Guitar Speak Podcast
We speak guitar! Interviews with leading guitarists, luthiers and gear manufacturers. Home of the Iconic Albums series. Guitar Speak Podcast is brought to you by Fretboard Biology.
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The Guitar Speak Podcast was established in April 2016 in Sydney, Australia by Matt Wakeling.
The show is sponsored by Fretboard Biology, the comprehensive online guitar course developed by Joe Elliott, former head of guitar at the world famous Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles.
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
The 'Iconic Series' team assemble to talk about those who have influenced guitar gear trends in a massive way. We're not talking about the YouTube or Instagram cats. We are talking PLAYERS who through the force of their style and tonecraft have made a lasting and ongoing impression on the world of guitar gear.
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Fender is taking on the digital modelling floorboard heavyweights with the launch of its Tone Master Pro.
Fender spent over four years in development and the final product boasts over 100 amps, cabs and effects, touchscreen, integrated rotary footswitches/parameter controls and extensive IO.
Matt, leaves his beloved pedalboard at home and gives the Tone Master Pro a run live and in the studio - what is the verdict?
Exploring the Tone Master Pro - Fender YouTube
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
The GSP plugged-in review of Jackson's latest USA made offering - the Virtuoso.
Matt test drives the guitar live and in the studio. Can it play more than metal? Spoiler alert...yes!
Jackson 'Virtuoso' Video
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Marty Friedman Sept 2023 GSP interview - episode #232
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Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Marty Friedman is back on the show!
Marty talks us through his involvement in Jackson's killer new US made 'Virtuoso', working alongside Misha Mansoor, playing with orchestras, why Japanese music of all genres is so open to heavy guitars and more.
Jackson 'Virtuoso' Video
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Marty Friedman 2019 GSP interview - episode #122
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Joe Matera is an Australian guitarist, composer, journalist and top selling author. He has collaborated with some of the worlds greatest musicians and written for a number of leading publications including Rolling Stone, Guitar Player and Guitar World. His most book, "Backstage Pass: the Grit and the Glamour" has been an international chart topper.
Joe joins us to share of a career that immersed in music.
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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
The Iconic Albums team are back, but this time shifting their gaze onto some of Gibson's stranger moments. Some of these guitars were destined for greatness...some had a destiny with a bulldozer.
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
'90s Britpop was full of great songwriting, huge bands and was thoroughly guitar driven.
Matt, Rob & Gabor choose their favorite proponents and talk it out. Yeah?
Check out the accompanying playlist!
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Rob Rhodes
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Gabor Josika
SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
What is better than reviewing one Gretsch? Reviewing two...
In this episode Matt takes the Gretsch 140th Anniversary Platinum Jet and Centre Block guitars for a spin in the studio and road tests them on stage. These guitars comprise part of the rad new Gretsch range celebrating 140 years of Gretsch history. Special guests Paul Brouwer and Jem Magtibay offer sage Filtertron wisdom.
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Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Matt, Rob & Gabor check out Van Halen's fourth album, 'Fair Warning'.
This album realised more of Eddie Van Halen's vision of the band in 1981. The resulting tracks showed a darker, edgier side of the band and, although the album was a relatively slow burner, became many a guitar player's favourite VH record.
Rob Rhodes
www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika
SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
RIFFS!! The Guitar Speak Podcast 'Iconic Series' team of Matt, Rob & Gabor assemble to talk through the greatest guitar riffs ever...or at least, our favourites. We also have a crack at naming good riffs lurking in not so great songs. Good times!
GSP #228 Riffs Playlist
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Glyn Evans of Mr Glyn’s Pickups joins us for a fascinating conversation. Glyn’s pickups are handmade on the west coast of New Zealand and are played all over the world.
Glyn’s passion for pickups, guitars and playing is infectious and his insights sharp - it’s a great guitar hang!
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Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Satch in replay!
It's our 200th episode and we are doing it in style with the one and only Joe Satriani.
Satriani joins us to talk about his 19th solo album The Elephants of Mars, how he pushes himself to mine new depths of creativity, the types of bandmates he seeks out, an addition to the Ibanez JS range of guitars and more.
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Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Charvel is taking their So-Cal line of guitars to the next level with the Pro-Mod series. Inspired by the hot-rodded shred machines of the '80s, the Pro-Mod is all about high performance.
In a fun shift from normal programming, Matt plugs in and turns up...and takes the Pro-Mod to a couple of loud, live gigs to test drive it in the real world.
Thanks to Fender Australia.
Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal 2023 range
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Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Tim Shaw is an undisputed pickup guru. He spent time at both Gibson and Heritage Guitars before joining Fender in 1996. Today, he is Fender's Chief Engineer - Guitars, in the R & D Innovations department. Tim joins us today to share about a 'once in a lifetime' project at Fender reinventing and reinvigorating Fender's Wide Range humbuckers into a stunning new range. This episode dives into the process of building your own 'unobtainium', Seth Lover's links with Fender and much more.
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Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Adam Miller is back with a fantastic new record and we hear all about it on the Guitar Speak Podcast!
In Adam's words "Beyond Reason is a Guitarist / Songwriter album, if there was such a genre! I began to take note, that most of my guitar playing time was spent writing and creating, rather than practising. This led to me writing multiple albums worth of material the past few years whilst off the road for a while.”
The 8 song album contains elements of blues, jazz, funk, rock, folk, and country and features Miller on electric, archtop, acoustic, resonator, and nylon string guitar. The bass & drums were recorded in Los Angeles by Miller’s now long time collaborators, drummer / engineer / producer Justin Glasco, and bass player Joel Gottschalk. Miller then worked up the tracks through 2022 in his home of Newcastle Australia, between his return to performing and touring dates.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Randall Waller returns to the podcast to discuss his much anticipated solo album, "More". Randall's guitar chops are on display from brutal drop C riffs and killer solos to beautiful acoustic moments. A star studded lineup of guests feature, including the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, Richard Fortus, Joel McDonald, Irwin Thomas and Chris Kamzelas to name but a few. And...Randall is one of Australia's finest rock vocalists by the way...
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Randall Waller GSP #23
Randall Waller GSP #24
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Emergency podcast!! The GSP 'Iconic' roundtable team of Matt Wakeling, Rob Rhodes & Gabor Josika assemble to discuss their favourite new stuff to emerge from NAMM 2023.
Guitars, amps, pedals and crazy gadgets abound!
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Hard hitting news and current affairs - sort of!
The Guitar Speak 'Iconic' series team assemble to talk through some recent noise in guitar-land including Bad Monkey hype, reissue pedals from Marshall and DOD, new music from Nuno, Fender's Gold Foil series, isolated Jimi tracks and much more!
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Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Following up the Charvel signature love shared in episode #22o with Prashant Aswani, we look back at Guthrie Govan's interview with us in this GSP classic.
Guthrie Govan is - with good reason - one of the most celebrated voices of the modern guitar era. Guthrie joins us from his tour with Hans Zimmer to discuss his relationship with the legendary film composer, fresh music and tours from The Aristocrats, a look behind the latest Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature Model, listener questions and more.
First published in March 2022.
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Renowned guitarist, producer and songwriter Prashant Aswani joins us to talk about his freshly released Charvel signature PA28.
Known as the “guru of groove,” Aswani has honed his technical chops across almost every imaginable genre, from mainstream hard rock, pop and soul to more eclectic international fare. In addition to recording his own acclaimed solo albums and soundtracks, Aswani’s impressive repertoire includes touring and recording with artists such as Greg Howe, Christina Milian, Justin Timberlake, Jose Pasillas (Incubus), Rhonda Smith (Prince) and Ronu Majumdar.
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Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Happy St Patrick's Day!
To celebrate we re-issue our Iconic Albums roundtable discussing our favourite Irish supergroup, U2.
This week we look at U2's Achtung Baby, an album where the biggest band in the world reinvented itself.
Rob Rhodes www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
The multiskilled Todd Mills joins us to bring tales from the road as touring Guitar Tech, Drum Tech and Stage Manager for legendary rock band Jefferson Starship,
Todd brings us unique insights of life in the wings of stages across the globe, including tours with Deep Purple, looking after Jefferson Starship's triple guitar team, a day in the life of a touring tech, dodging flying wardrobe debris, rock star encounters and his contribution to arguably the greatest collision of rock music and a galaxy far, far away.
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Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Alex Rottier and Gabor Josika of TheSuperFunAwesomeHappyTimePedalShow join Matt to discuss their uniquely monikered YouTube channel. TSFAHTPS is one of Australia's longest running gear channels and has close to 30K subscribers worldwide.
This episode brings fascinating insights into the running of a successful YouTube channel from dealing with multi-national companies to boutique one man and women operations, thoughts on influencers in the gear space, 90s vintage rack stuff, addressing the paid promotion issue, wacky KOT shootouts and much more.
Guitar Speak Podcast listeners may recognise Gabor as a co-host of our Iconic series of shows.
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Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Michael Sweet - frontman, guitarist and founder of legendary metal band Stryper returns to the Guitar Speak Podcast.
Sweet talks about the new Stryper album 'The Final Battle', new Sully Guitars signature series, touring, keeping the creative fires burning in 2023 and much more.
Australia & NZ Tour 2023
GSP Sully Guitars talk new Michael Sweet series
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Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Ana Popovic is a fiery blues-rock guitarist who has forged her own voice on the instrument during a career spanning over two decades. She has shared the stage with artists such as BB King, Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clarke Jr amongst others,
Ana joins us to discuss her latest album, 'Power'. The album is wall-to-wall excellent writing, performances and guitar parts. Ana talks about her epic '64 Strat, answers rumours about a Fender signature model, layering jazz boxes with nylon strings and more.
Ana also discusses the challenging circumstances surrounding the writing and recording of the album - Ana was receiving treatment for a recently diagnosed breast cancer. The treatment was successful, and the recording process a welcome redirection of focus.
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Mono are touring Australia in March and I'm super excited - so here in replay is my conversation with Takaakira Goto. 'Taka' is the principal composer, guitarist and band leader of the Japanese post-rock band.
Mono formed in 1999 and had just released a brilliant album 'Pilgrimage of the Soul' when I spoke with Taka in late 2021.
Taka discusses working with legendary producer - and longtime collaborator -Steve Albini, fusing influences well beyond electric guitar, tone secrets and essential pedal order, how Taka and fellow Mono members Yoda and Tamaki have all used the same vintage guitars on every album and performance and much more.
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Ok, you have heard of Desert Island Discs, how about Desert Island Guitarists?
Matt, Gabor & Rob each choose one guitarist and discuss three keystone tracks from each. Join us for a fun hang talking about guitarists and guitar stuff we love.
Please note, this episode was recorded before the sad passing of Jeff Beck on January 10, 2023. So, whilst this episode wasn't produced as a posthumous tribute to Beck, we are really happy to present this episode that celebrates his genius and influence.
Vale Jeff Beck 1944 - 2023.
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Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Ian S. Port joins us to discuss his fascinating book "The Birth of Loud" in depth. It is a brilliant read that follows the arms race to electrify the solid body electric guitar - a race spearheaded by Les Paul and Leo Fender.
“A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history. With appropriately flashy prose, [Port] dismantles some misconceptions and credits some nearly forgotten but key figures. He also summons, exuberantly and perceptively, the look, sound, and sometimes smell of pivotal scenes and songs. The Birth of Loud rightfully celebrates an earlier time, when wood, steel, copper wire, microphones and loudspeakers could redefine reality. Tracing material choices that echoed through generations, the book captures the quirks of human inventiveness and the power of sound.”
John Pareles, New York Times Book Review.
(R) This episode was first published in December 2019.
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GSP #154 with The Pedal Movie Directors Michael Lux and Dan Orkin
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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Matt, Gabor & Rob talk through their favourite guitar albums of 2022. Given the range of amazing works that dropped this year this was no small task! A heap of records are discussed but the main focus is on Andy Timmon's 'Electric Truth', Cardinal Black's 'January Came Close' and The Smile's 'A Light For Attracting Attention'.
Our final 'Iconic' series podcast for the year is a great hang with detours into unexpected King of Tone substitutes, excellent listener suggestions and questions, guitar hero status in 2022, cool gear acquired in 2022 and more.
Thanks to everyone who has tuned in this year!
Some links from the show:
Andy Timmons GSP #203
TheSuperFunAwesomeHappytime Pedal Show King of Tone shootout
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Merry Christmas - if you have been sent this episode you are definitely on the 'nice' list!
Matt, Rob & Gabor talk through their favourite Christmas albums featuring cool guitar. From subversion to swing, shred to swoon it's all here - starring Marc Ribot, Brian Setzer, Steve Lukather, Sammy Davis Jr and Eddie Van Halen amongst others.
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Adam Roach (Australia) and Phoenix Van Der Weyden (Brazil) have collaborated on a guitar heavy album, 'The Mission'. Adam and Phoenix are both killer players and enlisted some extra heavyweight guests from all corners of the globe including Jennifer Batten, Nili Brosh and Brett Garsed to name a few.
https://roachandweyden.bandcamp.com/album/the-mission
https://becomeaguitaristtoday.podbean.com/
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Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
What are some NEW albums that feature guitar in it's creative, visceral and sonic glory? Matt, Rob & Gabor list some of their favourite albums released since January 1 2020.
From blues & roots to post rock to electro weirdness we present some of the most exciting new guitar music to stretch your ears.
Rob Rhodes
www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika
SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
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Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
The 80th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' birth falls on Nov 27, 2022. To celebrate the milestone we replay our Iconic Albums deep dive into Jimi's debut album.
Join hosts Matt, Rob and Gabor as they dig deep into Jimi Hendrix' phenomenal debut "Are You Experienced". From trippy jams to trippier liner notes, mammoth guitar tones, Beato, notable covers, killer songwriting and performances and of course, Hendrix' game-changing approach to the electric guitar.
Huge thanks to the wonderful Anthony Gerber, who has curated a Spotify playlist of every album featured on the Iconic Albums series. You rock, Anthony!
GSP Iconic Albums Spotify Playlist
Rob Rhodes
www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika
SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Guitar Speak Podcast #146 - Joe Elliott - ex guitar head of GIT - launches Fretboard Biology
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Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
In Replay - the OG 'Iconic Albums' episode \m/
Guitar Speak Podcast kicks off the 'Iconic Albums' series with a look at Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien.
Matt is joined by Rob Rhodes (Living in the 70s) and Gabor Josika (SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show) to discuss the album that put instrumental rock back on the map. Tones, gear, favorite songs, the impact of the record and more is on the agenda.
Did Matt really tech for Satch? Was Rob assigned Satch-security? Should Gabor trust Spotify? Tune in and find out!
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Guitar Speak Podcast #146 - Joe Elliott - ex guitar head of GIT - launches Fretboard Biology
'The Pedal Movie' - the full length feature film that is all about effects pedals, produced by music marketplace Reverb.
The Pedal Movie
GSP #154 with The Pedal Movie Directors Michael Lux and Dan Orkin
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Over the last 75 years Fender have produced some of the most identifiable guitars of all time. They have also produced some...oddballs! Join Matt, Rob & Gabor in this affectionate look at Fender's quirkier offerings. We cover all the big questions...what does CBS really stand for? Was the the Stratocaster just a transitional model? Who made the first ever 'partscaster'?
Lots of listener feedback and shout outs today too - thanks for tuning in!
Previous episodes mentioned in this show:
Dave Hunter - 75 Years of Fender
Chad Winn - Inside Gibson
Gibson Oddballs
Jay Parrino
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
The legendary Dave Leslie joins us to talk about his new band project, Truck, pulling double duty with the Baby Animals, new music and adventures with both bands, lost and found gear and tonnes of guitar talk!
Check out https://truckofficial.com.au/ for all things Truck!
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
We are joined by legendary guitar author and journalist Dave Hunter (Guitar Player, Premier Guitar, Vintage Guitar, The Fender Stratocaster, The Fender Telecaster, The Tube Amp Handbook and many more titles).
Dave talks us through his latest book, Fender - 75 Years, a fascinating look at the history behind one of the most recognised and influential guitar brands of all time.
Fender 75 Years is published by Motor Books and is available through all the usual book retailers online and instore.
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
The Iconic team is back talking cool, quirky and classic signature gear. From EVH to Clapton, Vai to Wong and even some anime stars along the way, there is a lot to get across!
And postscript...Rob now owns a Fireman \m/.
Rob Rhodes - www.rhodetripent.com
Gabor Josika - SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Chad Winn is a guitar tech based in Nashville, Tennessee who spent many years working at the Gibson factory. Whilst he was there, Chad was chosen to work on a new project - the Firebird X - and he joins us to tell us about this rare bird in Gibson's history. We also hear some scary tech tails and Chad nominates his favourite Gibson oddball.
Check out Chad's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cwinnstrings/
And....GSP #202 Iconic Gibson Oddballs
This episode is brought to you by Fretboard Biology
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Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
Are there guitars in a galaxy far, far away? The answer is yes! Gabe Bott - musician, composer and co-host of the Blastpoints Podcast - joins us to talk about the use of guitars in the Star Wars cinematic and streaming releases, bands reinventing the classic John Williams themes, his own arrangements and compositions for Blastpoints and heaps of cool Star Wars guitar gear. The Christmas Special gets a shoutout and of course Max Rebo is on the agenda. May the force be with you!
blastpointspodcast.com
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