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! 🤘
Episodes
102 episodes
Welcome to GUITAR SMARTS! - Guitar Smarts #1
Welcome to episode #1 of the Guitar Smarts Podcast. On our first ever podcast, we are talking about our love for a bargain! Everyone covets the most desirable pieces of gear but one thing that we have both learned over the years is that...
Cheap Gear Again? Pedals! - Guitar Smarts #2
This week we continue our conversation on cheap kit (it was a long one!) Kiran makes a shocking Ibanez Tube screamer confession (SRV fans cover your ears) and Matt discusses his love for a simple guitar rig controlled from the volume pot on the...
Desert Island Gear Part 1 - Guitar Smarts #3
Greetings! This week Kiran and Matt have challenged themselves to define their desert island rig of choice, with a few extras thrown in. This wasn't an easy task, but goodness me was it fun! This is part 1 of a two part topic, so look out next ...
Desert Island Gear Part 2 - Guitar Smarts #4
Greetings once again! Remember that Desert Island challenge from last week? This is part 2, and this week we select our pedals, amps, albums and wildcards! This was great fun, and recommend you do this yourself! Remember, nothing you ow...
GAS, Neglected Strats and Spending Cash - Guitar Smarts #5
Greetings Guitarist Friends!This week we shoot the breeze over all things guitar, particularly the things on our mind right not such as Kiran's ever swelling guitar collection and struggles with GAS, Matt's neglect of his Fender Strat a...
Guitar Care 101: 8 Things you should know Part 1 - Guitar Smarts #6
Whether you are a seasoned pro guitarist or a bedroom rock star, Guitar Smarts resident guitar health guru Kiran Amliwala believes that there are 8 things you should be able to do to maintain the playability and health of your guitars. &nbs...
Guitar Care 101: 8 Things you should know Part 2 - Guitar Smarts #7
Whether you are a seasoned pro guitarist or a bedroom rock star, Guitar Smarts resident guitar health guru Kiran Amliwala believes that there are 8 things every guitarist should be able to do to maintain the playability and health of their guit...
Guitar Smarts Meets Andy Rudd - Guitar Smarts #8
Greetings lovely listeners! Thanks for coming along. This week Matt & Kiran are speaking to old bandmate and friend, Andy Rudd. Andy was the front man and band leader for South East UK band Roadrunner blues for more than 20 years. D...
The £300 Gigging Guitar Challenge - Guitar Smarts #9
Greetings Guitar Smarts listeners!This week Kiran and Matt are competing in the £300 Gigging Guitar challenge. Here is the rub:You've just had a tax rebate to the tune of £4,500! Unfortunately, the car needed an MOT, the l...
Guitar Practice and Music Theory - Guitar Smarts #10
Greetings Guitar Smarts listeners!This week, Kiran and Matt are talking about guitar practice, setting goals for getting better at playing guitar, reminiscing about past teachers and who our favourite online guitar personalities are.&nb...
The Ultimate Covers Band - Guitar Smarts #11
Greetings Guitar Smarts listeners!So here is the deal: You’ve got a covers gig at a local wedding and you need to put a band together. Your phonebook is an endless collection of the world’s finest session musicians & famous rock sta...
Guitar Setup & Upgrade Results - Guitar Smarts #12
This week we discuss Matt's efforts to setup and upgrade his Strat at home, and how much difference it made to the playability. We also have a chat about guitar strings and using them as a tone shaping tool. Remember to please subs...
Guitar Smarts Meets Damiain Lodrick - Guitar Smarts #13
Kiran & Matt are delighted to welcome Damiain Lodrick as a guest on the Guitar Smarts podcast. Damiain has lived the dream as a working musician and has literally travelled the world as a music student, studio engineer, multi-instrumentalis...
Pedal Board Basics Part 1 - Guitar Smarts #14
Everyone loves guitar pedals, and we are no exception to that. Maybe you've never really built a proper pedal board before or you find it difficult to get a good sound from your pedals - maybe you need to build a board that carries all your ped...
Pedal Board Basics Part 2 - Guitar Smarts #15
Welcome back! This week Guitar Smarts brings you the continuation of our Pedal Boards Basics discussion and this time we actually do tell you what the mystery pedal is that Kiran has fallen head over heels in love with! Remember to...
Influences, Idols and a Murphy Lab Rant - Guitar Smarts #16
Welcome back! This week we are discussing our guitar idols and influences, who they are and why they mean so much to them as guitarists. Also, we have a fairly sizeable rant and discussion about the new Gibson Murphy Lab guitars. W...
A Day In The Life Of A Guitar Teacher with Mat Lake - Guitar Smarts #17
This week, Kiran and Matt are joined by Mat Lake, one of the hardest working and most in-demand guitar teachers in the South East of the UK. Mat talks us through his early life as a student, how he got into teaching guitar and how he manages hi...
Running A Jam with Damo Lodrick - Guitar Smarts #18
Guitar Smarts are once again proud and happy to be joined by the immensely talented and hard-working Damiain Lodrick. If you are a musician who enjoys playing live but isn't ready to make the step to joining a band, or even in a band but not gi...
Boy Scouts Guide to Gigging - Guitar Smarts #19
This week, Matt & Kiran scrape through the deepest depths of their gigging experience as non-pro musicians to bring you the definitive Boy Scouts guide to gigging! Learn everything you need to know to be prepared for your weekend gig, from ...
2021 UK Blues Award Winner Matt Long - Guitar Smarts #20
The Guitar Smarts team are incredibly happy to share with you our conversation with British Blues Rock Giant-to-be, Matt Long. Matt is the front man and leader of international touring blues rock powerhouse Catfish, who are making waves o...
The Best of Guitar Smarts Episodes 1 to 20 - Guitar Smarts #21
If you are new to the podcast and haven't listened to us yet, this is the episode to listen too. Here you will find some of the best bits of the first 20 episodes, where we introduce ourselves, talk about our influences, guitars, desert island ...
G.A.S - Best and Worst Gear Choices - Guitar Smarts #22
Welcome back! This week the boys are lamenting about a guitarists worst enemy and best friend, Gear Acquisition Syndrome! Why is it that guitarists are never happy with what they have, and are always trying to find a reason to spend more and mo...
Songs that Changed Our Guitar Playing, Forever - Guitar Smarts #23
Welcome back! This week Kiran and Matt are talking about the songs that changed or affected their guitar playing the most throughout their lives as guitarists. What songs can you think of that you consider to be watershed moments in your playin...
The Best and Worst Gigs we've EVER had! - Guitar Smarts #24
Welcome back Guitar Smarts listeners! Here in the UK, Covid restrictions are beginning to lift and gigging is back on the agenda! The prospect had us both thinking, what have been our best and worst gigging experiences over our years of gigging...
Buying Used Guitars TIPS and SKILLS - Guitar Smarts #25
Buying a used guitar can be a difficult process, especially when it involves you parting ways with lots of your hard earned cash. What can you do to be more prepared, better informed and increasingly confident about the decision you make? This ...
