The Tone Control

The Tone Control

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  • Ep. 158 - Deliberately Doing The Deep Dive
    • Free Apps (stab: EQ Data Corruptor)
      • MiniMoog Model D app is now free on iOS to keep you busy during social distancing. Previously $4.99
      • Korg Kaossilator iOS app free for a limited time. Android version free through tomorrow (3/20)
      • Way Huge Chalky Box (stab: MH DMBL)
        • It’s a Saucy Box covered in chalkboard paint
        • Pedal Genie
          • Keeley Aria $200
          • Pedal boxes? (805)
          • Patrons
            • Sean Wright
            • Steve Huffman
            • Righteous Ryan Johnson
            • Kyle McIntyre
            • Jonas Sabatini
            • Eric Girabaldi
            • Doug Gann
            • Doug Christ
            • Doug King
            • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
            • Patreon supporters: If you need to pull back your subscriptions to the show you will still retain your benefit through the month of April!
              • 1 hr
            • Ep. 157 - Ass, Grass, or Podcasts: Nobody Rides for Free

              HEY! LISTEN! 

              Join our Discord for a good time talking about gear, music, video games, memes, and other garbage.

              Like the show and want to help support it? Head on over to Patreon where you can pledge as little as $1 per month! Join for $2 per month and you get access to our Live Recording channel on Discord and can listen to us record the show. 

              • Discord update:
                • - Bots! Ranking! Fun!
              • Fender Mod Shop Rosewood Neck option (stab: SD Warp Drive)
                • - Fender Mod Shop is the thing you can do online to make your own custom built guitar
                - Occasionally they add new things to the pool for you to build
                - This time it’s an all rosewood neck! Cool!
              • Ernie Ball VP Jr Tuner (stab: Strymon Deco)
                • - It’s finally here! Announced over a year ago!
                - Features the PVC coated Kevlar cord
                - $200
              • Pedal Genie
                • - Wampler Dual Fusion v1 - $260
                - Caroline Somersault Lo-Fi Modulator
              • Patrons
                • - Sean Wright
                - Steve Huffman
                - Righteous Ryan Johnson
                - Kyle McIntyre
                - Jonas Sabatini
                - Eric Girabaldi
                - Doug Gann
                - Doug Christ
                - Doug King
                - OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                1 hr 14 min
              • Ep. 156 - Pedals Are Pretty Good, Gonna be Honest
                • Patreon and Discord auto role assignment
                • IF you have a discord account already and it is connected to Patreon
                • LTD EC-1000 Project is done! That was fun
                • Delaney guitar tracking.
                • Fuzz shootout results (should we play them again?)
                  • 1) Helix Big Muff Triangle
                  2) Helix Big Muff Pi
                  3) Coppersound Captain Hook
                  4) EHX Big Muff Pi
                • Pedal Genie
                  • Analog Man Sunface NKT Red Dot  from 185$ to 393$
                • TC Electronic Plethora X5 (stab: Blackout Blunderbuss Fuzz)
                  • 5 Mash footswitches, fully assignable to any toneprint pedal, customizable signal path
                  FX loop, EXP input, built in tuner, tap tempo, and MIDI in/out
                  “British voiced” cab sim built in for you to go direct. I don’t think this means you can load IRs.
                • Patrons
                  • Sean Wright
                  Steve Huffman
                  Righteous Ryan Johnson
                  Nick Greenwood
                  Kyle McIntyre
                  Jonas Sabatini
                  Eric Girabaldi
                  Doug Gann
                  Doug Christ
                  Doug King
                  OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                  1 hr 2 min
                • Ep. 155 - GUITARSENAL!

                  New Moons tracks! Justin produced this record last year, finally trickling out!

                  • Kemper Kabinet and Kemper Kone (stab: LP High Power Tweed)
                    • Kemper is making a cab just for their profilers
                    • Features a custom Celestion speaker that is designed for Kemper
                    • You can imprint other famous speakers onto this thing via the Profiler
                    • Kemper Kone is available on its own for 2x12 and 4x12 rigs
                    • Origin Effects Revival TREM (Stab: WA Descent)
                      • Makers of the Revival Drive, the Revival Trem is obviously insane
                      • Fender Deluxe style bias tremolo, but with Origin Effects’ best guts and features
                      • Wave shape, rate division, post drive EQ
                      • You just have to hear this thing.
                      • Pedal Genie
                      • Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra $179
                      • Pigtronix Ringmaster $249
                      • Wanna talk about string gauges? (stab: OBNE Dark Star Reverb)
                      • Patrons!
                        • Sean Wright
                        • Steve Huffman
                        • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                        • Nick Greenwood
                        • Kyle McIntyre
                        • Jonas Sabatini
                        • Eric Girabaldi
                        • Doug Gann
                        • Doug Christ
                        • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                          • 1 hr 13 min
                        • Ep. 154 - New England, it's almost as bad as England, right?
                          • Coppersound Pedals Captain Hook Fuzz (stab: Wombtone)
                          • EHX Big Muff
                            • You know it, you love it, I bought it.
                            • Fano Omnis Series (stab: WA Descent)
                              • < $1000 dollar Fano guitars!
                              • Four models: T-stye/LP jr body, Jazzmaster w/P90s, Starcaster-stye, and Mustang-style
                              • Each will be available in three colors, poly finishes, alder bodies, pau ferro fingerboards, maple necks w/ satin finish.
                              • Includes a gig bag
                              • DVP4 Volume X mini
                                • Derek got that bad larry.
                                • MXR Timmy (stab: MS Holy Dove)
                                  • Timmy is a highly sought after overdrive pedal made by a guy named Paul Cochrane, who made each one by hand. Wait lists, big money on the used market.
                                  • Welp, MXR is making them now and it costs $129
                                  • Three headroom settings, two band EQ that are cut-only.
                                  • Bass control is pre-overdrive, which really helps for tightening up
                                  • What does this do for the market? Does it make the originals even more sought after? Does it pull the rug out from under them?
                                  • Martin SC-13E (Stab: JHS Bonsai)
                                    • It’s like an offset acoustic
                                    • It has a crazy deep cutaway, which results in a totally new heel design
                                    • Sitka spruce top, koa veneer back and sides
                                    • Fishman MX-T pickup
                                    • Patrons!
                                      • Sean Wright
                                      • Steve Huffman
                                      • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                                      • Nick Greenwood
                                      • Kyle McIntyre
                                      • Jonas Sabatini
                                      • Eric Girabaldi
                                      • Doug Gann
                                      • Doug Christ
                                      • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                                        • 1 hr 6 min
                                      • Ep. 153 - So It's The Taint of The Guitar?

                                        Righteous Ryan joins us for the first episode of 2020! We finally, finally talk about fuzz! Many thanks to Ryan for taking the time to school us on one of the biggest effects categories there is. 

                                        • Questions from Discord
                                        • What’s the deal with zero frets? (STAB: The Bit COMMANDER!)
                                        • Talk about patch bays. (STAB: Box Of War)
                                        • What is it about fuzz? (stab: Crystal Dagger)
                                        • Featuring Righteous Ryan!
                                        • Pedal Genie
                                        • Catalinbread Epoch pre $269.99
                                        • Strymon Volante $400
                                        • Big thanks to our Patreon supporters as always! Remember, for $1 a month you support the show and get our eternal love, but for $2 a month you can hang out in our exclusive Discord channel and listen to us record the show LIVE.
                                          • Brian Rizzi
                                          • Doug Christ
                                          • Doug Gann
                                          • Eric Girabaldi
                                          • Jonas Sabatini
                                          • Kyle McIntyre
                                          • Nick Greenwood
                                          • Ryan Johnson
                                          • Sean Wright
                                          • Steve Huffman
                                            • 1 hr 37 min
                                          • Ep. 152 - A Brigade of Old People

                                            Happy holidays and new year everyone; thanks for listening!

                                            THANK YOU to our Patrons! 

                                            • Sean Wright
                                            • Steve Huffman
                                            • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                                            • Nick Greenwood
                                            • Kyle McIntyre
                                            • Jonas Sabatini
                                            • Eric Girabaldi
                                            • Doug Gann
                                            • Doug Christ
                                            • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi

                                              • DISCORD:  https://discord.gg/yy4brEM

                                              PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol

                                              2 hr 25 min
                                            • Ep. 151 - Hitting Your Big Thumpys With Your Thwappy Whackys
                                              • Holiday schedule update
                                              • Minim by Old Blood Noise Endeavors - $229 (stab: Longamp Time Machine)
                                                • Features delay, reverb, and reverse sounds
                                                • This is an extension of their limited run Rever, which was designed in conjunction with Datachoir. Minim will be production run.
                                                • Moduled delay up to 400ms and almost infinite repeats
                                                • Reverb has harmonic tremolo inside!
                                                • “Order” switch lets you move the reverse section either before or after the delay+reverb sound
                                                • Reverb sound is always fed into the delay, which always has a slight chorusing on the repeats
                                                • Pedal Genie
                                                  • Mini by Smallsound/Bigsound $159
                                                  • Empress ZOIA $499
                                                  • People want us to talk about fuzz
                                                  • Huge thanks to our Patreon supporters! Don't forget that joining our Discord server is free and open to all!
                                                    • Sean Wright
                                                    • Steve Huffman
                                                    • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                                                    • Nick Greenwood
                                                    • Kyle McIntyre
                                                    • Jonas Sabatini
                                                    • Eric Girabaldi
                                                    • Doug Gann
                                                    • Doug Christ
                                                    • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                                                      • 1 hr 8 min
                                                    • Ep. 150 - Don't Give It Infinity Ohms
                                                      • Coppersound Pedals Captain Hook Octave Fuzz and Boost (stab: Walrus Descent)
                                                        • Octavia style fuzz with a boost built in
                                                        • Features a JFET boost at the input stage of the fuzz to really slam it
                                                        • Like the Foxcatcher, Coppersound’s Gravity Bomb boost is built in with a switchable order.
                                                        • Runs on 9-18V
                                                        • Controls for Volume, Bite, Fuzz, and Boost.
                                                        • Limited to 70 units for Black Friday, so probably gone by the time you hear this. RIP.
                                                        • Pedal Genie
                                                        • Hungry Robot Borderland Lite
                                                        • Question from Jonas: (stab: Jrockett WTF Fuzz)
                                                          • What is the benefit of separating your signal to run either into the front of your amp (pre-amp) and then clicking to a preamp pedal for a different tone into the effects return... Vs. preamp pedal into the front of your amp.
                                                          • Huge thanks as always to our Patrons!
                                                            • Steve Huffman
                                                            • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                                                            • Nick Greenwood
                                                            • Kyle McIntyre
                                                            • Jonas Sabatini
                                                            • Eric Girabaldi
                                                            • Doug Gann
                                                            • Doug Christ
                                                            • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                                                              • 1 hr 5 min
                                                            • Ep. 149 - They Should Call This Color Ashtray Glass
                                                              • Question from Doug Gann on Discord: “Phantom power! What the fuck is it? When do I use it? When do I not use it? How do I know? (stab: Aguilar Octamizer)
                                                              • Small builder from Righteous Ryan - DEMEDASH EFFECTS (stab: Kilobyte Delay)
                                                                • Made in Canada by Steve Demedash.
                                                                • Steve currently makes 2 pedals: the T-120 Videotape Echo and the 112+ Drive Channel
                                                                • T-120
                                                                  • Inspired by the garbled audio that comes from cruddy, worn out VHS tapes.
                                                                  • It sounds extremely good. Like, this is more than just a modulated delay.
                                                                  • Controls for time, echo, intensity, depth, speed, and tape quality
                                                                  • It’s available in a standard and a deluxe version. Deluxe has soft switching, echo trails, full wet to full dry mix, self oscillation switch, stereo out via TRS
                                                                  • 112+ Drive Channel
                                                                    • Schecter guitars wanted to trade him a guitar of his choice for some pedals so he designed an overdrive pedal for the trade
                                                                    • Internal chargepump is boosting it up to 34V!
                                                                    • Features a JFET preamp, a voice control that sets how much bass is passed through to the drive section.
                                                                    • Drive section is big a wide, can get clippy and fuzzy. Signal is reamplified after the drive then goes to 3band active EQ  (boost/cut)
                                                                    • Sounds really nice. Can get splattery, but also has a nice crisp jangle to it.
                                                                    • Pedal Genie
                                                                      • Sick As overdrive $229
                                                                      • Boss RV-500 $350
                                                                      • Fender Ultra Series (stab: Bogner Oxford)
                                                                        • New top of the line flagship models. American made, premium parts. Replacing the American Elite series
                                                                        • All have noiseless pickups, new neck heel contours, faster playing necks w/ satin finish and 10-14” compound radius. Locking tuners on guitars
                                                                        • Strats are back to 2 point trem w/ milled steel saddles
                                                                        • HSS and SSS strat. Tele, 4 and 5 string jazz bass, P bass w/ j/P pickups
                                                                        • Thanks to the Patrons!
                                                                          • Steve Huffman
                                                                          • Righteous Ryan Johnson
                                                                          • Nick Greenwood
                                                                          • Kyle McIntyre
                                                                          • Jonas Sabatini
                                                                          • Eric Girabaldi
                                                                          • Doug Gann
                                                                          • Doug Christ
                                                                          • OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi
                                                                            • 1 hr 17 min

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                                                                          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.