😹 Also this week Tom Quayle, David Beebee and Dan Smith dig into picking technique, phrasing, string gauges and their effects on intonation. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! Thanks for list...

They boys briefly discuss technique, posture and health problems before pivoting into a difficult discussion on the unique problems of guitar education, and what it takes to be an effective guitar teacher. If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! Thanks for listening and all your continued support, especiall...

Tom, Beebs & Jake are in Santa Monica after NAMM 2020. In this beer and nahcho fueled episode the guys recount the Steve Vai PIA guitar press and the mind blowing accompanying gig! They also report back with hands-on experience with the upcoming Neural DSP Quad Cortex and tour the Ibanez LA Custom Shop. Back to the hardcore harmony and fretboard nonsense next week! If you enjoy the show please con...

Hi guys, apologies for the mini-break these last couple of weeks. Circumstances beyond our control meant a bit of a gap, but we're back and catching up! This week Quayle & Beebee are in the car, airport bound chewing over the upcoming big gear announcements. In part 2 over on the Patreon feed, they discuss harmonic minor and melodic minor over a minor II-V-I and parallel and derivative thinking wh...