Sean Arbow is the rad guy behind Gunstreet Wiring Shop, a premium brand offering drop in and custom wiring looms for any and all guitars. Kasper and Al sit down with this rising Portland legend to chat guitar mods, complex circuits and much more! Enjoy! https://instagram.com/gunstreetwiringshop?igshid=1r2maccpd56hi https://gunstreetwiringshop.com/thehub
Eric Merrow returns this week to hang out with Kasper and Al! The boys discuss how Eric won his first Dundee award, the hazards of buying guitars from online retailers and how Eric is launching his brand new pedal brand, ELM Effects. It’s always a great time to hear from Eric and you’ll have a blast listening in, so get tuned in and enjoy! https://instagram.com/ericmerrow?igshid=r4jvnrd8qt0i https://instagram.com/elmeffects?igshid=1xf7ml5x29v5x
Earl Pereira is a Canadian born musician whose band Wide Mouth Mason earned worldwide recognition, praise and has toured with acts like AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, and more. For over two decades Earl has worked to further Canadian music, fronting his band The Steadies, mentoring thousands of artists and producing and recording them. He’s a super great guy and the boys enjoyed having him as their guest this week! https://instagram.com/thesteadies?igshid=1kxjg9tzp50dh https://www.thesteadies.ca...
Drew Walsh is the guru of Walsh Guitars, a heck of a cool guy and a skilled luthier. Created in Richland, Washington this desirable brand is making some of the coolest retro-modern designs on the market. Kasper, Drew and Al get into sparkly guitars, making new but familiar shapes and pushing the envelope. Al attempts to set up a black market for trading wine in exchange for guitars and the nickname game continues to push the boundaries of silly. https://instagram.com/walshguitars?igshid=1cb50m11...
This week the two best looking faces in podcasting get chatting with Curtis Lambert of Frederick Guitars. Frederick is a young company that is making big moves in Canada, with some awesome takes on classic electric designs as well as a very unique foray into electric resonator guitars. The boys have a fun round table chat with another groundbreaking luthier, enjoy! http://www.frederickguitars.com/ https://instagram.com/frederick_guitars?igshid=1vj2y8dy8hbmk
This episode Al & Kasper hang with Trevor Woodland of Vigilant Guitars. Trevor is making custom, high end guitars on the gorgeous west coast of Victoria, Canada. Forestry and woodworking are a part of his lineage, and Trevor takes things up a notch often using burled woods from trees he cuts himself. Vigilant focuses on being a leader in custom instruments with specialties in multiscale and extended range guitars, as well as cutting edge hardware and pickups. It’s a killer episode with three...
This week Kasper & Al are joined by guitar maker Jonathan Fellows of Fellows Guitars from California. The guys chat about what makes a unique guitar these days, they discuss how no cutaways are the new cutaways and how lasers are our friends. Enjoy! https://www.fellowsguitars.com/ https://instagram.com/fellowsguitars?igshid=1ambuxaeq3sok
2020 was a tough year so Kasper and Al decided to send it off by having a little fun. They’re going head to head in a quiz competition hosted by Dan Presencer from Moar Guitars to see who is THE Cultured Guitarist, Al or Kasper. Of course there’s plenty of random side roads and hilarious moments on their journey to snag the coveted title, and Dan makes a special announcement about some new things happening with Moar Guitars for 2021. Enjoy! https://instagram.com/moarguitars?igshid=1umb7fatqiifm ...
Kasper and Al get down and chatty with the world’s only glass guitar maker, Alex Morningstar. Alex’s incredibly unique instruments obviously look like nothing else out there, and they feel like nothing else. Hear about the challenges of pioneering an entire field of luthiery that didn’t exist before him and what drives this incredibly unique builder. Enjoy!! https://instagram.com/morningstarglassguitars?igshid=l1l3bsaksbd5 https://www.morningstarglassguitars.com/ https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC...
This week Al & Kasper had the chance to speak with author, lawyer, professor and historian Craig E Jones. He’s just released his new book “Odyssey: Attila Balogh and the Quest for the Perfect Guitar”, Craig has done more research than anyone on earth into the lost guitar brand Odyssey and the visionary luthier behind them. Odyssey influenced brands like Larivee, Godin, some say PRS and many more. Played by Prism, Loverboy, and many more major artists of the time. It’s a fascinating chat abou...
Kasper and Al get return visit with James from Lauren Audio and dive into his latest release; The Mustang. They also talk 500 series preamps before getting into a deep discussion on the competitive nature of the music world and the health of the pedal community. It’s a great time all around and one you won’t wanna miss, enjoy! https://instagram.com/laurenaudio?igshid=1aa9a1qo257jz https://www.lauren.audio
The second year of the show starts off with Al & Kasper chatting it up with Nick from Oneder Effects! The boys chat weird names for effects brands, Weezer’s blue album and much more. Are you still reading this? Get listening! https://instagram.com/onedereffects?igshid=1esnmm7nqevjm http://onederstudios.com/onedereffects
It’s the 52nd episode and one year since launching the show! Kasper and Al go on a walk down memory lane revisiting the episodes and how they evolved as the show grew. They talk about the guests and the different ways the show broke ground in the ever evolving world of guitar. Thanks for joining our world and here’s to another year of The Cultured Guitarist! https://link.chtbl.com/The_Cultured_Guitarist https://www.instagram.com/culturedguitarist/?hl=en
This week the boys hang out with Andrew McKeag, known best for being a member of The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as a bunch of other projects. Andrew tells tales of helping Mitch Mitchell’s widow find old Hendrix gear for a museum, touring stories, what it’s like to join a world touring rock band and what he’s up to now. It’s a super great episode with a super great dude, so get listening! https://instagram.com/andrewlyallmckeag?igshid=1r7ef7tgdwqdb https://andrewmckeagba...
Kasper & Al sit down with Mitch Bullock of Lurch Audio to chat about the rad pedals he’s making in Hamilton, Ontario. Mitch’s hand painted pedals are all named after cereal grains and provide a big range of unique tones that are as good sounding as they are looking. Bon appetit! https://instagram.com/lurchaudio?igshid=wmbdrl6nxhb4 https://lurchaudio.bigcartel.com/
The boys are back with some cool products they’ve been diving into thanks to some generous and forward thinking brands out there. They give their impressions on the Mask Audio Electronics Yes! fuzz, a custom Onkel Amplification preamp, the Soundslice FX Chop-Chop tremolo, the Electrofoods Pedals Pigpile fuzz, a set of cables from Rattlesnake Cable Co. and the Iron Horse V2 tuner/power supply from Outlaw Effects. It’s a lot of cool in a tidy show! https://maskaudioelectronics.bigcartel.com https:...
This week Al, Kasper and Asher from Caulfield Cables get together to reminisce and rate all of the band/guitar/music movies they could think of. There’s some legends on the list, there’s some obscure ones on the list. There’s a couple that probably should never be mentioned by human beings again. It’s a good laugh and a hilarious glimpse into the taste (or lack of taste) the three boys have. Enjoy!
Al & Kasper chat with one of the most radical folks in music, Adam Grimms from Satellite Amps. He joins the boys to chat amps, guitars, men named Night Bob and being sued by Gibson Guitars. Adam shares details about much of the lawsuit and how that influences his brand going forward. It’s an incredible episode and peek into amazing amps and some of the dark sides of being in the music business. http://www.satelliteamps.com https://instagram.com/satelliteamps?igshid=1lkpy55ip20oz
Al and Kasper get into it with Alex who’s one of the few brave souls making world class aluminum guitar, bass and baritone necks and they hear a little about his upcoming full guitar model. They debate the new JHS 3 series, talk about juicy pedal gossip and much more. Enjoy! https://www.robotgraves.com https://instagram.com/robotgraves?igshid=63fgqz00v88g
Kasper and Al get their chat on with the fabulous Chris Rossi of Dusky Amps. They chat about how Chris got into making some of the coolest pedals on the market with offerings like the Hypatia, Augustus and the Mandorla. Not to mention some world class amplifiers! Get listening! https://duskyamp.com https://instagram.com/duskyamp?igshid=1n6e2zuzlfskg
The boys are at it again, this time with Alec from Mask Audio Electronics! We learn how to get cease and desist letters, how to ignore them, and how some of the raddest pedals out there get named “Yes!” & “No!”. They go into custom guitars with strange building materials and so much more. Enjoy! https://instagram.com/maskaudioelectronics?igshid=1oeqxrjut8fsj https://maskaudioelectronics.bigcartel.com/products
Steve Demedash returns with stories of his never ending pursuit to perfect the art of imperfections and what to do with what might be the last supply of strange Russian transistors ever. He also schools Al & Kasper on how to make pedals that will blow your mind, all from his home in Winnipeg, Canada. https://instagram.com/demedasheffects?igshid=ym0a05ld2f7c https://www.demedasheffects.com
This week the boys get a return visit from Yuba City, California with Asher from Caulfield Cables. The fellows explore a wide range of topics and have themselves a grand hang out session. Enjoy the magic of three nerds with a love for guitars in an unhinged round table chat. https://instagram.com/caulfieldcables?igshid=jtvumhxxm2m8 https://www.caulfieldcables.com
Al & Kasper are joined by a wizard of the pedal building world, Aisha from LOE Sounds. Her amazing and vast range of unique builds can be found inside of everything from old Atari controllers to answering machines from the 80’s and much more. Hear the epic story of how sifting through people’s old technology refuse can yield new and exciting toys. Instagram.com/loesounds https://loegoods.bigcartel.com/
Kasper and Al sit down with one of the mad geniuses of the pedal world, Woolly from Champion Leccy. We find out how a guy obsessed with fuzz builds some of the weirdest modulation pedals around, and how you can marry a girl from Philadelphia if you’re willing to live in Asia. And yes, they talk about sausages having laser eyes.
This week Al and Kasper chat with Hank Donovan, owner and founder of the Rattlesnake Cable Company. This Missoula, Montana based outfit is making some of the best cables money can buy and if they don’t make what you need, odds are you can ask them to and they will. There’s a science to why cables are maybe the most undervalued part of your rig, and the boys get into it with one of the pioneers changing the cable game. https://www.rattlesnakecables.com https://www.instagram.com/rattlesnakecables...
Norm MacDonald might be the most Canadian name ever plus he might be the nicest Canadian ever and that’s saying something! This Ontario based pedal builder is a rad dude and he’s making a whole bunch of cool, high styled pedals all by hand. It’s another fun episode filled with laughs, guitar talk and terrible nicknames. https://normacpedals.com Instagram.com/normac.pedals
This week Kasper and Al got the chance to kick it with Eric Merrow. Eric does gear demos, how-to videos and more on his YouTube channel, which has nearly a million views. He’s also a passionate collector who has a killer collection of pedals, amps, recording gear as well as some awesome left handed axes. He also curates a left handed players Instagram page to help his fellow lefty’s share their passions. He’s a rad dude and it’s an amazingly fun chat!
Surprise! In a Cultured Guitarist first Kasper and Al have another chat with Dan Presencer to chat even more about Moar Guitars; this time diving a little bit deeper into some of the models and ordering custom guitars. Who doesn’t wanna know Moar?
This week we’re going all the way to Copenhagen to talk with Dan Presencer who’s the “world’s local guitar builder”. From all wenge hollow bodies to a fresh, inspiring offset unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Dan’s work is second to none. It’s a blast to get to know him so enjoy the show!
