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Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 147
We're blasting through the questions from last time! Cheap vs. Expensive pedals? Will the pedal craze die down soon? Has it already? Do we need more? What popular piece of gear just didn't do the trick for you? Offset Fender issues; mostly the bridge. Discuss. (note: get a Mastery !) What's in Justin's studio? Hit us up with questions ANYTIME on our website , Instagram , Facebook , or Twitter ! Lastly, if you're listening on Anchor , you can leave us a voicemail with a question that we can pop i...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Fender Certified Vintage Reverb shop (Stab: Fairfield Unpleasant Surprise) These guitars are from Fender’s vintage vault and are reference guitars for custom shop builds and product lineups 5 strats currently up for sale: ‘54 2-tone burst, ‘57 2-tone burst, ‘65 lake placid blue, ‘65 3-tone burst, ‘65 candy apple red. These are Meticulously reviewed by the Fender custom shop to confirm they are all original 2-year warranty, any service required will be handled by the Fender custom shop Hand deliv...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Revv D20 (stab: Walrus Audio Descent) All tube head with Two Notes reactive load and virtual cabs built in 2 6V6, 1 12AX7, switchable from 20 down to 4 watts Reactive Load automatically engages when speaker is not connected Front panel: Gain w/ pull boost, 3 band EQ, volume, headphone out, 6 virtual cabs accessible on the front, or 128 via MIDI Back panel: Built in FX loop, 4/8 Ohm cab out, ground lift, bias terminals CITES lifts rosewood ban for musical instruments (Stab: Keeley 1964x) After ab...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Went to see friend-of-the-show Eric play at Pipedream Brewing! TC Electronic Fashback 2 X4 Delay (stab: OBNE Haunt Fuzz) Same form factor as before, but now has 3 MASH switches which are pressure sensitive. This lets you hold 2 sounds per bank and hard-press the pedal to switch between them 10 delay sounds plus 6 tone print slots (previously 4) Subdivision knob with 11 different tempo settings 40 second looper Mini toggles on the back for true/buffered bypass, and kill dry on/off Stereo in/out, ...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Bodacious Brian’s big, big rigs and also sometimes little rigs too! (stab: RedWitch Empress) Brian mentioned to me that we should do OUR OWN rigs for BBBBRAASLRT Derek: Guitar of choice (leaning towards fender style bodies with Gibson style parts). At home I’m now using the HX Stomp, but I also have a small pedalboard with a Smallsound/Bigsound Mini, MIJ BF-2 Flanger, EHX Memory Toy, and HOF mini, into either the HX or an Orange micro-terror (just a practice amp mostly). Live/Band: Polytune, Ern...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Crash! (stab:805) Sold the amp! HX Stomp! Wahoo! (stab: Apocalypse Fuzz on bass) Righteous Tele! (stab: Wombtone) Demo features all three pickups on a 50W Plexi Reverb to be acquired by Etsy! (stab: KHDK Abyss) Kemper Profiler Stage (stab: Longamp Time Machine) Full blown Kemper Profiler in a floorboard format Kemper head/rack require a foot switcher to change sounds, recall settings, etc THIS is a Kemper amp WITH the switching fully integrated in pedalboard form 5 buttons for 5 rigs per perform...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Derek sold him amp! Kind of… HX Stomp (stab: OE Revival) Digitech drop update. Standard guitar in an Eb band. (stab: Mathews The Architect) Righteous Tele update (Stab: 805) Gibson update (stab: JHS Unicorn) They released a statement FINALLY. They acknowledged that this is something they have to do but their tone was all wrong. Too little too late, and the actual statement still didn’t soften things much. Apparently they have threatened dealers with legal action unless they stop selling Dean gui...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Ernie Ball VP Jr. (stab: Chicka-wahh) I asked them when this sucker would be out and they said winter 2019. Gibson’s “Play Authentic” marketing results in them suing Dean (stab: Bogner Wessex) Basically making an example of them Gibson posted this video , which they later removed. Isn’t Mark Agnesi just the worst? They’re claiming that any copy of one of their design styles or trademarks is “a counterfeit gibson guitar”. Which I guess they’re saying is what Dean is doing? “To the manufactureres ...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Podcast suggestion: Hit Parade (stab: Sea Foam) New Guitar Day: Fender Special Edition Custom FMT Telecaster (stab: WA Descent) Derek got it on scratch and dent at the local guitar shop! It’s awesome! Relish Guitars - https://relish.swiss/guitars/ (stab: Seymour Duncan 805) If Elon Musk started making guitars, this would be it. These are extremely expensive but super futuristic guitars. Aluminum core, with a magnetic back so you can get inside the guitar in like 2 seconds Pickups just pull out o...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Righteous Tele update (stab: Red Witch Factotum) Instagram questions (stab: Stone Deaf Warp Drive) How many drives is too many? Channel bound fingerboards , yes or no? From Alex at coppersound Humbucker or single coil? From Ryan Played a ton of gigs recently, two of which with a band called Sleepspirit . They’re using Kemper rigs! Let’s talk about that. (Stab: Organizer) Another band was using an electric 12 string like a fucking madman! Pedal Genie JHS Kodiak Trem $200 Spiral Electric FX - than...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 137
J forgot something (stab: Earthquaker Rainbow machine) Pick 5 pedals from one builder, what 5? (Stab: PitchGrinder) Fractal Audio FM3 (Stab: SG Electroman) Fractal amp and effect processing at $1000. 3 footswitches All the I/O https://www.gearnews.com/fractal-audio-shoots-for-line-6-helix-with-fm3-floor-based-amp-modelling-and-fx/ Pedal Genie Strymon Deco https://www.strymon.net/deco/ Gibson 2019 “Original Collection” (stab: Apollo Phaser) New “original collection” kind of reminds me of the Fend...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 136
BEER OR GEAR?!?!?! (stab: Mr Black Dark Star Reverb) (Special note: if you’re bored by this segment skip to 18:55 when we wrap it up) Richter Double Guitar Strap (stab: MH Colossus Fuzz) Matt Heafy of Trivium has released a strap that goes over both shoulders Ergonomics are important for career musicians, especially with heavy guitars However, is there anything dorkier than this? Kentucky Hot Brown pedalboards (from Righteous Ryan!) (stab: WA Descent) Husband and wife team out of Louisville KY R...
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 135
THE TONE JERKS ARE HERE! They’re here! The Tone Jerks run a killer weekly podcast that we’re big fans of and we think you should check them out Give us a rundown on Jerk history. How did this all start? What’s your main rigs? We’ve heard from Brian in a previous segment ( episode 120! ), but are there any updates? Kyle, what’s your bass setup like? Kyle - how do you afford to buy pedals all the time? Do you have a sell/trade budget you keep rolling money over into new gear? Or just out of pocket...
Apr 08, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 134
GO CHECK OUT THE TONE JERKS!
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Derek is building a tele for Righteous Ryan! Shell pink, Bare Knuckle flat 50s pickups, roasted maple neck with compound radius and stainless steel frets. Paradox FX Futura Multiparametric Envelope Chorus Analog bucket brigade chorus WITH envelope follower The envelope can control rate, depth, or both simultaneously Controls for Blend, Sensitivity, Level, Rate and Depth Two mini toggles to choose the direction of the envelope (slow/fast and shallow/deep) $210 Coppersound Loma Prieta Tremolo I bo...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 133
To skip past our computer talk and get to the goods, skip to 10:19. Hit Anchor.fm/shuffleall to hear Derek's new podcast! Questions from the components! (stab: OBNE Dark Star Reverb) TC Electronic June-60 Chorus (stab: Bogner Uberschall) Vintage chorus based on the Roland Juno 60 Bypass switch, mono/stereo slider, and two buttons for modes Y-cable for stereo Mode 1: slow, warm chorus. Mode 2: Faster, more dynamic movement I + II: Dual chorus, slightly offset LFOs that give a slight Leslie effect...
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid We're on Anchor.fm! Download the app and leave us a voicemail! Ernie Ball VP JR Tuner (stab: SD Warp Drive) Tuner built right into your volume pedal! When heel down, tuner engages, but can be set to always on Has a touch screen to change tuning options 1-10 readout for volume level Input, output, tuner in, tuner thru? 9-18v, standard vp jr size and assembly. New stronger cord inside. Comes in black, white, red, and gold! (red is the best) ----- Fender...
Feb 11, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Ep. 130 - It’s a Rat With Robot Legs! It Can Learn Tricks! EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things (stab: SG Electroman) 2 Effects loops, with an a/b/y switcher, boost, tuner out, expression input… everything Loop 1: unbuffered. Ideal for distortions, overdrives, vintage pedals. Loop 2: buffered, after loop 1. Ideal for modulation and time based stuff Amps: This lets you run stereo in a A, B, or Both setup. Boost switch to give those amps a little extra umph. Also features a phase switch. Buffered tune...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 130
NAMM is starting to show itself...
Jan 14, 2019•1 hr 14 min
It's the annual holiday episode! Enjoy our after show and title nonsense!
Dec 25, 2018•2 hr 8 min
It's the final (real) episode of 2018! You should watch Earworm on Vox and check out the new Fender American Performer Series.
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Derek plays guitar in Delaney now! Check out the song "Architect of Shame" here in the episode. New reverb from Chase Bliss, a wild distortion from Abasi, and probably the best fuzz from Wampler. It's pedal day!
Dec 03, 2018•49 min
Are you ready for the be-all, end-all amp in a box drive pedal?
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 19 min
This is a pretty spoopy one. BOO!
Nov 05, 2018•57 min
It took them like 3 years to fix this headphone interface issue. Better late than never I guess?
Oct 22, 2018•1 hr 16 min
SEE YA LATER, LARRY! Although, Gibson does have a pretty cool new guitar. A pretty rad FUZZ from Wren & Cuff, an amp collaborative between Supro and Keeley, and what is easily the coolest looking pedal of 2018 from Walrus Audio!
Oct 08, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Derek is back from vacation and he's sick! Get ready for stories, coughing, and new Gibson guitars.
Sep 24, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Look at this weird Fender guitar you can't buy. Also huge thanks to Brian and Ryan for their respective sections! Be sure to check out Plane Without A Pilot on bandcamp, spotify, and everywhere that matters.
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 35 min
We're doing a giveaway with Coppersound Pedals! Details inside!
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 37 min
