The Tone Control

The Tone Control

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The Tone Control episodes

  • Ep. 89 - What are they? G-holes?

    Ep. 89 - What are they? G-holes?

     

    • TC Electronic Mini Mimiq and Hypergravity (stab: MH DMBL Drive)

      • Mimiq doubler and Hypergravity compressor have been hit with the shrink ray!

      • $99 each!

      • http://www.tcelectronic.com/hypergravity-mini-compressor/

      • http://www.tcelectronic.com/mimiq-mini-doubler/

    • Gear Supply Co is Kickstarting guitar pedals (stab: Wampler Faux tape echo)

      • Four pedals in the line up: Light Drive, Medium Drive, Harmonic Tremolo, and Compressor

      • Early bird pricing available for all pedals! Pledge $125 and get a pedal of your choice. Retail price is $150.

      • JACKS AND POWER ON TOP

      • http://kck.st/2qmRYTz

      • 100% funded!

    • Epiphone Johnny A Custom archtop (stab: Strymon El Capistan)

      • Flame maple top, mahogany body

      • Double-cutaway hollowbody

      • Gibson ‘57 Classic Pickups, ebony fretboard, Bigsby B70

      • Price is speculated to be under around $800

      • http://www.epiphone.com/News/Features/2017/Epiphone-Ltd-Ed-Johnny-A-Custom-Outfit.aspx

    • Pedal Genie

      • Glacial Zenith by Adventure pedals

        • 2001 American Stratocaster, blackface sim, slight reverb

        • https://www.adventurepedals.com/products/glacial-zenith

    • Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault Overdrive/Distortion (stab: CB CSIDMAN)

      • Double footswitch drive pedal

      • Gain 1 is light and chimey to tight and crunchy, Gain 2 is a heavier distortion

      • Volume, low, mid, high, gain 1 and 2 controls

      • EQ controls are boost/cut

      • $200

      • http://www.oldbloodnoise.com/pedals/fault-overdrive-distortion

    • Ratio Tuners by Graphtech (stab: Lovepedal Dover Drive)

      • They are things!

    http://www.graphtech.com/products/brands/ratio

    1 hr 11 min
  • Ep. 86 - GJENGANGAR!
    Had to take a week off due to some scheduling hiccups but we're back with some cool guitars from Porter (Yes! Porter!), info on the new Helix LT, and another small builder from Righteous Ryan.
    1 hr
  • Ep. 82 - Blood, Sweat, and Tears... and John Mayer's Legs

    Big thanks to Ryan Johnson for sending in indie builder info! 

    • PRS Sonzera and JMOD 100 (stab: Way Huge Red Llama)

      • Sonzera comes in 20W combo, 50W combo, and 50W head

        • Focused on “affordability” with amazing tone.

        • More American amp voiced

        • Combos are 1x12

        • 50W head and 20W combo = $800, 50W combo = $900

        • 20W: 2 channel, 6L6 power tubes, 50W EL34 power tubes

        • Two channel, each w/ bright switch. 50W features independent reverbs per channel

        • http://www.prsguitars.com/products/sonzera

      • J-MOD 100 - John Mayer signature amp

        • 100W, 6L6, single channel w/ switchable overdrive and FX loop

        • “Tone is huge and clear” sounds like tons of headroom

        • No reverb built in, FX loop was designed around using external tanks

        • Accepts EL34, 6CA7, and KT77 tubes

        • 2x12 closed back cab w/ Celestion G12-65 Heritage

        • Amp: $5990, Cab: $1090….. kay

    • Suhr JM Pro (stab: Old Blood Noise - Haunt Fuzz)

      • Based on a Jazzmaster but with a slightly smaller body

      • Slightly different contours as well

      • Available in HB or P90 models

      • Available with trem or tuneomatic bridge

      • 3 way selector, volume/tone/tone

      • $2200

      • http://www.suhr.com/instruments/classic-jm/classic-jm-pro/

    • Pedal Genie

      • Lovepedal Dover Drive

        • http://www.lovepedal.com/hermida-audio-dover-drive/

      • Keeley something 1962X

        • https://robertkeeley.com/product/1962X

    • Builder 1: Industrialectric // http://www.industrialectric.com/

      • Where they're made: Toronto, Canada  (stab: Walrus Audio Jupiter Fuzz)

      • Builder: Andrew Ferrari

      • Industrialectric is a small company run by Mr. Andrew Ferrari in Toronto, Canada. They're really for the adventurous musician, the "screw the rules" type of player. They're lo-fi, they're noisy and brutally beautiful.  His pedals are guitar, bass and synth friendly. Alessandro Cortini, of Nine Inch Nails fame, demos one of Andrew's pedals on That Pedal Show (Will provide link).

      • Current Run of Pedals:

      • RM-1N: Reverb and Dirt machine. The RM-1N features 9 knobs, two switches and a momentary switch--Plenty of control that ranges from clean and lush, or dirty and chaotic.

      • Controls:

        • Level - Overall output of the pedal

        • Reverb Mix

        • Reverb Depth- How deep and massive the Reverb will sound

        • Feedback - Produces longer Reverb trails and oscillation

        • Pre-Gain - The Gain stage introduced into the Reverb

        • Post-Gain - The gain stage introduced a

    1 hr 5 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.