The Tone Control

By The Tone Control

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 Mond... more

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The Tone Control episodes:

May 16, 2022Ep. 214 - I Have So Much to Say and So Little to Talk About
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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 conversation is cool. People are checking out all kinds of things.

https://www.honey-picks.com/
Thing of the week (stab: Caroline Olympia) 01:14:37
Retroid Pocket 2+

Adam Savage- Every Tool’s A Hammer: Life is what you make it
Thank you to our Patreon supporters! 01:25:10
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Guita R. P. Lectrum

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 31min
May 02, 2022Ep. 213 - As An Exercise in Hubris I also use a Metal Zone
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. Assuming that means more eventually?

Ash body, flame maple neck. Two volume knobs. No muss no fuss.

$2700

“When to buy new gear and/or how to be happy with the stuff you already have”
(stab: Caroline Olympia) 00:28:26

“Boutique guitars vs not” This has been asked before and I still don’t know what the question is! (stab: Dispatch Master) 00:37:20
Pedal Genie 00:50:47
Derek still has the pedal from last time, still plans to demo… eventually.

Justin has a new pedal https://www.aguilaramp.com/effect-pedals/db925/
Back to questions
“It'll come out on Monday, which is the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month, so something about guitar being good for your mental well-being. I'm sure there are science articles that can be referenced” (Stab: DLS) 01:01:06

“THE GENE SIMMONS SIGNATURE FIREBIRD BASS” (stab: Green Rhino) 01:06:26

Instagram post from GuitarsDaily “Let’s start a thread of toxic guitar advice. The absolute worst guitar or music advice you ever heard.” (stab: Caroline Kilobyte) 01:07:42

Review reviews (stab: Mayflower) 01:16:50
Amazon review of the Boss DS-1
Suggestions of the week 01:24:52
Songsterr.com
Thank you to our Patreon supporters! 01:29:44
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Tu Bamp

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 34min
April 18, 2022Ep. 212 - NOW You Need To Retube Your Amp?!
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 in the banter.

Five stars from Mattxyzed: If, like me , you love the Guitar Nerds or 60 Cycle hum, you may find this podcast jarring because the hosts appear to actually have some professional level knowledge of how effects work, and what recording music is like. However, don’t let that turn you off because if you slog through all the useful information, you will eventually get to the butt related jokes and other nonsense, and everything will be all right.
Mythos and Novo team up for the Air Lane Drive (stab: Bogner Ecstacy Red) 00:19:23
Derek got one! Wheeee!

Dual overdrive of the same circuit but with different voicings

Simple gain controls. Level controls on are on trim pots inside

Single transistor topology with hard clipping. Can add a little extra sparkle or get really fuzzy

Suite 8, the Novo side is medium gain with full bass and top end clarity. Asymmetrical clipping

Suite 9, the Mythos side is more aggressive with a bass cut and smoother top end. Symmetrical clipping

$260, I splurged. Sold out. Batch 2 coming later this year.

The people want us to talk about pedal scalping
Pedal Genie 00:28:02
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Black Fountain Delay
Pedal Scalping 00:42:17
We keep forgetting suggestions of the week! (stab: Strymon Deco) 01:09:20
Gameplay - Podcast

Hanayama Mechanical Puzzles
Thank you to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

George Geef

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 18min
April 04, 2022Ep. 211 - A Pile of Tape
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 Reggie Watts) use the DL4 for their vocal layering, so Line6 included an XLR input on the back! Could use it for a vocal mic, or even for micing up an acoustic. Works with any dynamic mic and has an input gain control

Micro SD card slot for the looper to pull from

Expression input which can also be footswitches 4 and 5.

Still contains the looper, stereo in/out, MIDI in/out, but with twice as many delays and now has SECRET REVERBS

Looks like the Helix footswitch hardware

$299. $50 more than the original.

Pedal Genie 00:38:43
Death By Audio - Deep Animation!!!! $270

Entry amp under 1000? (stab: guitalele) 00:53:15
Yes, Derek sold the AC30 to get the Revv

Derek’s pick is obviously the Revv D20 (or G20!)

Tone Control Merch Store! (link) 01:12:00

Thank you to our Patreon supporters! 01:18:17
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Obi-Wan Catnobi

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX
...more
1h 22min
March 21, 2022Ep. 210 - The Tone Control Jerks: Episode 2
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 from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 26min
March 07, 2022Ep. 209 - Ham Is The Input
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 real

Caroline Hawaiian Pizza 00:44:48
First tube amps? $1000 budget chat.
Thank you to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

OVer

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 1min
February 21, 2022Ep. 208 - Half Man, Half Analog
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? Put that shit in a regular boss enclosure? Let’s do it.
Pedal Genie 00:29:09
Analogman Sun Face $195

Becos TS8-JZ Ziffer Jordan Ziff Signature Overdrive €149
GTRS Guitars (stab: MS Holy Dove) 00:52:38
S-style guitars with effects by Mooer

The second tone pot has a push/push that contains effects combos, amp sim, cab sim, etc.

You can go into a PA with it, straight into headphones, or into a regular amp, or you can turn it off entirely and have a regular guitar

Runs on a battery that charges over USB-C

There’s an app to change effects and parameters and simple operation on the guitar itself. Push to change effects, turn the knob to increase the amount of effect.

Can also get a small four button controller to change effects like a pedal.

Do we need this? Is this cool? Is the controller thing antithetical to the whole idea?
Suggestion of the Week (stab: Hungry Robot Borderland) 01:13:49
Ghost of Tsushima
Thank you to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eliza Douche Canoe

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 22min
February 07, 2022Ep.207 - I Have To Put My Legs In Wednesday And Thursday
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 inspired body, but it’s big.

Mastery bridge and trem, neck binding and block inlays.

Three mini humbuckers, 5-way switch. Radical.

Pedal Genie 00:28:14
Again, again?

Puzzle Effects (stab: Digitech Drop) 00:40:25
- Is exactly what it sounds like it is.

Pedals lock together

Share power and signal

Hot-swappable

Boost, Delay, Overdrive

Kickstarter - backing starts at $179

Oh but Justin, what about Modal Effects?? (stab: Jackson Prism) 00:48:24

Oh but Derek, what about just like, actual solder and stuff?
Thank you to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi (joe bonoomaso)

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 16min
January 24, 2022Ep. 206 - The One With Six Titles
Big news from Derek!
PRS Silver Sky SE (stab: Tombstone Thirty7FX) 00:18:12
Confirmed at $849 US!

This is the one to get, folks
The Maestro Original Collection pedals (stab Dwarfcraft Gears) 00:19:28
Maestro was the first pedal brand, kinda cool to see them back with the vintage aesthetic

The lineup includes:
Fuzz Tone FZ-M (based on the original Fuzz Tone circuit as heard on “Satisfaction” by the stones), Ranger Overdrive, Invader Distortion, Comet Chorus, Discoverer Delay

They’re all $149, except for the delay which is $159.

Everything I’ve seen marketing-wise is how GIBSON is reintroducing them. Not sure when they acquired the brand, but they’re pushing gibson hard.
Pedal Genie 00:25:48
Played the Bearfoot Candy Apple Fuzz demo

No PG pedal for Derek, but we can demo the Duellist
Let's talk about the gear we had as kids and what the hell is up with this industry (Small Sound Big Sound Mini) 00:38:20
Thanks to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 20min
January 10, 2022Ep. 205 - Ya Got Cheesed, Ya Little Bitch!
PRS Silver Sky SE (stab: EQD Hoof Reaper) 00:14:58
The John Mayer artist model gets the SE treatment

SE’s are made overseas but set up at the PRS factory prior to shipment to dealers

Poplar body instead of Alder

Same pickups as the original

2 point trem instead of a 6 point

8.5” radius instead of 7.25”, interesting

Otherwise it’s the same guitar just made overseas. Prices are speculated to be around $850. This is great.
Pedal Genie - sharks for some reason
Bearfoot FX Candy Apple Fuzz

Adventure Audio Again Delay

Gear Stuff and Things - studio tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtoko6YyIk
Suggestion of the week (stab: Red Witch Ivy) 00:51:21
NYT Free games

Moon Tooth
Thank you to our Patreon supporters!
Carson Ricketts

Nick Greenwood

Timmy S.

Matthew Fenselau (pronounced fence-law)

Riesenwolf!

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

Andrew Walsh from Andrew’s Alcove

OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX

Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast
...more
1h 6min

FAQs about The Tone Control:

How many episodes does The Tone Control have?

The podcast currently has 344 episodes available.