Guitar Nerds Podcast

Jetfire

*please note: this is a light hearted ramble/rant/vent but I have a keyboard and internet access too so ...* 

After stumbling over their Podcast recently, I must say its pretty funny and pretty entertaining.  For those who dont know, its an hour long show here they have abit of banter, talk about some news and highlight the guitar shows they have been to and new producs they have seen there. Some of the guys are actually gigging and playing while one is a self confessed home player so thats a mix, real world mix. Defo worth checking out. 

However...

Joe Branton has decided to do a solo effort called Bar Chords where he gets to discuss things that interest him. I listened to the first one of these last night and it has to be said, its a bit of a ramble through his own thoughts and it no where near as good as Guitar Nerds. However, whats REALLLLLY got my goat in both this pod cast and a recent guitar nerds podcast advert on Youtube, Hes essentially going for easy, low hanging fruit by slagging off guitars made in the 2000s, nu metal and non traditional guitar makers, Ibanez and "the most awful guitar company" Strandberg.  He also slated  Plini (a Strandberg user) as just "tappy".  If you've ever listened to Plini (which people may not have simply because he plays a strandberg), its a part of his style but my god, what a sweeping generalisation and clearly hasn't listened to any of his stuff properly. Joe has even said he interviewed Plini and then referred to him as playing "Bedroom tricks".  I understand why he may not like him, but why not just focus on something else than brand bashing and player bashing for journalism? 

I just do not get why still.. in 2019 ....people are STILL bashing Ibanez, nu metal, anything that isn't a strat with a tube screamer and Fender. I get you like what you like.. but my god, dont make your stuff sound cooler by slagging off something that dares to be made within 30 years.. rather than the last 60....

robgilmo

What is this " nu metal" you speak of?

Jetfire

It's got dyslexia, whatever it is.

robgilmo

Yes, Like a chump, but perhaps the guy is just having one of those days when you don't wanna wake up, everything is fucked, everybody sucks, or perhaps it's all about the "he says, she says" bullshit?

iheartreverb

I listen to it at day one. Previous to its inception it was the GAK (UK guitar shop) podcast as all the guys worked for them at the time, GuitarNerds came about from them all moving on to other jobs bit by bit. 

I stopped listening to it about 2 years ago as it basically turned into listening to a load of in-jokes with adverts in between. 

I just think it had more promise than it lived up to whether it be as a community or a brand. I’m not sure what the podcast is like now but their instagram is terrible and overall they don’t offer a reason to check in without anything they do on any platform. 

bacchanalian

A bit of a broken record here but, having listened to a lot of guitar podcasts, No Guitar is Safe is the best one I have found so far.
If you aren't getting on with Nerds, give it a try.

english_bob

If you've listened to Guitar Nerds for more than a few episodes you ought to have the measure of Branton (the Internet persona at least- I doubt he's exactly like that in real life). He’s opinionated and a little eccentric and has his own particular loves and hates that he's very vocal about.

Putting on a Branton solo podcast and complaining that you got a load of Joe Branton seems a bit... 

And suggesting that Guitar Nerds is about bashing anything that isn't "a strat with a Tubescreamer and a Fender" is pretty off base.

You're thinking of That Pedal Show.

Jetfire

Apologies, the strat into tube etc was more aimed at him rather than the Guitar Nerds. 

In my defense, I've listened to a few of the guitar nerds podcasts and Joe's "persona" isn't too bad TBF, it's just his solo outing which has irked me. 

VJIves

I will still be slagging off nu metal in 2039. There will be no respite.

The premise of Bar Chords is basically 'Joe gets drunk and rambles', I doubt he's going to have a nuanced take on Plini (who let's face it, is pretty tappy) after half a bottle of anything. I'd rather listen to Joe Branton on bath salts than watch five seconds of the charisma vacuum that is That Pedal Show.

timmypix

Calling Plini - arguably one of the most tasteful lead guitar players of recent years - as "tappy" is just ignorant. That man has some of the most beautiful phrasing I've ever heard. 

breakstuff

robgilmo said:

Yes, Like a chump, but perhaps the guy is just having one of those days when you don't wanna wake up, everything is fucked, everybody sucks, or perhaps it's all about the "he says, she says" bullshit?

Boy, do I know how that feels!!!

Jetfire

@timmypix gets it. The man is insanely talented. 

timmypix

Jetfire said:

@timmypix gets it. The man is insanely talented. 

Why thank you!







Oh, wait...

mark_random

Joe Branton is an idiot.

Just wait until I do my solo podcast where I drink healthy smoothies and slag off Joe Branton's stupid face.

Musicman20

VJIves said:

I will still be slagging off nu metal in 2039. There will be no respite. 

You and me both. The only good thing from nu-metal, and it was just the fact they ended up in that era, is Deftones. I also don't really like this new obsession with playing as low as possible on 8 string guitars that sound like a bass. Meshuggah smashed it years ago. Give me Mastodon and Alice in Chains. 

olafgarten

I think Joe Branton is trying to come off as a sort of Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear sort of person. It's pretty harmless though and is funny when everyone else is trying to argue with him and he just doesn't accept anything. 

Jetfire

Can't argue with that tbf!

Funkfingers

I know nothing of Joe Branton or any of the other bloggers, vloggers or joggers mentioned above. 

These video presentations are the Interweb equivalent of opinion columns in newspapers and periodic magazines. If the presenter or author opens with, "hello, folks. I am about to ramble and rant for enough minutes to occupy the available time slot (or column inches)," you cannot complain if that is precisely what he or she proceeds to do.

It is often said that opinions are like arseholes. Everybody has one. 

mark_random

Funkfingers said:

I know nothing of Joe Branton or any of the other bloggers, vloggers or joggers mentioned above. 

These video presentations are the Interweb equivalent of opinion columns in newspapers and periodic magazines. If the presenter or author opens with, "hello, folks. I am about to ramble and rant for enough minutes to occupy the available time slot (or column inches)," you cannot complain if that is precisely what he or she proceeds to do.

It is often said that opinions are like arseholes. Everybody has one. 

I can confirm, Joe Branton is definitely not a jogger.

VJIves

Musicman20 said:

VJIves said:

I will still be slagging off nu metal in 2039. There will be no respite. 

You and me both. The only good thing from nu-metal, and it was just the fact they ended up in that era, is Deftones. I also don't really like this new obsession with playing as low as possible on 8 string guitars that sound like a bass.

With you all the way on this. The only reason Steph from Deftones moved to a 7 string is because he wanted to cover different sonic ground after Chino started playing a 6 string regularly.

robgilmo

I thought a lot of nu metal was a refreahing break from axle and metallica droning on and on.