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The Guitar Hour Podcast
by David Beebee, Tom Quayle, Dan Smith & Jake Willson
The Guitar Hour Podcast is a weekly, long-form discussion hosted by David Beebee, Tom Quayle, Dan Smith & Jake Willson. Together, and in conversation with today's top players, they explore different approaches for improvising, theory, technique, practising, teaching and share the humorous ups and downs of being professional guitarists in the modern age.
Episodes
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187: Dull Men's Standards Club and Diminshed Bromance
Beebs and Dan jam in meat space for the first time in a while.
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186: RIP Guitar Techniques Magazine
The lads pour 1 out for the beloved magazine of their yoot.
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185: Quayle Returns, We're Back to a 4 Piece, With a Side of Bants
Tom's (briefly) back from the Laney tour, time for a big old catch up.
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184: Fender, Gibson Coming Back To NAMM, Paid Modeller Updates (Feat. John Cordy)
Beebs and Dan rope John Nathan Cordy back on whilst the Doc and TQ are away. Big shoes to fill, but he's now a Dad, and Johnny big chewbs since last time he was on. Can he get through the first 60 seconds without an R Kelly joke? This may have been a bad idea. Oh dear. Topics include the big guns...
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183: This Is Not Your Nan's Cortex
Dan has nightmare pitch shifting gig. Beebs is on location, still with very confused feelings for NDSP. Jake has secrets. Tom is still on tour. We're dangerously close back to 1 a week....shhhh don't jinx it.
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180: Mad As It Sounds, Oasis Woke Us From Slumber
Catching up, Oasis reunion, Beebs' Quad Cortex experiement, Dan asks us what you got in the tank? We're doing this live on youtube from now on, and the audio will be posted up to the podfeed rough and raw. We really miss hanigng out and talking guitar nonsense, so we figured it's better this than...
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179: All Star Quiz 2024 (The Lost Episodes)
Audio of the all star quiz that slipped through the net before our hiatus. Just catchin up on lost episodes before we re-start. Featuring, Beebs, TQ, Jake, Smith, Jens Larsen, Rhett Shull, John Nathan Cordy, Jack Gardiner, James Davies, Joseph Anidjar.
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178: Guitar, Gear & Videotape: GearTube's Obsession With Integrity
What is this?! 2 weeks in a row? Yes indeed, and more ranting! Like tag wrestling the doc is out and Dan Smith is in. Let's rumble.
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177: Rolling Stone 250 Greatest Rant & Time Horse Podcast Pedal
Beebs, Jake and Tom catch up on whats been happening over the summer. Tours, new skills, new releases, the podcast now has it's own custom comedy overdrive/delay pedal - THE TIME HORSE! Also, there's a big rant about the Rolling Stone 250 GOAT Guitarists List.
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176: Jake's Jeff Beck Gig & The Future of Modelling
Hi Guys, sincerest apologies that it's been a while. Some of the chat might be 'out of date' somewhat but it's our takes on the goings on at the time. I hope you enjoy as we dive into Jake's all star Jeff Beck tribute gig and everything that came with it. Including the the gear used... which led…
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175: Marshall Sold, Martin Miller Album & Retro Gear Nostalgia
Jake is on a show so the Beebs, Smith, Qualye power pod trio is back. After some meandering intro bants the boys discuss the release of friend of the show Martin Miller's new album, the recent Marshall deal with Swedish company Zzound and go down a rose tinted nostalgia worm hole about retro gear...
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174: THAT Nuno Solo & Our Final Boss Level Guitar Solos
Back together finally to discuss THAT crazy Nuno Bettencourt solo from the new Extreme track. The guys also chat through what would be the end game boss level difficulty guitar solos to replicate.
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173: Posture, Physical Health & Guitar Tekkers
Ever young vampire Dan has double booked, so the oldies (Beebs, Tom and the Doctor) sit around to complain about ageing, failing bodies and how bad posture may or may not be getting in the way of guitar playing. On a positive note there are some interesting things discovered along the way. The...
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172: Tom Quayle Ant Law Jake Willson Jazz Trio & Strymon BigSky Plug-in
A 2-parter episode. First of all the lads welcome back Ant Law for a debrief on the Tom Quayle, Ant Law Jake Willson Ibanez/Guitar Guitar Jazz Trio clinic tour they recently completed. On side B, the guys discuss the recent Strymon BigSky Plug-in release and debate the nature of guitar related...
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171: Time Management For Mortal Guitarists
With the Doc down' pit and catchups out the way, Beebs presents some practise and time management ideas discovered whilst in the bowels of the Nepali monastery. Naturally Tom pushes back for a classic TGHP debate whilst Dan throws in the jokes and threads the needle for us. Surprisingly given the...
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170: Jack Gardiner: Catch Ups, Live & Pentatonics Are For Boomers?! haha
Do you Boomatonic bruv?! Longtime friend of the show and all round six string legend, Jack Gardiner returns to chew the fat and catch us up with all going on with his guitar life AND what the guitar student Yoots aparently think about our fav 5 note scales! lol No Tom this week, Jake and Dan are…
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169: Being A Guitar Chameleon & Swapping Stylistic Hats
Tom's playing country, Beebs has started choobing and Dan doesn't know where Epsom is. Look what happens when the Dr isn't here!
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168: The Boys Are Back In Town
The lads dust off the rust for a big catchup and (fingers crossed) a proper return to podding.
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167: Where Does Tone Come From? New Steve Vai Album
Well Covid has now done a clean sweep on the TGH boys, with everyone now having had it! So Dan is away whilst Tom, Jake and Beebs reunite to discuss the "Tonewoods" issue. This recently cropped up again due to a fascinating youtube series by James Lil. Tom also discusses his upcoming live...
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166: Vibrato, Tone Production & Ibanez AZES
Beebee is awol (jetlag, covid, excuses, excuses), so the Quayle, Smith, Willson power trio hold the pod fort. There's some discussion of the new Ibanez AZES models before a big ass deep dive into vibrato and tone production. Patreon Extra minutes: Dan might be bored with his own playing, and are...
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165: String Things! Our strategies & preferences
Beebs is away in Portland working on Solo and acquiring a new (old) guitar, so this week we dig into the lost episode archive and the lads tackle a listener email: all about strings. Gauge, coatings, tone, feel? Do you change them often, or when they're growing potatoes? What's the crack? If you...
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164: Minimalist Practise Space, Head Space & Ear Hygiene
We finally get the band back together with full catch ups, housekeeping and a refreshed Patreon. The guys discuss hearing and ear hygiene, productive and minimalist practise spaces, headspace and recognising one's guitar progress. Jake also does a wonderful impression of the UK's own Richard…
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163: Nail the Neck - Note Names vs Intervals
We're back! Life conspired to send the show into an unplanned hiatus. But Tom, Beebee and Dr Willson return, refreshed and ready to rumble. Brief catch ups give way to a detailed discussion on thinking note names vs intervals when improvising harmony on guitar. Dan will be back next week, as will...
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162: Metric Modulation & Prog Groove Madness
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...
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161: Tosin Abasi - Selective Picking, Harmony & Shaping Prog
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...
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160: Filming Your Guitar Playing in 2021 & Planning Tuition Material
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...
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156: Wiring Guitars, Choosing a JTC Competition Winner
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…
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158: Tom Quayle's Right Hand Revelation
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...
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157: Jordan Rudess - Solo album, LTE3, the writing process & practising
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,...
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156: Imposter Syndrome & Our Musical Identities
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...
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155: Getting the 'Perfect' Take & the Importance of Jamming
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…
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154: Surviving Social Media Burnout
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…
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153: Amp Modeler 'Feel' Fixed! No-NAMM special (w/John Cordy)
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...
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152: "Listen and transcribe", Giant Steps Atrophy & Dan's Diminished Bag
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…
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151: Visualising the Fretboard with Solo App & 2021 Plans
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...
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150: New Year Special - All Star Guitar Quiz 2
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...
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149: Steve Vai Interview - Reflections on the Creative Life
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... Steve's experience of 2020. The PIA launch NAMM gig. The "infinity…
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148: John Wheatcroft - Gypsy Jazz & Covid Recovery Livestreams
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…
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147: How To Get Started With Jazz & Changes Playing?
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+...
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146: Giant Follow-up & Practise, Listener Email
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…
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145: Do You Really Need To Learn Giant Steps?
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...
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144: Acquiring Blues, Bebop Vocabulary & More Muscle Memory
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…
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143: Plini Interview - The Creative Journey
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…
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142: The Deep Theory & Technique of Time Feel (Milton Mermikides)
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,...
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141: Guitar Heroes In 2020 & Our Personal Mt. Rockmore
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...
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140: Remembering Eddie Van Halen, Tom Quayle's New Youtube Lessons
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...
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139: Time Feel, Soloing On Dim 7th Chords, Ibanez Giveaway
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...
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138: Red Light Syndrome, Bending Technique & Pick Type
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...
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The Guitar Hour Podcast is a weekly, long-form discussion hosted by David Beebee, Tom Quayle, Dan Smith & Jake Willson. Together, and in conversation with today's top players, they explore different approaches for improvising, theory, technique, practising, teaching and share the humorous ups and downs of being professional guitarists in the modern age.
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