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- Ep. 187 - Is It An Ibanez Model Number or a Computer Password?
- Derek on the latest episode of The Tone Jerks from 4/27 (Keeley Aria)
- Derek wants a Novo Serus J (CS Daedalus)
- Amps with virtual cabs built in, discuss. (CB Sabbra Cadabra)
- Ox Box https://www.uaudio.com/hardware/ox.html
- Victory Kraken V4 https://www.victoryamps.com/v4-the-kraken-amplifier
- Revv D20, G20, and Generator 120 MK3
- Pedal Genie
- Beetronics Octahive $230
- Five Watt World (JHS Charlie Brown)
- “The most music from the least gear”
- BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
- 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
1 hr 21 min - Derek on the latest episode of The Tone Jerks from 4/27 (Keeley Aria)
- Ep. 186 - Doug Is So Mad
UPDATE: Episodes of The Tone Control will now be featured on YouTube! Check out this week's episode here.
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!
- Epiphone Casino USA (stab: Fairfield Meet Maude - 1)
- An American made Epiphone that costs $2700. How do we feel about this?
- It’s not that Epiphone will stop making affordable guitars, and it’s not like Gibson makes the Casino, so… ok?
- It’s a Casino, so two Gibson P90s, hand wired electronics, 12” radius, 22 frets, nitrocellulose finish, trapeze tailpiece, fully hollow body (no center block like a 335)
- EHX CNTL Knob (stab: JHS Twin Twelve -2)
- Static expression pedal with two knobs and a footswitch to toggle between the two.
- Has a TRS +/- button for compatibility with all kinds of devices
- CCW is heel down, CW is toe down
- $40!
- Pedal Genie
- Meris Enzo $300 (3)
- Keeley Hooke Spring Reverb $179
- Review Reviews (stab: Mesa Throttle box -4)
- Mogami 6” gold patch cable review from Lee in West Palm Beach:
- 5 stars, “The best. Eliminated the unwanted noise in my 17 effect terra 42 pedal board.”
- 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
1 hr 11 min - Ep. 185 - It Could Also Stand For "A Bass"
- Greg Koch Gristle 90 model from Reverend - (stab: Apollo Phaser)
- Features two Fishman P90s
- Push/pull tone pot for out of phase option. The Fishman Fluence pickups have a midrange boost button as well.
- Tele style chambered korina body but a 24.75” scale length, Korina neck w/binding, ebony fretboard with 12” radius, raised center block like a Firebird.
- Bigsby B50 with roller bridge
- Comes in Midnight Black, Venitian Gold, and Bradford Beach Blue
- $2,159 MSRP
- Gibson announces a 15% price drop across their entire lineup (stab: Bogner Oxford)
- This is huge!
- Gibson has finally recognized that they’re not staying competitive with Fender
- Press release says they’re trying to become more attractive to younger players who often have tighter budgets
- Les Paul Standard goes from $2500 to $2099.
- Fender launches new Acoustasonic P-bass (stab: JHS Warlbetron)
- Everyone loves acoustic bass!
- Alder body with a spruce top, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard
- Like the other Acoustasonic models, this has a pickup selector and mode knob which has been expanded to up to 15 different sounds.
- Blends between models like the classic P-bass, the J-bass, a Ric 4001, Hofner, upright bass plucked AND bowed, uke bass and a new proprietary “washtub” mode.
- P-bass model sounds from every year between 1951 and 1960
- Commemorative stamps of American guitar amp companies (stab: KHDK Abyss)
- Friedman, Bogner, Ampeg, Carvin, Danelectro, Fender, Kustom, Mesa/Boogie, and Marshall for some reason
- BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
- Rosinfox
- Abbot West
- Jameson Earnheart
- Jeremy Withers
- Dante Knight
- Debben Grom
- Robbin John-win
- Sean Horselton
- Jebethan Swami
- Enrique Gerald-Alery
- Bowman Razzlesnaz
- Dananthan Chips of Thirty7 FX
- Samuel Wrigley of Lollygagger FX
- Bippen Grumble and Kiteland Macintosh of The Tone Jerks Podcast
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!
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
Thanks to our lovely wives for joining us on this episode for some added April Fool's Day fun :)
50 min - Ep. 184 - My Mouse Just Did A Kickflip!
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!
- Live stream update (stab: chickawah)
- Review Reviews! (stab: Catalinbread CSIDMAN)
- ProCo Rat 2 on Sweetwater
- Reviews from Jeremy from Oxford on 3/10/21, and Mark from Madison on 2/3/21
- Discussion topics: (stab: Caroline Meteore)
- From Jamie: “Personal creativity, fav mics for recording, future gigs and what those will look like.” “What are you doing now to stay current on the instrument, what projects if any. I dunno, make some shit up”
- Pedal genie
- Beetronics Fat Bee Overdrive $189
- Boss SY-1 $205.99
- Discussion 2 (stab: JHS Unicorn)
- Some discord people have been talking lately about gigging again as things open up and a lot of that is based around cover bands. Maybe discuss the differences in covers? Favorite covers? Which do you prefer, interpretations or exact replica covers?
BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!- Norman Mozley
- 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
1 hr 25 min - Live stream update (stab: chickawah)
- Ep. 183 - Just Like Porn
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!
Intro Music: "Part of the Room" by Jamie Evans!
- Question from Doug: Justin, how much has your work affected your ability to enjoy just listening to music? (stab: Mesa Throttle Box)
- Pedal Genie
- Lollygagger FX Canaglia $209 for standard, $249 for special
- Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Reverb 349$ (stab: Walrus Rainbow Machine)
- World’s first analog optical spring reverb tank
- Their claim is that a lot of energy is lost when the source audio reaches the spring tank output. This uses infrared sensors along the length of the spring to detect insanely small movements in the spring tank
- It opens up a wider range of frequencies, harmonics, and overtones that are typically lost in the mechanical reverberation process.
- Orange LEDs for your traditional reverb signal, white LEDs for the optical sensors
- Controls for spring and optical sensors let you blend the two together
- The control knob lets you choose which sets of optical sensors are active along the length of the spring
- Trails on/off switch, footswitch can be set to latching or momentary
- Expression pedal input
- Bunch of modes with effects and stuff.
- Sweep mode is a modulation style that activates the optical sensors in a wave pattern top to bottom.
- Trem mode pulses the optical sensors at the top of the spring which only adds trem to the reverb signal, so you can dial out the dry knob to blend it.
- Reflect mode is is a lo-fi delay that sends the signal back through the reverb.
- Feedback mode sets the reverb to self-oscillation.
- Harmonic mode is somewhat like a shimmer but it’s created in analog.
- BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PATRONS!
- Norman Mozley
- 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
1 hr 15 min - Question from Doug: Justin, how much has your work affected your ability to enjoy just listening to music? (stab: Mesa Throttle Box)
- Ep. 182 - If Only My Snare Drum Had A Little More 2Khz
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!
- Intro Music: Wrestling The Jacob Twins by Mas Machina
- https://open.spotify.com/album/28nJDLA38W1YG5Fn8Zd1tw
- Want to feature your music on The Tone Control? Send us your stuff and we'll make it the intro music for an episode!
- Movie suggestion: Sound of Metal (stab: OE Revival Drive)
- Guitar playing tracking (stab: WA Plainsman)
- D’Addario XPND Pedalboard (stab: LWA Plague Rat)
- It’s a telescoping pedalboard
- Single or dual row options
- Aluminum construction with velcro pre-installed
- You can buy a gig bag type case with a divider inside to accommodate any size you have the board set to.
- XPND1 109 Euro (~$132), XPND2 209 Euro (~$253)
- Is this dumb? I thought this was dumb but now I think it’s actually a good idea.
- Pedal Genie
- Keeley Eccos $250
- EHX Ripped Speaker Fuzz (stab: Wampler Reflection)
- An homage to one of the ways early distorted guitar and bass was mad
- At low settings, it emulates lo-fi distortion like “a razor blade applied to a speaker cone, a loose tube, or a faulty channel on a recording console”
- The “rip” knob is a bias control that sets the amount of clipping at the top and bottom of the wave form.
- The tone knob is a tilt-shift EQ which is flat at noon.
- The higher gain sounds are actually kind of cool!
- $99
- Review Reviews! (stab: AA Dream Reaper)
- Good Amp
- 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
1 hr 12 min - Ep. 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
1 hr 19 min - 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!
- Ep. 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
1 hr 28 min - Ep. 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
1 hr 16 min - 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
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About The Tone Control
From the publisher's feed
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 Monday.
You can join our Discord to talk with us and other gear heads at https://discord.gg/H2xTfm6