Guitar Smarts

🎸🎸 Welcome to GUITAR SMARTS - The Wildest Ride for Guitar Maniacs! 🎸🎸

Hey there, guitar junkies! Ready to unleash your inner rock god? GUITAR SMARTS is here to blow your mind and amp up your passion for everything with strings and frets. Join the rebellious duo, Kiran and Matt, as they turn their guitar madness into your weekly addiction!

What’s in store? Only the most electrifying content you’ve ever heard:

Gear Mania: Obsess over the craziest gear – from out-of-this-world pedals to legendary axes.
Epic Gig Chronicles: Laugh, cry, and headbang to their insane gig stories and outrageous live show escapades.
Guitar Lust Galore: Dive into their never-ending and unapologetic quest for the ultimate guitar collection. Warning: severe GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) ahead!

Forget being professional. Kiran and Matt are the rock ‘n’ roll rebels with years of wild gigging adventures in the UK’s pubs, clubs, and beyond. They’re raw, real, and ready to rock your world with their infectious energy and unfiltered banter.

Join the guitar revolution! Connect with us and be part of the GUITAR SMARTS crew:

Facebook: GUITAR SMARTS
Instagram: @guitar_smarts

Crank up the volume, smash that play button, and ride the wave with GUITAR SMARTS! 🤘

Contributors

Host

Kiran Amliwala

Kiran is the Guitarist's Guitarist - endlessly experienced, capable and charming, any gig is better off for his presence, and he brings that experience and capability to the Guitar Smarts Podcast for every episode.

Having picked up the guitar in his mid teens, Kiran very quickly mastered the instrument, paying homage to Slash, not just with harmonic minor shenanigans, but with a low slung, wrist breaking guitar position to give the guitar hero look the cherry on top it needed!

Current Rig:
USA Strat Deluxe in Silver
Various Gibson Les Pauls
Gibson 335
Tokai Love Rock Guitars
Ever Changing Pedal board...
Fender Blues Deluxe

Host

Matt Oliver

Electronics Engineer by day, Guitarist by night, Matt first picked up the guitar at the age of 13 after hearing Eric Clapton's Unplugged album. The obsession with guitars and music is as strong today as it was way back then.

Though a career in music never materialised following a stint at the prestigious ACM in Guildford UK, playing the Guitar has been a successful hobby to say the least, with music and guitar occupying much of Matt's free time. Countless Blues Band, Pub, Club, Wedding and Birthday gigs later, Matt still wants nothing more than to turn up LOUD and play!

Current RIg:
2012 Fender MIM Classic Player 60's Strat in Black
2003 Epiphone Les Paul Standard in Honeyburst
2022 Gretsch Electromatic G5622T in Georgia Green
2022 Squier FSR 60's Custom Esquire in Tobacco Burst
Line 6 Helix LT & Headrush 8" FRFR