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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How many episodes does The Tone Control have?

The podcast currently has 331 episodes available.

The Tone Control episodes:

February 08, 2021Ep. 181 - We're Gonna Talk a Lot About Fingers
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
Intro music: “The Sky Beneath Our Feet” by Ghost Stories. Want to feature your music in the intro for The Tone Control? Hit us up!

Community Challenge: How much guitar do you play? (Stab: Strymon Timeline)

Question from Jason: How are bands handling practice during the pandemic? (stab: MP 1)

Review Reviews (stab: Caroline Olympia)
Best Choice Products 41 inch Full Size Beginner All Wood Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Starter Set With Case, Strap, Capo, Strings, picks, and tuner! Review from Casey H “Great bang for the buck!”

I had to return to the TU-3S always-on Tuner from Boss. Review from Russell in May 2018.

Universal Audio is making guitar pedals! (stab: 805)
“Dual processor engine”

True or buffered bypass, spillover and trails available

Additional downloadable effects from UAD

Three pedals:
Golden Reverberator has 3 reverbs: 60’s tube driven spring tank, a vintage German studio plate reverb, and 1970s digital reverb

Starlight Echo Station: Tape, analog, and digital

Astra Modulation Machine: 70’s Japanese bucket brigade chorus/vibrato, flanger/doubler, and tube amp trem.

$400 each, preorders available.

Pedal Genie -
Seymour Duncan Palladium gain stage - $299

Rivolta Regata VII (stab: Meris Mercury 7 Reverb)
335 Style offering from Rivolta guitars, of course made by Denis Fano of Novo and Fano guitars.

Rivolta is the import/affordable line from Novo

Laminated maple top and back, mahogany frame and center block.

Double bound body, set mahogany neck, bound ebony fingerboard with aged pearloid big block inlays.

12” radius, 25” scale with 24 medium jumbo frets.

2 Rivolta “Brevetto” humbuckers with master tone and volume, 3 way selector.

I love the look of this thing.

$1500

BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
Riesenwolf!

Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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 19min
January 25, 2021Ep. 180 - I Eat My Corn The Long Way
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Bunch of new stuff from Fender for 2021 (stab: Redwitch Factotum). In fact, there's so much stuff, I can't fit it in the show notes because of character limits! ARGH!
Pedal Genie
Catalinbread Karma Suture 170$

Walrus Monuments Harmonic Trem v2 200$

Walrus Audio MAKO Series: R1 and D1 (stab: MR Black Supermoon)

Review reviews? Or review low cost guitars? (stab: 805)

BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
Riesenwolf!

Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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

The Tone Control is sponsored by Pedal Genie. Head to PedalGenie.com to start your wishlist today and tell them you heard about it on The Tone Control!
Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @thetonecontrol
...more
1h 28min
January 11, 2021Ep. 179 - Everybody Wants to Eat Cat Sh*t!
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
According to our podcast stats, 9% of our audience is female which is HUGE! (stab: Boss DC-2w)
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Gibson Acquired Mesa/Boogie (stab: WA Plainsman)
Huh…

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Congratulations to Juangi in our discord on the #ControlYourTone Giveaway! Stay in touch with The Tone Control for more giveaways and contests in 2021!
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BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
Riesenwolf!

Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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
December 28, 2020 Ep. 178 - A Conversation About Being More 'Pro'
Enjoy the 2020 post-show collection, everyone! Don't forget to enter the Stringjoy Giveaway with #CONTROLYOURTONE over on Instagram!
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
[Show notes]
The Tone Control is sponsored by Pedal Genie. Head to PedalGenie.com to start your wishlist today and tell them you heard about it on The Tone Control!
Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @thetonecontrol
...more
2h 40min
December 14, 2020Ep. 177 - Pendleton Buttlord
We’re giving away a $50 gift card to Stringjoy.com! Follow us on Instagram @TheToneControl and reshare the post with #ControlYourTone to enter to win! If you’re in Discord you get a second entry automatically so join the server today!
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Derek got a Walrus Audio Ages(stab: Seafoam)
Santa Fe edition

A gift from my mom! Thanks mom!
The Gig Rig G3 and G3 Atom (Stab: LP High Power Tweed)
The king of rig switching systems

12 passive true bypass effects loops with true stereo delay trails and spillover

Programmable pre-gain and post-gain on every preset can be used to buffer, attenuate, or boost the input into your effects.

2 separate outputs with phase reversal to eliminate ground hum or phase issues between amps

99 banks with 28 presets per bank.

Bluetooth enabled for software updates, system backups, setlist editing, and more.

Optical footswitches. No mechanical switch to break.

Midi in/out. Each preset can send up to 15 separate mappable PC and CC messages as well as 2 expression inputs for real time CC control

Parallel and wet/dry rig support No external device needed

TFT LCD Display

1095 GBP, ~ $1460.
Pedal Genie
...Well… Here’s the deal. Empress Zoia, again.
Boss TB-2W Tone Bender (stab: Mesa Throttle Box)
Boss and Sola Sound are partnering to make the Tone Bender MKII Waza Craft edition

They pretty much nailed the look

Limited edition due to availability of rare germanium transistors “carefully tested for optimum tone”

3-way voltage selector for 7, 9, or 12v

True or buffered bypass switch

Coming in Q2 2021
BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!
Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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 7min
November 30, 2020Ep. 176 - Locally sourced, organic, artisanal butt.
We’re giving away a $50 gift card to Stringjoy.com! Follow us on Instagram @TheToneControl and reshare the post with #ControlYourTone to enter to win! If you’re in Discord you get a second entry automatically so join the server today!
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Q&A
From Jeffrey Wright
How bout cold weather guitar storage and maintenance? I just moved to New Hampshire from California and surprise, it's cold.

From Jamie Evans:
Most favorite/least favorite genres of music

How have you guys been coping with not playing "live"?

Do you feel like you are maintaining your musical skill sets during the end times?

How did the butt gif thing even start, I mean really.

When will I be able to purchase TheToneControl merch?

Favorite type of effect (mod, delay, drive etc)

Favorite style of guitar and/or pickups

Do you treat guitar and all of its surrounding ecosphere as a hobby, a passion, a profession, or a mixture of all of the above?

Did you guys think the Podcast and its community would get to this current point?

Related to the previous question, what plans/goals do you have for going forward?

From Eric Giribaldi:
If not guitar, what instrument would you play and why? (do you play other instruments/what other instrument would you want to play?)

What are your must-watch youtube channels, music or otherwise

Favorite SNL skit

Candlepin or 10 pin bowling

8 or 9 ball

Fav taco bell menu item

Fav metallica album

Fav episode of Friends

One overdrive, one distortion, one fuzz, that’s all you get. Make it count.

BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!
Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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
November 16, 2020Ep. 175 - Free Form Jazz: The Podcast (Feat. Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX!)
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Featuring Sean from Lollygagger FX! (Analog Man Sun Face)

Kemper Profiler Update brings overdrive pedals into the platform (stab: Mayflower)
The Kemper profiler launched in 2011 and has been primarily amplifier focused

Now they’re profiling some well-known overdrives with OS 8.0

Ibanez/Maxon TS808 and TS9, Klon, Horizon Devices Precision Drive, Boss OD-1 and SD-1, Analogman King of Tone, Timmy, and the Marshall Bluesbreaker Mk1

It’s interesting to think about Kemper being one of the oldest modern modelers yet is still a standard people talk about. Will drives keep them relevant?

The Pedal Movie
Reverb.com is making a feature-length documentary film about guitar pedals

Told by the people who make them and the artists that use them.

There’s a couple of exclusive pedals being made in promotion of the film
Chase Bliss Audio and Z.Vex have paired up for a tricked out version of the Fuzz Factory

Earthquaker Devices and Death By Audio paired up for the Time Shadows. A sub-harmonic multi-delay resonator.

Both are limited to 1000 units, sound really cool, and have already sold out!

BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!
Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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 30min
November 02, 2020Ep. 174 - This is Season 174
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Derek won the Mythos Pedals 10 Year Anniversary giveaway! (stab: Snow White)

Also traded a few things taking up space and got a good deal on the Walrus Audio Julianna. It’s awesome. (stab: WA Luminary)

Pedal Genie
Caroline Guitar Co Parabola “PARABOLA™ is the sonic equivalent of riding your space mammoth through giant puddles in the astral plane while feeding it caffeinated energy drinks.”

Hungry Robot The Borderland (tap) - $249.10

Epiphone and Gibson Custom Shop have teamed up for a ‘59 Les Paul (stab: Mathews The Architect)
“Custom shop approved” whatever that means

Gibson USA Burstbuckers (that’s what my 2017 Les Paul Traditional has)

It features a long neck tenon!

59 rounded C neck profile, mahogany body, maple top, indian laurel fretboard with a 12” radius

Limited run, $800.

Does this just continue to highlight that Gibson’s prices and whole thing are stupid?

BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!
Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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
October 19, 2020Ep. 173 - I've Got A LOT of Knob Hanging Over My Enclosure (Feat. Doug from Thirty7 FX!)
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
00:26:50 MXR M305 Tremolo (stab: Mr Black Supermoon Reverb)
Multi-function trem pedal in a normal sized MXR enclosure

Offers six waveforms including the original M159 Stereo Tremolo from MXR which is based on fender amp trem

There’s also bias trem, “revo” which is an optical waveform in reverse, traditional opto photocell, square wave, and harmonic trem

Controls for speed, gain, and depth. The gain knob is a push-push control for toggling the wave shapes

Push and hold the gain knob and you can access envelope mode! Speed and depth are both controlled by the dynamics of your playing. You can set a max speed and depth range

Can be run in true or buffered bypass, stereo via TRS cable, and has expression or tap input

$159
Pedal Genie
00:45:40 Doug Christ from Thirty7 FX joins us! (stab: MP ? No idea)
People have heard us talk about the Fat Guy Little Coat fuzz a lot lately. Tell us about how you started pedal building.

The thing I love about it is, it’s a fuzz but it behaves like a distortion or overdrive. Hard to explain but it’s about how it feels when I hit the string. How do you even do that?

Tell us about the new PCB version. How does it work to translate a circuit design?

What else do you have in the works!?

Check out Masters of the Cinematic Universe!
BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!
Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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
The Tone Control is sponsored by Pedal Genie. Head to PedalGenie.com to start your wishlist today and tell them you heard about it on The Tone Control!
Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @thetonecontrol
...more
1h 33min
October 05, 2020Ep. 172 - People are People and What is Better?
The Tone Control has a Discord server! If you like the show and enjoy talking about everything from new gear to music theory to video games, come hang out and chat with us. Discord is open and free to all fans of The Tone Control!
We’re also now on Patreon! For $1 per month, you get a shout out in every episode and our unconditional love. For a mere $2 per month, you’ll get exclusive access to the Recording Booth in Discord where you can listen to us record the show LIVE in all its unedited glory and chat with us about the show, during the show, every-other Thursday at 8 pm. Bring your best gifs for the ad break!
Derek bought a Headrush FRFR Cab! (stab: Blackout effectors Blunderbuss fuzz)
Got a great deal on a used one.

~30lbs, 2000W, extremely loud,

2 XLR/1/4” combo jacks, one XLR out. This means you can go helix/headrush/etc to the speaker, to FOH

Each input has a volume control

Contour control for low volume (mid scoop) and a ground lift

How about that Coppersound Triplegraph?!? (stab: Wampler Faux Tape Echo)

Pedal Genie
Benson preamp https://www.bensonamps.com/preamp/preamp

Big Ear MORE MORE MORE https://thesoundparcel.co/products/big-ear-n-y-c-more-more-more

Preamp pedals? https://youtu.be/wj-d5h8E9YU

Boss OC-5 (stab: SSBS Mini)
See ya later OC-2

Dry blend, +1 octave, -1 octave, -2 octave

Zero-latency polyphonic tracking, unless you don’t want that! Vintage mode is an option

“Range” knob lets you select where the octave effect is applied.

You’re able to have octave effects only on your lowest strings, for example

Direct out for wet/dry rigs

$129

BIG thank you to our Patreon Supporters!

Andrew Walsh

Jamie Evans

Jeffrey Wright

Doug King

Doug Gann

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric Girabaldi

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
The Tone Control is sponsored by Pedal Genie. Head to PedalGenie.com to start your wishlist today and tell them you heard about it on The Tone Control!
Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter: @thetonecontrol
...more
1h 10min

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How many episodes does The Tone Control have?

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