We’re giving away a $50 gift card to Stringjoy.com! Follow us on Instagram @TheToneControl and reshare the post with #ControlYourTone to enter to win! If you’re in Discord you get a second entry automatically so join the server today! The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 176
The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited gl...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 175
The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited gl...
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 174
The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited gl...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 173
The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited gl...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 172
The Triplegraph is a digital octave pedal designed by CopperSound Pedals and Jack White , featuring three proprietary telegraph keys and an integrated auxiliary loop. Utilizing a high-power DSP Blackfin Processor , Triplegraph triggers an octave down with the left key, octave up with the right key, while the middle key activates a killswitch or auxiliary loop. In KILL mode , the middle key acts as a momentary killswitch , allowing the player to remove their dry signal and attain a fully wet octa...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 172
The Tone Control has a Discord server ! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control! We’re also now on Patreon ! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited gl...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 171
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Happy seven year anniversary! Seriously absolutely mega huge thank you to everyone for supporting the show for so long! We love the community that is growing around the podcast and we can't wait to share what we have in the works for the coming year. Cheers!! Bass gear for guitarists? (stab: Analog Man SunFace) Affordable options for gear (either amps or modeling) “Options for the guitarist who is plenty far al...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 170
New stuff from Fender (stab: Keeley Aria) Road worn vintera strat and tele Vintera series has been out for a little bit (talked about in ep139) Road worn series has some light factory aging which I think looks pretty cool! Limited edition 50’s and 60’s strats and teles, a 70’s deluxe tele 50’s strat comes in surf green or fiesta red, 60’s strat in firemist gold or lake placid blue 50’s tele in vintage blonde or lake placid blue (both with black guards, hot) 70’s tele in daphne blue or Olympic wh...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 169
This is the one where we barely talk about guitars. Enjoy. Many thanks to our Patreon supporters! Andrew Walsh Jamie Evans Jeffrey Wright Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX Steve Huffman Righteous Ryan Johnson Kyle McIntyre and Brian Gower of The Tone Jerks Podcast Jonas Sabatini Eric Girabaldi Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX Doug King OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 168
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Ernie Ball Music Man Dustin Kensrue Stingray RS (stab: Bogner Oxford) Modified version of the Stingray RS, such as a stacked volume/tone pot and a relocated selector switch HS configuration, “hot vintage” pickups. Middle of the road rock and roll Mahogany body, maple neck, 22 stainless steel frets, satin finish, locking tuners. 25.5” scale. Push/push button on the pickguard toggles between normal guitar operati...
Jul 27, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Coppersound Broadway and Strategy (Red Witch Factotum) Thanks to Alex and Coppersound pedals for sending us some pedals to try! Strategy Analog Preamp and Boost (featured on Tone of the Week on 7/7!) Based on a hi-fi grade op-amp with controls for volume and tone. Very musically tuned tone control. Lots of range on the volume. Great for hitting the front of your amp. Broadway Treble Booster and Germanium Preamp Inspired by the original Rangemaster circuit Three way pickup selector emulates the p...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 8 min
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A couple of things: I got some AirPods Pro Apple is moving to its own silicon. Does that mean anything for stuff like Protools? Neural DSP Quad Cortex (stab: KHDK Abyss) A challenger appears! This is a new floor modeler and is INSANELY powerful. 2GHz quad-core SHARC chip 7” multi-touch display The footswitches are knobs to turn paramet...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 165
New Delaney Single! “A Small Remaining Quantity of Something” is out everywhere on June 26th! Cooper FX Arcades (stab: OBNE Dark Star) This pedal is designed to receive a proprietary PCB card with 8 effects in a category. Delay, pitch, reverb, and lo-fi out at the moment Four knobs labeled ABCD change their function depending on card/effect. On/off switch and an aux/tap switch for effect-specific secondary functions Two buttons for PRGM and PAGE allow you to control the card parameters Card deta...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 164
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol 00:00:00 - 00:12:00 Show Intro Tone of the Week project (stab: Wampler 30 Something) We’ll see how this goes! Send suggestions! The goal is to build a new tone every week and use it as inspiration for playing guitar at home. Derek might want some studio monitors… (OBNE Haunt Fuzz) Pedal Genie Dwarfcraft Devices Gears PRS Parlor Acoustics (Keeley 1962x) SE P20 and SE P20E (E for Electronics. It has a fishman pic...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 163
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Let Er Riff recap. Congratulations Kyle! (stab: Snow White) Derek Pedal board update (stab: BIAS) Running the whole “traditional” pedal board through the FX loop on HX Stomp Seymour Duncan PowerStage 200 (stab: Strymon Volante) Pedalboard sized power amp we all know and love. Attention Helix users! Some expansion on the PowerStage 170 More I/O, presence control, headphone output, cab sim, and EQ on/off Input, t...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Big thanks to everyone who entered and voted in our first ever Let 'er Riff contest! We'll be doing more promotions and giveaways in the future. Remember! If you dig the show and want to support us, head over to patreon.com/thetonecontrol! You can also join our Discord server which is open and free to everyone! Come hang and talk with us about guitar stuff! DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol The winner of the let ‘er riff contest is….??!?! Round...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 161
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Let ‘er Riff contest - TODAY, MONDAY 4/20/2020 IS YOUR LAST DAY TO ENTER THE CONTEST!! Enter your riff for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Reverb.com ! Details: 1) Write a riff using the drum loops we provide. There is a link to a Google Drive folder with drum loops in the pinned messages on #let-er-riff 2) You may edit the drums if you need to (shorten, extend, change tempo). You don't have to use them at a...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 160
DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol LET 'ER RIFF! Enter your riff for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Reverb.com! Details: 1) Write a riff using the drum loops we provide. There is a link to a Google Drive folder with drum loops in the pinned messages on #let-er-riff 2) You may edit the drums if you need to (shorten, extend, change tempo) 3) Key, genre, additional tracks are all up to you, but the entry is about the riff! 4) Record your riff a...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Free Apps (stab: EQ Data Corruptor) MiniMoog Model D app is now free on iOS to keep you busy during social distancing. Previously $4.99 Korg Kaossilator iOS app free for a limited time. Android version free through tomorrow (3/20) Way Huge Chalky Box (stab: MH DMBL) It’s a Saucy Box covered in chalkboard paint Pedal Genie Keeley Aria $200 Pedal boxes? (805) Patrons Sean Wright Steve Huffman Righteous Ryan Johnson Kyle McIntyre Jonas Sabatini Eric Girabaldi Doug Gann Doug Christ Doug King OG Frie...
Mar 23, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 158
HEY! LISTEN! Join our Discord for a good time talking about gear, music, video games, memes, and other garbage. Like the show and want to help support it? Head on over to Patreon where you can pledge as little as $1 per month! Join for $2 per month and you get access to our Live Recording channel on Discord and can listen to us record the show. Discord update: - Bots! Ranking! Fun! Fender Mod Shop Rosewood Neck option (stab: SD Warp Drive) - Fender Mod Shop is the thing you can do online to make...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Patreon and Discord auto role assignment IF you have a discord account already and it is connected to Patreon LTD EC-1000 Project is done! That was fun Delaney guitar tracking. Fuzz shootout results (should we play them again?) 1) Helix Big Muff Triangle 2) Helix Big Muff Pi 3) Coppersound Captain Hook 4) EHX Big Muff Pi Pedal Genie Analog Man Sunface NKT Red Dot from 185$ to 393$ TC Electronic Plethora X5 (stab: Blackout Blunderbuss Fuzz) 5 Mash footswitches, fully assignable to any toneprint p...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 156
New Moons tracks! Justin produced this record last year, finally trickling out! Kemper Kabinet and Kemper Kone (stab: LP High Power Tweed) Kemper is making a cab just for their profilers Features a custom Celestion speaker that is designed for Kemper You can imprint other famous speakers onto this thing via the Profiler Kemper Kone is available on its own for 2x12 and 4x12 rigs Origin Effects Revival TREM (Stab: WA Descent) Makers of the Revival Drive, the Revival Trem is obviously insane Fender...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Coppersound Pedals Captain Hook Fuzz (stab: Wombtone) EHX Big Muff You know it, you love it, I bought it. Fano Omnis Series (stab: WA Descent) < $1000 dollar Fano guitars! Four models: T-stye/LP jr body, Jazzmaster w/P90s, Starcaster-stye, and Mustang-style Each will be available in three colors, poly finishes, alder bodies, pau ferro fingerboards, maple necks w/ satin finish. Includes a gig bag DVP4 Volume X mini Derek got that bad larry. MXR Timmy (stab: MS Holy Dove) Timmy is a highly soug...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Righteous Ryan joins us for the first episode of 2020! We finally, finally talk about fuzz! Many thanks to Ryan for taking the time to school us on one of the biggest effects categories there is. Questions from Discord What’s the deal with zero frets ? (STAB: The Bit COMMANDER!) Talk about patch bays. (STAB: Box Of War) What is it about fuzz? (stab: Crystal Dagger) Featuring Righteous Ryan! Pedal Genie Catalinbread Epoch pre $269.99 Strymon Volante $400 Big thanks to our Patreon supporters as al...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Happy holidays and new year everyone; thanks for listening! THANK YOU to our Patrons! Sean Wright Steve Huffman Righteous Ryan Johnson Nick Greenwood Kyle McIntyre Jonas Sabatini Eric Girabaldi Doug Gann Doug Christ OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi DISCORD : https://discord.gg/yy4brEM PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol...
Dec 30, 2019•2 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Holiday schedule update Minim by Old Blood Noise Endeavors - $229 (stab: Longamp Time Machine) Features delay, reverb, and reverse sounds This is an extension of their limited run Rever, which was designed in conjunction with Datachoir. Minim will be production run. Moduled delay up to 400ms and almost infinite repeats Reverb has harmonic tremolo inside! “Order” switch lets you move the reverse section either before or after the delay+reverb sound Reverb sound is always fed into the delay, which...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Coppersound Pedals Captain Hook Octave Fuzz and Boost (stab: Walrus Descent) Octavia style fuzz with a boost built in Features a JFET boost at the input stage of the fuzz to really slam it Like the Foxcatcher, Coppersound’s Gravity Bomb boost is built in with a switchable order. Runs on 9-18V Controls for Volume, Bite, Fuzz, and Boost. Limited to 70 units for Black Friday, so probably gone by the time you hear this. RIP. Pedal Genie Hungry Robot Borderland Lite Question from Jonas: (stab: Jrocke...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Question from Doug Gann on Discord : “Phantom power! What the fuck is it? When do I use it? When do I not use it? How do I know? (stab: Aguilar Octamizer) Small builder from Righteous Ryan - DEMEDASH EFFECTS (stab: Kilobyte Delay) Made in Canada by Steve Demedash. Steve currently makes 2 pedals: the T-120 Videotape Echo and the 112+ Drive Channel T-120 Inspired by the garbled audio that comes from cruddy, worn out VHS tapes. It sounds extremely good. Like, this is more than just a modulated dela...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Discord and Patreon ! Huge thanks to our Patrons! Steve Huffman Righteous Ryan Johnson Nick Greenwood Kyle McIntyre Jonas Sabatini Eric Girabaldi Doug Gann Doug Christ OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi Listen to that new Jimmy Eat World record! (stab: Dirty LIttle Secret) Shot out and congratulations to The Tone Jerks on their 100th episode! (chicka) A quick follow up questions from Instagram: (stab: Strymon El Cap) “Derek, did you ever solve the iPhone headphone jack problem?” Steve’s quintesse...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 148
