Gearbuds

Discussed: @ShelbyPollard hangs, nicknames for the Knopf, @badbeet not giving a flip about semiquavers, hittin’ 2 hundees on IG, going #hackintosh, the existential nature of gear, #tours vs. jaunts, the science of measuring #pickups, talking less shit on @ericclapton, Phil #Lynott playing @Schecter and @Ibanez, #CITES updates, and how @Sting is a dick but so was everyone else in @ThePolice

Further: ghost headstocks on @Steinberger, the gross boost in @shadyunclehank’s 1967 @GretschGuitars Rally, @Behringer clones, the @Metaldozer Mod Stand, @iConnectivity software updates, Dave’s new (old) Memphis, #tubescreamers and @earthquakerdevices, finding contentment in our #Gearhunkdom, getting back on the #GearHorse, celebrating birthday Hunks, and personal definitions of success.

Discussed: guitars new and old, moist and scatterwound pickups, Fender Chicago Special guitars at CME, inductance vs. impedance, hating/loving on Strats, Shelby’s gear story, and the history of self-expression in America.

Further: How Paul Bigsby got ripped off, Michael Scott Paper Company, Ableton Push 2, J.Rockett Archer klone, barfing on chorus pedals, the glory of harmonic tremolo, being haunted by the POG, dual John Mayer Dumble rigs, the signature Collings Julian Lage masterpiece, the future of the gear community, and the genius of Paul Reed Smith.

Bon Iver is #chorus pedals. Fight me.

In Part 1 of a special 2-part episode 16, the Gearhunks have a rambling conversation with Jazzmastermaster Shelby Pollard from Chicago Music Exchange.

They discuss the hunky journey of gear, bird shit, the smartest thing ever on the podcast, going wah wah over wah wahs, & the Stonedeaf PDF2.

They get into Dave’s Docs - The Story of Anvil, Neal Peart, how Taxi Driver is not a cuddling film, the book Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock, and meeting Television's Tom Verlaine over some Teisco Pedals.

Then they chat Reverb news, Phil Lynott’s new Fender P-Bass Signature, John Entwistle, the Gibson Eric Clapton ’64 Firebird I, and we take our break during a hot talk of New Guitars vs. Vintage Guitars, Harmony Guitars, and other stuff made in Chicago.

This episode is not brought to you by Red Square or Henry’s Hard Sparkling Water

In this half'a milestone episode 15, the Gearhunks talk about Lollygagger FX, Boutique Wahs, AMT, Sim1, Husker Du, Potentiometers, Some Kind of Monster, Honorable Mentions, Ritchie Fliegler, Metallica bass, Questionmation Points, why you You Can’t Breath Tea, Pod Pals Austin All Day, Kirk Hamlet, Duane Allman’s Goldtop, Aragon Ballroom, Mark Knopfler, how Diamond Dave Cures Hank’s Blues, Peter Strobl, and Say it and play it. This episode is not sponsored by blackcherry Whiteclaw.

In part 2 of Episode 14, the Gearhunks talk through Hank helping out our friend Dan with his new guitar build, old amps, Reverb news, Bone Tone, Gear Hunk knuckle tats, some soldering tips, and which is the best of the new wave of alcoholic beverages.

In this special two-part episode, the Hunks talk about 70s Memphis Basses, Interfax Harmonic Percolators, impulse responses, rowing boats with Fender oars, and petting goats with Hank's hero Steve Albini.

In unlucky episode 13 the hunks talk through the most recent Gibson controversies, Echopark guitars, a boutique handmade mystery of an Aztec bass, Warm Audio gear, and Dave Dreaming in Dave Docs.

Bonus episode! The hunks plus Paul talk favorite finds from Summer Namm 2019, including Gyrock, Wild Customs, jacuzzi routes, Ciari, Noatronic, smuggling cocaine, Gizmotron, and Fender Smolder acoustic pedals

The hunks have guest hunk Paul join the crew, talking about his many vintage guitars, problematic Pantera, and trying to put one over on all-around douche Ryan Adams.

The hunks and Hembree boys finish their talk around drums, pedalboards, when you have to file the wavefile, and a bottle of mezcal and a knife.