The Guitar Knobs

Donovan Johnson, founder of Cryptid Audio Investigations, joins us for some in-studio hijinx. Cryptid is a local guitar pedal brand in our backyard here in Columbus, Ohio, and we were thrilled to get to play with a bunch of his pedals. We discussed the creepy backstory of how he got twisted up in pedal fx creation too of course!

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Rob Chafe our very own Professional guitar amplifier repair master joins us to provide answers to the burning question "Are you powering your amplifier correctly?"  Rob is a stickler regarding correct amplifier use and shares his advice on power conditioners, variacs, etc., and just knowing your way around the business end of an amplifier. As usual, we all learned something new!

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David Britton founder of  Red River Amplification joins us from Nashville to discuss his latest creation, The Hexafoil Harmonic Fuzz. This guitar pedal is a very interesting meld of two much-loved noise platforms.  David was a fantastic guest with a very interesting backstory and we are glad he is out there doing his thing. 

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Henri Cash of STARCRAWLER took a break during his tour to join the knobs again.  We discuss his tour and pursuit of special instruments and the release of his new exclusive guitar pedal. Some pretty big names in the guitar pedal community pitched in to make this special fuzz come to life. 

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The Knobs are joined by Seth Duffey founder of Spindrift Audio to discuss the release of the Alpha Wolfe. This groundbreaking pedal results from a collaboration between guitarist Emily Wolfe and Seth. The Alpha Wolfe puts a single-channel mixing board with Germanium and Silicon drive channels to provide a huge spectrum of tonal possibilities.

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The Knobs are joined by return guest and author Chris Gill to discuss "sleeper guitars" — what they are, where to find them, and what to be mindful of before buying. Chris knows his stuff because he has written for the leading guitar magazines and other media for the last 30 years. And with Tony and all his guitar knowledge at the other end of the canoe, we are in good hands for this trip.

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The Knobs interview Brian Bicknell, founder of Spruce Effects to catch up on his latest release. We were wowed by the NEW Junior Ranger Series' first upcoming release—the ACADIA. There is some great thinking behind this reimagined line of familiar pedals and a great way to get into the Spruce Effects brand.

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The Knobs interview Chris Benson on the eve of Bensonfest 2024! Chris gives us the details on the first Bensonfest and what you can expect when you get there. It's been several years since Chris was on the show and Benson has seen many changes and much growth since then, so we also spend some time catching up, and getting the scoop on new Benson products coming soon.

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The Knobs interview John DeMaio founder of Voltic Electronic Devices. Voltic is based in the great state of Delaware and when John is not repairing amps he is making great pedals, two of which are the DTF (Dual Transistor Fuzz) and the Awkward Mustache which we discuss in great detail!

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The Knobs interview Dave Jordan founder of Non-Human Audio. We had a great time talking with Dave, a very enthusiastic tone-shaper making pedals for the people in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We love Dave's enthusiasm for musical creativity which comes out in spades with his pedal designs. We discuss the Slow Loris dynamic slapback delay and the Unclean cascading distortion two fantastic pedals we had the pleasure of playing. Thanks Dave!

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