The Guitar Hour Podcast

Dan, Beebs and TQ sit down to discuss the idea of a core minimal skill set that's been floated briefly on previous episodes. What it is, why it might be important to be aware of, and then go on to talk about the various contexts of their own work and the skills required to pull it all of - musical or otherwise.   SHOW LINKS www.youtube.com/tq105 - the live stream show on Tom's channel www.theguita...

Up this week: Beebs, Smith and Quayle are joined by YouTube educator and jazz guitarist Jens Larsen to talk about the success of his channel and.his musical background. They then delve into a huge fretboard visualisation discussion that, shock-horror, is not 3nps vs caged...AND stays civil haha!   EPISODE LINKS Jens Larsen http://www.youtube.com/jenslarsen https://www.patreon.com/jenslarsen/overvi...

This week the boys are joined by super talented Sam Bell to discuss his life as a session guitarist, solo artist, educator and work in the tech metal band Mask of Judas. They wade deeper into the imposter syndrome from last week and Sam talks about some of the issues around his musical identity. Things then circle back to guitar in higher education and the start of an intriguing new commercial mus...

This week Dan pulls Beebee out of the theory thunderdome to talk about the 'new' John Coltrane lost album: Both Directions At Once, Beebs' big Fibenare travel news and dealing with imposter synrome as a shy Englishman. They also answer some questions pulled from the discussion group whlist fending off those #evilbronsybants Thanks for the questions guys: Richard Allen, Christopher Bedward, Matt Bi...

This week Smith n Beebs get meta sharing how they create online guitar content and how they record and produce the podcast. Apologies for the lack of chapters and show notes this week guys. Back to normal next week!

Dan returns this week bringing our good friend Jake Willson with him. Topics on the table: Can you be an 'authentic' or 'legit' guitarist in many or all styles? Setting up guitars, Updates on Jake's album progress. Beebs and Jake also reflect on their recent trip to Budapest Hungary visiting the Fibenare guys in the workshop of dreams. Finally Jake takes everyone to school with a new term: genre s...

Beebs sits down with Tom Quayle to chat about his upcoming European tour with Martin Miller, the core minimal skillset required for any given job/gig, and the potential difficulties of living between the cracks of rock and jazz as a modern guitarist - and appealing to both audiences. Big thanks to Tom stepping in for this emergency episode. Dan, Brons and Beebs recorded 12a the night before and du...

Beebs is away in Budapest at the Fibenare workshop designing dream guitars and drinking far too much Palinka. So this week we have an audio rip from a recent TGH Live Stream. The guys follow up on the epic modal discussion of Ep 25 and get Tom's thoughts on where the source of the confusion might be coming from. Plus lots of playing and the usual bants.    THE SHOW www.youtube.com/tq105 - the live...

Together in person @ the Cat Cave the guys discuss Beebs' newfound love for Hobbycraft, Ikea blackout blinds and filming a new guitar tutorial. More on the Facebook discussion group and some Satriani follow up. Dan then posits a somewhat controversial, and not at all click-baity topic...."Are guitarists inherently less musical than other instrumentalists'. Apologies, the audio might be not as up t...

After sharing the obligatory weekly gig woes, Beebs and Smith follow up on Bruce Forman's mother tunes list and reacc to jam sesssion horror stories. We're also celebrating 10 shows with a giveaway next week to all those of you that join our Facebook discussion group. Main topic this week is AXE FIGHTS! So an old Ritchie Blackmore interview surfaced giving his not entirley complimentary thoughts o...

We're back to duo format! The boys catch up on recent gigs, hangs and jams before pre-announcing (is that a thing?) a giveaway competition to help build a TGH community. The big topic this week is Bruce Foreman's top 10 tunes for jazz beginers, and their thoughts and experiences. Finally Dan talks about listening in on a foreign jam sesh and the fear they can induce! NOTES & LINKS Guitar Wank 99v...

Ever expanding, the boys bring back Bronsy and add special guest Jake Willson for an in-depth discussion on the compositional process. They also wax sentimental over Gibson and chapter 11, Bronsy delivers some sick burns, before chatting about crowdfunding a guitar album and Nita Strauss' recent and ridiculously successful kickstarter campaign. The Latest Guitar Hour Live Stream Books Jake cites T...

Smith n Beebs go deeper down the shred hole and catch up with Dave Brons. They ask him about his experience learning at the Guitar Institute in London. The guys also discuss flying with guitars, and Beebee's upcoming trip to the magical Fibenare factory in Hungary.

Beebs and Dan follow up on their experiences this week with different amp modellers. Yes it's MORE gear chat, what on earth is going on here? However all that pales in comparisson to the following epic modes rant. After weeks of threatening this topic, they finally discuss why so many guitarists get wrapped up in knots over modes. Strap in, we run a bit long on this one.

Yet again NOT waking up at the crack of noon, Beebs and Smith talk guitar gear, GAS, and Dan's desire to get great recorded guitar tone. We also discover why David was playing gigs in surgical gloves and follow up with more guitar eduction thoughts after Dan (momentarily) goes back to Uni. Today we're brimming with your favourite 2009 internet memes, so grab your juggalo juice, coffee or beverage...

Good morning guitar geeks. We're coming at you bright and early this week! Smith and Beebs follow up on the creativity discussion from last week. They also find peace with questioning their love for the instrument, before pondering the potential differences between the UK jazz guitar colleges and modern/contemporary guitar colleges. Other things concluded in today's episode: Beebs is falling apart...

Dan and Beebs are joined by a familiar voice and recount their tehcnical woes of starting a podcast. More TGHQ updates before the big discussions on... Content creation and quality vs quantity; compositional ponderings, and how do you get into the mental space of actually putting ass to seat to get guitar work done. Most importantly if TGH were the Fantastic 4, who's who?!

Beebs and Smith attempt there first double-ender from across the Pennines. They ask who are the guitar heroes of today? Debate the pros and cons of the UK grade exam system and how to balance teaching to them Vs musical life skills. The famous bassist Dave Gilmour and the Millenial Whoop come up too.

Long time no speak! Beebs and Smith sit down to catch you up with TGH in this new, off the cuff Extra Minutes podcast. They briefly argue the merits of cats before going behind TGH scenes in the Thread of Doom, cruise ship work and ponder sight reading for guitar. Dan compares Beebs' educational output to the literary greats and they also ask the question, 'just when is a thing you gone dun good e...

Another bonus episode. Here, Dan and Beebee interview the truly amazing modern Jazz guitarist Gilad Hekselman.

Season 4 episode 2. This week Tom tapes up our fingers and set the challenge. We discuss our desert island rigs and gear we can't get passed the look of. Moar jamming and Q&A. It's The Guitar Hour!    Links patreon.com/theguitarhour giladhekselman.com theguitarhour.com tomquayle.co.uk dansmithguitarist.co.uk davebrons.com davidbeebee.com

TGH guys got to interview the phenomenal guitar player Allen Hinds whilst on a recent trip to winter NAMM 17. If you'd like to help support the show you can donate to our patreon or buy some swag over at our web store. Hope you enjoy, if you have any feedback for us send an email to hello@theguitarhour.com  or send a message to our Facebook page. Thanks for listening! Beebee Links allenhinds.com t...

The boys are back for season 4 with upgraded voice and guitar audio! Namm updates Jonathan Kreisberg gig/masterclass Tom's Challenge (broke his elbow so takes over from Dan) Main Discussion we talk about time management for musicians Poll Jam Q&A Links www.theguitarhour.com www.tomquayle.co.uk www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk www.davebrons.com www.davidbeebee.com

We're back! We kick season 3 off with a summer catchup and discussion on our earliest influences. Dan challenges us as ever, and we do lot's of jamming and answer Q&A. Please support us on  Patreon  if you can!  Beers : jamtlands hell Swedish Brew! Dan's Challenge Backing Track - Minor Blues Hands On Links: Main Jam Backing Track - Funky Blues in A Poll Jam Backing Track - Fast Country Blues in C...

(Audio starts at 3m28s - sorry about that!) For the season 2 finale we interview Daniel Steinheardt and Mick Taylor, the awesome duo from the hit youtube channel 'That Pedal Show'. Not much time for the usual tricks as we run long with a really cool interview, tons to learn from this loveable, talented pair :)