Tonight's fun is with George Metropoulos of Metropoulos Amplification. Jump to the following sections in our discussion

5:37 - Dr. McGillicuddy's Medicinal Needs

8:13 - Scotch Unboxing

9:24 - Scotch Details

15:23 - How did George get started building amps?

27:27 - NAMM stories

32:57 - Bogner Story

35:07 - George Pranks Dave at the Amp Show

37:46 - Chat Review

38:50 - George's Amp Room Rundown

45:51 - Audio Precision Analyzer discussion

48:20 - Do transformers make the biggest impact on tone?

50:38 - TUBES! What do we like?

1:05:56 - EVH Tube shoot out story by Dave

1:10:00 - EVH Brown Sound Talk

1:15:00 - Hiwatt amps

1:23:00 - George's Favorite Marshall to Play?

1:23:16 - Opinions of Divided by 13 Amps

1:24:00 - Attenuators? Power Station by Fryette, Dave's Prototype

1:30:15 - Granger Amps?

1:31:16 - How does Steve Stevens use his Rockaway pedal by J Rockett

1:32:23 - George discusses the 10,000 series amps

1:34:55 - Van Halen and Metropoulos Amps for best tone

1:38:31 - New Metal Zone mod? :) Amp mistakes that sound good

1:41:40 - Using Variac's, Steve Stevens, AC/DC, Van Halen

1:46:19 - Van Halen and his use of a Variac, and Dave working with him on tube selection for the 5150 III amps

1:53:30 - New pedals by Friedman and Metropoulos

1:59:14 - What is your favorite Van Halen recorded guitar tone?

2:04:41 - Friedman Buffer Bay and Pedalboard's released

2:05:05 - What is closest to mustard caps?

2:07:14 - Checking in on our drinking progress

2:10:04 - Why do old amps sound so good?

2:17:07 - Why do amps of the same era sound different?

2:21:00 - Different players make an amp sound different

2:23:24 - Food!

2:25:39 - Slash and Lunch SIR Amps

2:29:34 - Best solid state amps and Boss Katana

2:36:51 - Dumble!

2:45:00 - What do we do in downtime? TV, George's guest room mattress, Online reviews

2:57:35 - Favorite Audio Switcher

2:58:52 - Pickups and impact on sound

3:06:35 - Will Friedman be coming out with their own pickups to sell? Yes

3:08:04 - What causes Marshall hiss?

3:09:56 - Rich mod, LarMar Mod and PPIMV discussion

3:20:50 - Closing thoughts where to find George Metropoulos, Marc and Dave Friedman

Metropoulos Amplification - www.metopoulos.net

Friedman Amplification - www.friedmanamplification.com

Tone-Talk - www.tone-talk.com