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 of Dream Theater, duelling leads with John Petrucci, and much more. Huge thanks to Jordan for his wa...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 157
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 get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 156
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 supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 155
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 stumbles upon a new pork scratching related enterprise - Onlyhams. If you enjoy the show please con...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 154
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 Beebee almost lets slip details of Tom’s special NAMM bog. This weeks’ extended Patreon edit is mos...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 153
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 Eeeeeeee damnit?! If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 152
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 Patreon edit: Tom ducks our for an early night leaving the remaining rogues to contemplate building...
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 151
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 the casual annual holiday hang and we had an absolute blast. You can play along with the picture roun...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 150
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 shelf". Candle Power “joint shifting” & Jerry Donahue. Cheating your genius and nurturing creativity. Practising in a state bliss & clock watching. Studio album timelines. New projects for 2021! and t...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 149
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 old ‘rona. Apologies for the delay on this episode, technical gremlins got the better of us and scre...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 148
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?”. This one gets heated, but there was no blood or whiskey spilled! If you enjoy the show please c...
Dec 05, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 147
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 podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 146
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 followup on language/vocab, Giant Steps and Tom and Beebee accidentally jam GS over zoom, with the result ...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 145
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 podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-sh...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 144
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 get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from ...
Nov 07, 2020•58 min•Ep. 143
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 supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can al...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 142
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 the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now ...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 141
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 the Patreon aftershow…Jake demonstrates his new JHS bonsai screamer pedal, which kicks Beebs off on...
Oct 12, 2020•50 min•Ep. 140
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 diminished 7th chords using the harmonic major scale! Back on ‘main topic’ the guys discuss the concept...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 139
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 podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up ...
Sep 27, 2020•59 min
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 Velocity. Ant has also very kindly given us charts and backing tracks to his latest album for you guys to ...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 137
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 supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You ca...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 136
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, crafting guitar tones, reuniting with Mike Portnoy, and how everything was accomplished during the pandem...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 135
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 celebrates a clear c19 test with a new amp. In this week’s Patreon bonus there’s an extended discussio...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 134
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 slippage returns. In the extended Patreon edition of this episode there is follow up on progress using the ...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 133
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 supporting the podcast over on Patreon , where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You ...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 132
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 the current practise theme, improvisation and the changing YouTube landscape, as well as the pre-show...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 131
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 you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 130
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’. Episode Links Jake Willson JTC Bootcamp Atomic Habits - James Clear If you enjoy the show please consid...
Jun 25, 2020•58 min•Ep. 129
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 on Patreon and get bonus episodes, lessons, livestreams & more.. Misha's Links http://periphery....
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 128
