Guitar Guts Podcast

Bryce is super shredder guitarist from Portland, Oregon. He plays lead guitar for his band Silver Talon (@Silver.Talon) and just finished a tour of the US. He also plays in a Mercyful Fate/ King Diamond tribute band. His guitar playing can be described as blistering fast, but very clean. We talk about his influences, his guitars, life in Portland, EMG pickups, Jackson guitars, Charvel guitars and more.

Caiden is a 14 year old metal head guitarist, itís definitely worth

checking out. We talk about Instagram, his start on guitar, his gear,

Metallica and Megadeth, his uppicking style and more!

This week I talk to Matt Prosser, a fellow guitarist from California! He specializes in metal covers like Pantera and stuff by Zakk Wylde. Heís a true shredder and what he has been able to do in a short time on Instagram is pretty exceptional! He approaches this as a business and he already has a list of impressive sponsors including EMG, Serpent King guitars, Mathas Guitars and Stone Age Picks. We talk about his motivation, his start on guitar, his favorite musicians and his gear!

This week I talk with a few of my musician friends about an upcoming party we will be performing at for the 4th of July. We are going to be playing all American themed songs. I also reveal my Red, White and Blue Frankenstrat!

Tobi is a German guitarist, who has been playing guitar for about 5 years. He plays a lot of metal, including Metallica! He has grown to over 20,000 followers in just a few years by posting videos of him playing guitar on Instagram. We talk about music, his guitar collection, why he started playing guitar and what motivates him, and pushes him to keep improving his videos. We also meet his girlfriend Dana who does impressive artwork, including some of Tobi and James Hetfield.

This was a super fun podcast. Cody shows off his beautiful guitar collection and even jams out a few songs for us! Cody is a personal friend of mine, and he is a guitarist and US Marine from Florida, Hawaii and now resides in California. He has been playing guitar over 20 years, but also plays bass, drums and sings. We have a few beers and talk about grunge, rock and metal.

Angel aka Riff Master 95 on IG is a guitarist from California. He rose to 3000 followers on IG in less than a year due to his high quality, both audio and video, guitar covers. We talk about his awesome LTD guitar collection, his recording rig, how he broke his leg, Instagram and more!

Christian aka Taylor Riff on IG is a Spanish guitarist who specializes in many styles of Metal. He started many years ago on classical guitar, taught to him by his Grandfather. He has a cool collection of guitars including a Vulture, Snakebyte, Gibson Explorer and more. We also talk about relationships, working out and our motivations with guitar and more.

Jesse Chieffo is one of the guitarists of the band Growing, from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. They have a blend of melodic metal with screaming and smoother singing. We talk about Jesse's start on guitar, his Ibanez RG, gear, Growing's current tour, their new album The Gauntlet, podcasts and standup comedy.

We talk about how he got his start on guitar, his ESP and LTD guitars, his love for Zelda, fitness and martial arts, how to prevent music from becoming work and of course Metallica!