Oct 31, 2019

Tom and Beebee are away drinking all the whisky on the Scottish island of Islay, BUT…still find time (and sobriety) to sit down with guitars and nerd out on a special episode.

This week they answer listener feedback email to the grade exam episodes and talk about the parallels of wood obsession between whisky...

Oct 24, 2019

With nothing short of a Herculean effort 3 of the 4 guys convene for an emergency episode.

Putting the exam shenanigans on hold for a while they discuss getting their first paid gigs, which morphs into the perils and positives of comparing industry successes.

The Patreon bonus after show this week contains some...

Oct 18, 2019

Happy 100 everybody!

After a cursory overview of their experience of all things ‘graded’, the boys dive in head first and discuss some potentially controversial material from various guitar syllabuses. While doing this, they wrangle with the implications for both teacher and student when it comes to misinformation...

Oct 10, 2019

In this monster episode the guys ponder the prickly subject of graded guitar examinations. This kicks off a theme of episodes discussing the history, variety, quirks, positives, negatives and the downright head scratching weird aspects of them.

Also in this episode you may discover the Tom Quayle emoji, an interesting...

Oct 3, 2019

TGHP follows up on the big tone episode before picking up on a discussion group thread re: lightbulb ‘aha’ moments. The guys recall and probe their paradigm shifts in musical understanding, playing ability and diagnostic skills. Ahhaa!

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