Shoutout to Rattlesnake Cables for hanging out with us this week! Be sure to visit Rattlesnakecables.com for more, and check out Hank's band JAAG on Instagram @_j_a_a_g Intro and what's new 00:00:00 Rude Tech 3Muf-14 00:08:50 Hank from Rattlesnake Cables! 00:19:44 Patreon and Outro 01:13:22 Thanks for all your support! Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Matthew Fenslau Riesenwolf Jamie Evans Doug King Big Daddy Doug Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini Eric didn’t change his name in t...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 235
WHAT IF THE TONE CONTROL WAS MADE BY ROBOTS?! Hank from Rattlesnake Cables is joining us next time for episode 235 so send in questions! (Wampler Latitude) 00:28:18 Handy-FX! https://www.handy-fx.com/ (Lollygager Canaglia) 00:33:06 Located right here in New Hampshire Makes all your favs A K-style overdrive with two modes and switchable bypass Two fuzz face flavors (I got the Whiteout on reverb for a great price) Other clones of the DS-1, Hudson Broadcast, and Rat. Pedal Genie TOTW (Meris Enzo) 0...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Derek’s joining a cover band! (Bogner Oxford) 00:17:42 ○ HX Stomp rig and doing some MIDI! ● Hawaiian Pizza Demo 00:28:37 ● Strymon Cloudburst (Mr Black Supermoon) 00:35:16 ○ New compact reverb pedal from Strymon based on the Cloud setting on the BigSky ○ New “Ensemble” feature which works by “analyzing 48 different frequency bands as you play, generating upper harmonic partials of what it finds in each band.” ○ Allows the pedal to change organically as you play, change pickups, etc ○ In Strymon...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Guitar Story 00:13:24 Walrus Audio Melee: Wall of Noise $299 (Stinger: Wampler dual fusion) 00:22:26 Distortion/Reverb combo with a joystick! The vertical axis on the joystick controls distortion, horizontal axis controls mix Order switcher for distortion > reverb, or reverb > distortion 3 different reverb types accessed by pressing both switches. Ambient reverb: Big, long decay, wash of sound. Octave down reverb: Similar to the “Dark” mode on Slo. Reverse reverb with Feedback: Big Ear WHA...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Holiday episodes are funny 00:06:44 Universal Audio Sphere stab: Mayflower 00:11:47 Modeling microphones! Pedal Genie 00:31:10 Caroline Guitar Company Hawaiian Pizza $189 AudioSingularity Neurontube: Debut stab: MS Holy Dove 00:43:32 Seems to be their first product Soldano SLO-100 Laney TF300 5 Pedals, 3 Cabinets Free. (what do you want?) Thing of the Week stab: Keely Seafoam 01:00:39 “The Shape Of Everything” by SOM Crushmetric Switch Pen AT-M20x New Merch Design! 01:19:50 Patreon 01:21:16 Nick...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Sick kid story 00:00:00 Sick kid story, the second 00:10:22 My office is a mess / stuff we got 00:17:32 Pedal Genie 00:27:56 Do I still care about amps in 2023? 00:45:38 I gotta run! / Patreon 00:52:32
Jan 09, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Holiday Episode!
Dec 26, 2022•2 hr 39 min
Year end wrap up!? 00:11:44 PRS SE Silver Sky vs. US Silver Sky 00:17:08 Are cabs more expensive now like what the hell? 00:30:24 New supro amp with a 112 cab that costs $670 Orange 412 with V30’s almost $1400 Friedman $1500 Tone Control 10th Year? 00:43:12 Patreon Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Matthew Fenslau Riesenwolf Jamie Evans Doug King Big Daddy Doug Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini Erek Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast MaCo Guitars Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 229
DISCORD : https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Intro and what's new: 00:00:00 Sweetwater Gear Exchange 00:23:33 Pedal Genie/Crowther Audio Hot Cake 00:33:29 Coppersound Telegraph V2 00:50:54 TOTW 01:04:16 Patreon and Outro 01:15:08
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 228
New discord stuff 00:06:47 Helix 3.5 update 00:12:02 Pedal Genie 00:36:29 Audience questions 00:38:09 TOTW 01:06:56 Patreon and outro 01:10:54 Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Matthew Fenslau Riesenwolf Jamie Evans Doug King Big Daddy Doug Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini Boostington Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast MaCo Guitars Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 227
Intro and what's new 00:00:00 Mythos Variable Treble Bleed 00:13:59 Pedal Genie 00:31:17 PRS Pedals 00:35:39 Thing of the Week 01:09:14 Patreon and outro 01:20:53 Thank you to our Patrons! Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Matthew Fenslau Riesenwolf Jamie Evans Doug King Big Daddy Doug Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini An Easy Name for Justin Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast MaCo Guitars Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 226
🎤 Podcast: anchor.fm/thetonecontrol 🎸 Discord: https://discord.gg/eRrA5ty 💲 Patreon: patreon.com/thetonecontrol The Tone Control is a sometimes side-eyed look at the guitar world and making music! We talk about everything good, bad, smart, stupid, and weird about guitar gear and bring it to you every other Monday. #TheToneControl #podcast Welcome back Alex! 00:00:00 CS DIY Stuff 00:05:20CS Renegade Fuzz 00:26:23 Dealing with market saturation 00:39:34 CS Gravity Bomb V2 00:49:14 Relicing Peda...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Ep. 224 - Anything is portable if you pick it up Pigtronix Star Eater Fuzz $179 (stab: Mayflower) 00:11:37 All analog super jumbo fuzz. Rocker switches for Silicon or Germanium diode clipping Contour switch engages either a scoop or bump and a Sweep control Does cool octavia stuff above the 12th fret. It’s disgusting and I love it. Pedal Genie 00:21:48 Dimension C https://www.boss.info/us/products/dc-2w/ From discord: 00:34:04 Talk about the logistical workings of shaping an entire rig from scra...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 224
Derek got a baritone (stab: Meris Enzo) 00:17:07 Pedal Genie 00:34:45 EHX Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin (stab: OBNE Black Fountain) 00:42:32 Coppersound has new stuff coming. 01:06:29 Suggestions Of The Week 01:07:30 Thank you to our patreon supporters! Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Matthew Fenslau Riesenwolf Jamie Evans Jeffrey Wright Doug King Big Daddy Doug Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini Phil Keitherson Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast MaCo Guitars Andrew Walsh of And...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 223
The Novo Serus J has arrived! 00:20:13 Pedal Genie 00:34:19 Crazy Tube Circuits Starlight Distortion/Fuzz Solid Gold FX Rosie Fuzz UA Astra demo mix 00:53:30 Pat Smear’s White Falcon is up for auctio n 00:55:59 Do people care about this? It was the guitar used in the “ Monkey Wrench ” video 1990 MIJ Gretsch White Falcon Includes a bunch of photos and cool FF memorabilia Just a cool guitar, ya know? Estimated 15,000 to 30,000 pounds Thing of the week 01:02:13 Midjouirney AI art discord server: ht...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 222
New Patreon tiers are up! 00:14:48 $1, $2, $3, $5, and $10 tiers are now available Pedal demo stems are up. Additional perks for those tiers are coming soon. Planned Parenthood winners (stab: CB Antichthon) 00:23:41 Andrew Walsh has won the Loud/Louder from Chadderbox FX Matthew Fenselau won a Renew buffer Derek’s Novo Serus J is ready!! (stab: WA Monuments) 00:25:30 Keeley Caverns V2 (stab: Caroline Kilobyte) 00:31:23 Delay and Reverb in one box Analog style delay, 3 types of reverb It’s really...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Jack is here 00:00:52 Final details on the planned parenthood fundraiser 00:21:20 Donations from listeners: $300 We’re matching that, so $600 Patreon supporter and friend of the show Matthew Fenslau has agreed to match up to $200 of his own so that’s $800. We match that $200, so boom $1000 raised for planned parenthood. Derek got a Nobels ODR-1 Mini (stab: DLS) 00:32:53 Pedal Genie? 00:44:19 Thing of the week 00:46:18 Elgato Stream Deck Cheap Amazon Walkie-Talkie Patreons 01:05:36 Carson Rickett...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Questions about recording and studio stuff 00:04:32 Pedal Genie 00:51:56 Old Blood Noise Endeavors - Visitor (modulation thingy) Thing of the week 01:07:23 Purple Royal Seat Cushion We’re going to giveaway 01:14:18 a Loud/Louder from Chadderbox Effects! Donate to Planned Parenthood, send us your receipt, you’re entered to win. Tonecontrolshow@gmail.com . Chadderbox has kindly donated the Loud/Louder at 100% cost which allows us to MATCH your donations. Running through August 1st! Patreon 01:18:5...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Coppersound Strategy V2 (stab: SUPA PUSS) 00:10:22 The strategy has that wicked Fender Strat design, and Version 2 keeps it going Now features two channels, the Strategy V1 circuit AND a new overdrive option Super wide tone sweep, master volume, toggle switch on the back for each mode SmartBypass system allows for momentary OR latching. Hold the switch for 300ms or more and it’s momentary. (this can be disabled via internal dip switch) Runs 9-18V FREE customization of the pedal when ordering dir...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 218
PATREON UPDATES COMING SOON! 00:16:17 Derek got a new guitar! 00:30:45 PRS SE Hollowbody II Free helix preset for the week (stab: LG Canaglia) 00:39:23 Pedal genie 00:48:42 DOD Carcosa EHX String 9 (stab: WA Monument) 01:03:50 Features 9 different string ensemble and string synthesizer sounds Some are pretty convincing, but others mimic things that mimic strings like Melotron, Juno, PCM Keyboard, and more Uses the familiar “9” series pedal layout Effect and dry output, controls for dry and effec...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 217
NAMM is going down! Cool! 00:09:56 Abasi Concepts has two new models, but then Tosin Abasi gets an artist model from EBMM? (stab: hoof reaper) 00:15:10 New double cut shapes from Abasi Concepts. A strat style and a dual HB style. Then, as if from nowhere, Ernie Ball Music Man drops the Tosin Abasi artist model. Clearly borrows design language from other EBMM guitars, so that’s cool. Looks wild. 7 string drops first, 6 string next year. TwoNotes ReVolt Analog Amp Sim (stab: moog ring) 00:21:55 Mo...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Steve from Gear Stuff and Things is joining us! Gearstuffandthings.com Check out the youtube channel We now have a Linktree in our instagram profile, so go there for everything including merch! (stab: Deepspace Devices Golem) 00:41:04 Email about picks from Jason in California! Pedal Genie 0045:13 Catalinbread Antichthon Super Conductor from Crazy Tube Circuits (stab: Bogner Oxford) 00:54:40 4 single knob boost pedals in one Rotary controller for selecting from: a silicon interpretation of the r...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 215
DISCORD : https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol TTC MERCH : https://the-tone-control-podcast-shop.creator-spring.com/ Seat of our pants! Derek went to some concerts (stab: snow white) 00:12:43 Demo from the Black Fountain delay? (stab: Keeley Aria) 00:33:56 Pedal Genie (00:36:16) LongAmp Ultra Dist https://reverb.com/item/3094960-longamp-ultra-dist Picks! (stab: Hudson Broadcast) 00:53:24 Discord has been blowing up about picks lately and the conversatio...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 214
TTC Merch! https://the-tone-control-podcast-shop.creator-spring.com Alex from Coppersound is writing for Premier Guitar’s “State of the Stomp” column! (OBNE Haunt Fuzz) 00:14:34 This month’s post is on sharing trade secrets in the guitar community. I put the request out for show topics in Discord and got this: (stab: CMAT Butah) 00:23:22 Joe Dart II bass from Ernie Ball Music Man (stab: EQ Bit Commander) 00:24:48 Kind of the Jazz bass adaptation of his other model First 100 are a limited edition...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Derek’s Novo is in production! (stab: Hudson Broadcast) 00:08:32 Serus J in Candy Apple Red Kind of like this guitar but in red with matching headstock Reviews From Last Year! (stab: Keeley Aria) 00:13:18 Both from 2021 because we never check this crap Five stars from Oaties77: I like a lot of guitar and music podcasts and this one is different from the others. It has all of the things I like about most podcasts with news and reviews and stuff but there is a lot more interesting and funny stuff ...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 212
Derek went to a bluegrass concert at a retirement home (stab: Wampler Dual Fusion) 00:11:54 Boss RE-2 is $250, also there’s the RE-202 now (stab: Big Ear Loaf) 00:20:02 Larger, 3 button version of the space echo replacing the 201 Has more controls, presets, MIDI, and USB. $400 Line 6 DL4 MKII (stab: Mr Black Supermoon) 00:26:40 The original DL4 dropped in 1999! This is brilliant because it has all the original DL4 sounds as well as the new Helix delay sounds available! Many looper people (see Re...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 21 min
The Tone Jerks are here 00:02:46 How’s it going, guys? What is ripping off? 00:28:58 Pedal Genie 00:44:31 No pedals “My First Tube Amp” under ~$1000 00:47:57 Brain’s pick: Vox AC 15 / AC 30 Kyle’s pick: Ampeg V4B Recording Talk? 01:07:40 The Tone Jerks Kyle’s youtube Thank you to our Patreon supporters! 01:21:40 Carson Ricketts Nick Greenwood Timmy S. Matthew Fenselau Riesenwolf! Jamie Evans Jeffrey Wright Doug King Doug Gann Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini OVer Andrew Walsh ...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 25 min
That Boss Space Echo is real . (Stab: KHDK Abyss) 00:19:26 TC Electronic IR Loader $129 (stab: WA Monuments) 00:21:21 Mini IR loader for cheap! 25 built in IRs and 74 empty slots for adding your own. Of those 25, 12 are official Celestion IRs, 8 from TC, and 5 acoustic IRs Footswitch can do A/B mode to switch between two IRs instantly. Level control, previous/next IR buttons. Push them at the same time to access global EQ Pedal Genie 00:31:01 JHS Unicron V2 00:35:01 I don’t believe this pedal is...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 209
Curling Story 00:12:58 Derek went to a concert 00:15:42 The guitarist from Volbeat plays weird There wasn’t a guitar amp to be seen all night New Boss RE-2 Space Echo leak?? (stab: WA Bellwether) 00:22:36 We don’t really dig in with pedal leaks on this show, but I so want this to be real. The RE-201 Space Echo is one of the famed tape echo units, they sound great. Super cool. Tons of mojo. The RE-20 has been out for years. One of those old Boss double wide pedals. Still very cool But the RE-2? P...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Squier Classic Vibe Baritone Tele (stab: Hudson Broadcast) 00:08:02 Basically the same classic vibe tele that many adore, but with a 27” scale 60’s styling with the 5-screw pickguard and double bound body(!) Two colors: black and 3-tone sunburst Nyotah body wood. Never heard of it. $500. COME ON, YOU GUYS. Castedosa Guitars (stab: Bondi Sick As) 00:15:14 Former Fender Custom Shop builder Carlos Lopez has started his own company He’s making 27” scale baritones. It’s baritone week. Offset strat in...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 207
