WELCOME TO THAT ONE GUITAR!
That One Guitar is a brand new podcast about renowned, legendary and modern players’ favourite guitars. We ask guests to choose that one guitar they cannot do without, and all about why. We celebrate the guitar as objet d'art as well as the ultimate musical instrument. Hans Zimmer described the electric guitar as “the closest thing to true magic created by a human being that I can think of”. Who can say it better than that. Welcome then, to That One Guitar!
As featured in the The UK Guardian Saturday magazine:
“Exploring the six-string in all its glory, this insightful series talks to guitarists such as Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite and Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham about their playing career and the most cherished guitar they own”
More press! Ultimate Guitar and Guitar Player.
EPISODE 3: Scott gorham, thin lizzy
Scott’s Les Paul playing partners (always positioned on the right hand side of the stage to Gorham’s left) were all legends in their own right - Brian Robertson, Gary Moore, Snowy White and finally John Sykes. But Scott’s response to his prodigious partners in crime, was to play pre-composed, lyrical, often beautiful solos.
“A lot of their stuff - as great as it was - was improvised. I used to work out my solos - I wanted to make everything connected and as memorable as possible. So that you could hum the solo”.
EPISODE 2: STUART BRAITHWAITE, MOGWAI
With his band Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite creates music of an ethereal, almost mystical nature. Stuart’s tricks of the trade are use of open strings, multiple effects and deploying that trance-inducing trademark of post-rock: the drone. Somehow, despite his musical heroes Robert Smith & J Mascis employing the Fender Jazzmaster, Stuart has only recently taken to it.
“It’s the sound. They are a really full sounding guitar. Fender sent me one. That was my gateway into the world of Jazzmasters”.
EPISODE 1: GALE PARIDJANIAN, TURIN BRAKES
Gale's choice of guitar is a Charvel electric-acoustic model from his days working in the acoustic department of one of the music shops in London’s famous Denmark Street, for which he paid something like £469 (roughly £1,200 in today’s money).
“It’s got my sound in it. If you plug it in it just sounds like The Optimist and that’s our sound. It’s a battle to play but there’s something about how it sounds when it’s recorded. It sounds like me”.
That One Guitar! THE Team:
Keith Jopling: Creator & Host
Mick Clarke: Artwork
Ned Woodcock: Sound Editor: “The world of music and sound is where I want to be. After studying sound production from diploma days to a degree at BIMM Institute, I’ve thrown myself into any project I can get my hands on, whether that’s composing for films, producing an EP, or diving into post-production on films and podcasts. That One Guitar is an example of the perfect project; I grew up obsessed with the blazing sounds that can be manipulated out of a guitar, and particularly the people with that magical ability - the likes of Hendrix, Gilmour and Page. To be able to work on this podcast is a thrilling venture that allows me to surround myself in what I love”.