Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl

Award winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny Hiland talks about his first instruments and childhood bands, making it in Nashville, TN, Fender and PRS endorsements and his Kiesel guitar endorsement and signature guitar pedals.

Ola Strandberg, founder and CEO of Strandberg Guitars, discusses his musical and guitar creation journey from the beginning through today. The next evolution of headless guitars with a unigue neck and ergnomic body where all of the creative details work in sync for the best Strandberg guitar playing experience.

Al Pitrelli, the Music Director and Lead guitarist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 1995. Discusses his early guitar teachers, playing with Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Asia, Celine Dione, Michael Bolton, Blue Oyster Cult, Dee Snider and Savatage!

Darwin Crabtree, owner & builder at Darwin Audio, joined the Gear Gab Podcast to talk the criteria for the tin cans he uses, finding the right cans to convert to microphones and the wrong ones, why aluminum cans don't work and his most popular and new microphones he is now offering!

Dick Boak, luthier, illustrator, woodworker and Martin Guitar staffer from 1976 to 2018 joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss his earlier career, how Martin signature models started and "The Hateful Eight" guitar incident.

Jim DeCola, Master Luthier at Gibson Guitars joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss his history of being a musician and skateboarder.  And how this led to him working at his local music store and going on to work with Peavey, Kahler, Fender and now Gibson. Plus, the A-list guitarists that DeCola worked directly with including Eddie Van Halen, Adrian Vandenberg, Randy Rhodes, Rudy Sarzo, Steve Cropper and many others.

Chernwei Mah, CEO of Fender Audio & Riffsound, joined the Rock & Review with Eric Dahl to talk about what got him into music, bass guitar and sound reinforcement, Fender In-Ear- Monitors and new products including MIX Headphones, ELE 6 & ELIE 12 portable speakers!

Laurence Juber, Grammy award winning fingerstyle guitarist, studio musician and composer, joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss what started him on the path of music, early gigs, guitars, joining Wings, movie & theatre soundtracks, his Martin signature models and his latest new album "I've Got A Feeling."

George Gruhn, founder of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, TN, joined the Gear Gab Podcast to discuss how he got into vintage guitars, who and what brought him to Music City, how he started Gruhn Guitars, the vintage and new market and partnerships with Martin & other guitar companies and his new Sessions on 3rd music events!

Tim Pfouts, Vice President of S.I.T. (Stay in Tune) Strings, joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss the his career, the companies history, string innovations, artists, and new releases of guitar and bass strings. Plus the back story on Virgil Lay and S.I.T. pedal steel guitar strings!