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Iconic News Volume 1: Cool or Not Cool? GSP #221 Apr 16, 2023

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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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Guthrie Govan - GSP Classic Episode Apr 02, 2023

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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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Prashant Aswani - new Charvel signature release GSP #220 Mar 27, 2023

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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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Iconic Albums - U2 Achtung Baby Mar 18, 2023

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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.

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Todd Mills - Jefferson Starship touring guitar, drum tech and stage manager. GSP #219 Mar 12, 2023

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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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Alex Rottier & Gabor Josika - TheSuperFunAwesomeHappyTimePedalShow GSP #218 Mar 05, 2023

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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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Michael Sweet: Stryper - new album, tour and guitar GSP #217 Feb 23, 2023

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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

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Ana Popovic GSP #216 Feb 19, 2023

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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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Takaakira Goto - Mono Feb 15, 2023

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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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Iconic Series: Desert Island Guitarists - Jeff Beck, Prince & Nuno Bettencourt GSP #215 Jan 16, 2023

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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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