This week we have a slight change up from the normal format. Mr. Brian Wampler Returns! We get into what Brian has been up to this last year, the Germanium Tummuns, guitar rigs, and new releases! Check out Runway Audio https://runwayaudio.com/?dt_id=116669 Check out Stringy https://stringjoy.com/partner/manthehelm check out all things I'm up to as well https://linktr.ee/manthehelm
Jake and Mike are back and this week we talk poor financial decisions, old guitars, stupid prices, and so much more. check out Runway Audio https://runwayaudio.com/?dt_id=116669 StringJoy https://stringjoy.com/partner/manthehelm and all other things Man The Helm https://linktr.ee/manthehelm...
Jake and Mike are back this week for more rambles. We get into the holiday season and some awesome gear that came our way. Big Rigs? Small Rigs? which is right for you? Losing your comfort zone pedals? Jake starts a new series on Suggested Settings and how he's thinking of going about it. Pedal demos, YouTube, adding value and New Years Resolutions. It's all on this weeks episode! Check out StringJoy https://stringjoy.com/partner/manthehelm Check out Runway Audio https://runwayaudio.com/?dt_id=1...
This week Jake and Mike sit down and have more rambles! We talk work life balance, short form medias effect on music, Shaq, and so much more! Check out all things Man The Helm here https://linktr.ee/manthehelm Check out Runway Audio https://runwayaudio.com/?dt_id=116669 Check out StringJoy https://stringjoy.com/partner/manthehelm...
This week Mike and Jake talk the newest pedal from Wampler and some issues with the release. Then they get on what it takes to overcome some of the obstacles with starting off in a music city or just being in a band and general. check out StringJoy https://stringjoy.com/partner/manthehelm check out Runway Audio https://runwayaudio.com/?dt_id=116669 check out all other things Man The Helm https://linktr.ee/manthehelm...
Mike as a new amp that both of us are absolutely in love with and we get right into it. Then we get into cheap vs expensive gear and some buying choices that you might want to consider. This and so much more this week! Enjoy! Check out everything else Man The Helm here https://linktr.ee/manthehelm
This week Jake and Mike are back with an episode all about gear! Well sort of. We get into Mikes current set up and how he likes to use it. Amps, guitars, and of course pedals! We also cover a brand new course from friend of the show Mr. Brian Wampler himself. "The Wampler Blueprint" is a comprehensive course covering overdrive, distortion, fuzz, compression, noise gates, and so much more! Plus some of our opinions on high end gear. All of this and more this week on the Man The Helm Podcast. Che...
Its been a while everybody and I'm sorry for the massive break but life gets in the way sometime. This week I introduce Mike Sims the Co-host of the Man The Helm Podcast. We get into Mikes back story and its full of wild times. From starting in music all the way up to meeting Joe Bonamassa! Then we get into bad gig stories and I'm sure you can relate to some of these. Hope you enjoy the new format and Mike! check out everything Man the Helm here https://linktr.ee/manthehelm...
This week Mr. Richard Oliver is back! Richard was one of the first guest that I had on the podcast and this episode is just like old friends getting back together. We cover what's new with Wampler Pedals, learning guitar, favorite bands, modding pedals, and so much more! check out all things Wampler Pedals https://www.wamplerpedals.com https://modyourownpedal.com Chasing Tone Podcast Check out all I'm up tp as well https://linktr.ee/manthehelm...
This week I sit down with Kevin Equitz! We get into his back story and how is was growing up in a musical family and how he first started on the drums. Moving forward on how he got into playing guitar and how he started doing simple repairs lead him to where he is today with Equitz Guitars. This episode is packed with so much more though and I know you'll enjoy it as much as I did! check out all that Kevin is up to here website: https://www.equitzguitars.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...
This week I am joined by one of my favorite people on the internet, Lindy Day! if you missed the first episode go back and check it out to hear all about Lindy's back story. Its been a little over a year since Lindy and I last spoke and a lot is in motion for her at the moment. We get into music, songwriting, social media, pivoting as a creator and so much more! check out all that Lindy is up to TikTok Instagram Check out Emaline Stirling as well https://www.tiktok.com/@emalinestirling?lang=en h...
This week is sit down with Coe Schneider. We met a while back at a Tone Mob Pizza party and we've been online friends since. Coe is one of the nicest and down to earth people I've met and is a super rad musician as well. We get into how Coe got started with music and how he quickly realized bass was where it was at. These days besides being a family man and working a 9-5, he's playing Bass in Nite Tides out of Nashville TN. I had a great time talking with Coe and I'm sure you're going to love it...
This week I have another returning guest! Xander Raymond Charles everyone! Its been a little over a year since Ray was on the show and a lot has happened since he's been on! A Rebrand, the end of endorsements, and the start of something super rad. Plus hints of new music from Ray! All that and so much more on this episode. check out all Ray is up to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@xanderraymondcharles/featured Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xanderraymondcharles/?hl=en Patreon: https://ww...
This is why I love doing this! Some how Ethan and I connected on Instagram and I immediately loved what he is up to! Between Ethan and his Dad they have come up with one of the most ascetically pleasing guitars designs I've came across. Along with a some small details that I wasn't aware of before talking with Ethan. I really loved the conversation and I know you all will too! check out all the awesome things that is Dekka Guitars website https://dekkaguitars.com Instagram https://www.instagram....
This week I sit down with Barry from guitars! Ive heard him on so many podcasts but I figured it was time I invited him on for a conversation. I didn't realize that this is the third career Barry has undertaken and we get into the things in the past that lead him to start Grez Guitars. We also get into a lot of mindset based strategies that I think really help creatives when they get into that awful slump. All that and so much more on this weeks episode. check out all things Grez Guitars website...
This week I sit down with Matt and Dave from the Guitar Dads Podcast. Based in the Greater Boston area Matt and Dave have been the core of the Guitar Dads Podcast for over 2 years and have over 100 episodes! We get into the start of the podcast and how Matt had been trying to convince Dave to start a podcast for a while. Really this episode is just a really fun conversation but we do get into gear, playing live, cheap gear, and an awesome purchase for Matt! I had a great time talking to Matt and...
This week I sit down with Mike Purcell of Monkey Riot Pedals. I came to find out after reaching out to Mike to be a guest that the pedal aspect of what he does is relatively recent and just the tip of the iceberg of all the things he's done in his life and what he continues to do. Mike has spent most of his life in music working for studios. Whether is was mixing, mastering, or engineering Mike as has so much experience working with musicians and bands in that space. I was awesome to dive into M...
This week I sit down with bill from Humanoid Pedals. Bill is new to the pedal game but he's already making some phenomenal products such as the Goblin, Entity, Psychosis, Apparition, and the Ghoul. We get into his back story and how he decided to get into this wild world of guitar pedals. One of the things I really like about Bill and Humanoid pedals is the affordability! What more could you ask for with a hand made pedal, made in the US, and be at such an affordable price! I really enjoyed talk...
This week I sit down with Glyn Evans of Mr. Glyn's Pickups. Glyn has been building pickups since 1995 and it started with him building his own winding machine and experimenting! We do get into the gear but we really get into a little bit of everything! So strap in because this ones a long one but its such a great conversation that I definitely enjoyed and I know you will too! check out all things Glyn is up to here website https://mrglynspickups.com/ Instagram https://instagram.com/mrglynspickup...
This week is so surreal! Its not everyday you get to talk to one of your guitar hero's! Though its even better when one of them happens to be one of the nicest people on the planet. If you're not familiar with Andy Wood he got his start pickin the mandolin on a front porch in North Carolina and it seems like hes never stopped. From touring with "Down from Up", countless sessions, playing with Rascal Flatts, and his impressive solo instrumental albums; it seems like there is nothing that Andy can...
This week I sit down with David Ross of David Ross Musical Instruments. David is a guitar repairman the has been working in the Bringhamton, NY area since 2008. Though there is much more to his story to include his recent ventures into guitar pedals! I had a great time talking to David about all things guitar, repair, pedals, social media, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it! check out all things David is up to Website https://davidrossmusicalinstruments...
This week I sit down with Corey Congilio! Corey is touring guitarist, session musician, and music educator with over 20 years under his belt. We don't get too deep into his playing back story but more into how he broke into the industry. From working with TrueFire, gear demos, lesson, touring, playing session, and the countless clinics with Fishman and Martin Corey has done it all. Along with that his lessons through his site Working Class Guitar are absolutely top notch! Corey is such an awesom...
So right when I started TikTok Alicca and I found each other and hit it off fairly quickly. She's an awesome singer and as she likes to put it "mediocre" guitar player..... I'd disagree. She's mostly on TikTok doing covers but she recently starting playing with a band "Drowning in Violet" and its pretty top notch stuff in my opinion. I had a great time finally getting to sit down and talk with Alicca and I know you all will enjoy the conversation too! Check out Alicca here https://www.tiktok.com...
This week I sit down with Taylor Cox from Amplified Nation. Taylor got his start by restoring cab and started diving into the mysterious world of Dumble amp and he hasn't stop since. We get into Taylors back story, what drew him to the Dumble style of amps, and so much more. This is one of those conversations that I was pretty ignorant about but loved learning so much in our conversation. I had a blast talking with Taylor and I know you'll enjoy the conversation too. check out all things Amplifi...
This week I sit down with Jim Anthony. He's a singer/songwriter from the Minneapolis area is he has a pretty awesome story. We connected on tiktok a few weeks ago and after watching a bunch of his lives I knew I had to have him on the show. Jim is one of the most talented singer/songwriters I've had the opportunity to connect with on tiktok and his song "True American Hero" really pulls at my heart being a Veteran myself. I had a blast talking to Jim and I know you'll enjoy this episode as much ...
First episode of the new year and how fitting to be Mr. Blake Wyland. This week we really just shoot the breeze but we do get deep into a few things. We do a quick wrap up on 2022 for Blake. We talk social media and how weird people can get sometimes. We get into StringJoy and how the Orbiters are my new favorites! YouTube, small builders, custom guitar and so much more on this weeks podcast! check out all the stuff Blake is up to here Website: https://tonemob.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/the...
Todays episode is a bit different. This week I sit down with Alex Auxier who has spent most of his time working for companies in the music space in artist relations. At one point in time he was the global artist rep for Orange Amplifiers. These days he works for a handful of smaller companies such as StringJoy, Victory Amplifiers, Origin Effects, and Warehouse Guitar Speakers. Alex is such a cool dude and we have a great conversation about what he's looking for in potential artist and how its no...
This week I sit down with Adam Patrick Johnson. Adam is a musician, content creator, and a podcaster. His goal besides playing music for a living; which he's been doing now for half his life; is the coach and teach everyone to run their band, music, or content like a business. I mean the end goal is for most "serious" musicians is to make their money with their passion. The problem with that is most people have a misconception of what that really means. Adam through all of his social media conte...
Ya'll, This is a big one; Mr. Brian Wampler! Brian is the reason I got back into to gear, talking my playing more seriously, starting to push more on social media, and to start this very podcast! Though if you don't know Brian essentially makes his living making "toys" for guitar player....... but on this episode I like how he refers to is as "providing the paint for the artist". Besides creating awesome pedals for Wampler Pedals Brian is also marketer and extremely savvy on all the social media...
This week I sit down with Dylan from "Dylan Talks Tone". We get into his humble beginnings and how he and his family has a always been musical. Dylan is on of those people the has been "Manning is helm" for most of his life. He has been self employed most of his life and when he decided to get into social media and making pick up he hasn't looked back. He's an awesome dude and I had a great time talking to him. I know you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I did! check out all the things Dylan...
