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 339 episodes available.

The Tone Control episodes:

May 01, 2023 Ep. 238 - The Natural Habitat of a Seven Year Old
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol
RudeTech 3Muf-14 and Ibanez DML 10 II Demo 00:10:52
NAMM stuffs 00:14:16
T-Rex Echorec Reissue 00:17:26
Questions from the community 00:32:22
TOTW 01:04:41
Patreon and Outro 01:13:26
...more
1h 16min
April 17, 2023Ep. 237 - My Martin Costs Me $3 a Gig
Hologram Microcosm! 00:13:53
https://www.hologramelectronics.com/microcosm

Walrus Audio Fundamental Series (Hudson Broadcaster) 00:33:08
https://www.walrusaudio.com/collections/fundamental-series

Look out JHS 3 series, WA is coming for ya

Basic, easy to understand effects designed to sound great but be welcoming to new pedal users. “Simplified controls” probably means basic functionality with no bells and whistles but… sliders? Is that easier?

Still made in the US and really affordable. $100-$130 depending

Chorus, fuzz, reverb, overdrive, delay, distortion, phaser, tremolo

How do you decide when to get rid of gear? 00:40:18

JHS Bat Sim (Keeley Aria) 00:52:10
April Fools thing that Derek totally fell for

Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 3 Plugin

Thing of the Week 01:01:11
Waves Double Back

Civivi Elementum and Baby Banter

Patreon 01:18:44
Nick Greenwood

Carson Ricketts

Matthew Fenslau

Riesenwolf

Jamie Evans

Doug King

Big Daddy Doug

Steve Huffman

Justin’s Cochlea

Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 21min
April 03, 2023 Ep. 236 - Comes With Free Velcro
Derek's Reverb Story 00:15:35
DML 10 00:27:24
Beetronics Sea Bee Harmochorus 00:40:52
Mad About Bad Monkey? The problem is you! 00:51:22

...more
1h 8min
March 20, 2023Ep. 235 - It's A Real Butt Pucker Moment (Feat. Rattlesnake Cables!)
Shoutout to Rattlesnake Cables for hanging out with us this week! Be sure to visit Rattlesnakecables.com for more, and check out Hank's band JAAG on Instagram @_j_a_a_g
Intro and what's new 00:00:00
Rude Tech 3Muf-14 00:08:50
Hank from Rattlesnake Cables! 00:19:44
Patreon and Outro 01:13:22
Thanks for all your support!
Nick Greenwood

Carson Ricketts

Matthew Fenslau

Riesenwolf

Jamie Evans

Doug King

Big Daddy Doug

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Eric didn’t change his name in time

Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 16min
March 06, 2023Ep. 234 - You Started This and I'm Gonna End It
WHAT IF THE TONE CONTROL WAS MADE BY ROBOTS?!
Hank from Rattlesnake Cables is joining us next time for episode 235 so send in questions! (Wampler Latitude) 00:28:18
Handy-FX! https://www.handy-fx.com/ (Lollygager Canaglia) 00:33:06
Located right here in New Hampshire

Makes all your favs
A K-style overdrive with two modes and switchable bypass

Two fuzz face flavors (I got the Whiteout on reverb for a great price)

Other clones of the DS-1, Hudson Broadcast, and Rat.

Pedal Genie
TOTW (Meris Enzo) 01:01:14
stop.drop.rewind

Metroid Prime Remastered
Patreon
Nick Greenwood

Carson Ricketts

Matthew Fenslau

Riesenwolf

Jamie Evans

Doug King

Big Daddy Doug

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

iAcoustic

Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 6min
February 20, 2023 Ep. 233 - Procrastinators Assemble Tomorrow
Derek’s joining a cover band! (Bogner Oxford) 00:17:42
○ HX Stomp rig and doing some MIDI!
● Hawaiian Pizza Demo 00:28:37
● Strymon Cloudburst (Mr Black Supermoon) 00:35:16
○ New compact reverb pedal from Strymon based on the Cloud setting on the BigSky
○ New “Ensemble” feature which works by “analyzing 48 different frequency bands as you play, generating upper harmonic partials of what it finds in each band.”
○ Allows the pedal to change organically as you play, change pickups, etc
○ In Strymon fashion it has MIDI, stereo, and USB-C
○ $279
● Pedal Genie 00:51:08
● Picks? https://www.honey-picks.com/ 00:53:35
● TOTW 01:11:20
○ The Artist in The Ambulance re-recording
○ Sleep Token
● Patreon 01:19:06
○ Nick Greenwood
○ Carson Ricketts
○ Matthew Fenslau
○ Riesenwolf
○ Jamie Evans
○ Doug King
○ Big Daddy Doug
○ Righteous Ryan Johnson
○ Steve Huffman
○ Jonas Sabatini
○ WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RENAME HIM
○ Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast
○ MaCo Guitars
○ Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove
○ Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX
○ Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 23min
February 06, 2023Ep. 232 - It Might Give You A Thickness
Guitar Story 00:13:24
Walrus Audio Melee: Wall of Noise $299 (Stinger: Wampler dual fusion) 00:22:26
Distortion/Reverb combo with a joystick!

The vertical axis on the joystick controls distortion, horizontal axis controls mix

Order switcher for distortion > reverb, or reverb > distortion

3 different reverb types accessed by pressing both switches.
Ambient reverb: Big, long decay, wash of sound.

Octave down reverb: Similar to the “Dark” mode on Slo.

Reverse reverb with Feedback:

Big Ear WHAC-A $250 (stinger: bit commander) 00:29:56
Colab with 60 Cycle Hum

60 will be made, they will be autographed

It’s a boost; it’s what you think; it’s dumb

Clearly deserves our modest signal boost…
Pedal Genie 00:36:13
Korg nu-tekt DIY kits 00:38:59
(old) OD-S NUTUBE Overdrive $300

HD-S Harmonic Distortion 200 GBP

TR-S Power Tube Reactor 200 GBP
TotW (stinger: SUPA PUSS) 01:03:18
Retroid Pocket 2+, still fun

CMY Color Cube
Patreon 01:14:16
Nick Greenwood

Carson Ricketts

Matthew Fenslau

Riesenwolf

Jamie Evans

Doug King

Big Daddy Doug

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Mr. Wonderwall

Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 20min
January 23, 2023Ep. 231 - The Pizza Is The Output
Holiday episodes are funny 00:06:44
Universal Audio Sphere stab: Mayflower 00:11:47
Modeling microphones!
Pedal Genie 00:31:10
Caroline Guitar Company Hawaiian Pizza $189
AudioSingularity Neurontube: Debut stab: MS Holy Dove 00:43:32
Seems to be their first product

Soldano SLO-100

Laney TF300

5 Pedals, 3 Cabinets

Free. (what do you want?)
Thing of the Week stab: Keely Seafoam 01:00:39
“The Shape Of Everything” by SOM

Crushmetric Switch Pen

AT-M20x
New Merch Design! 01:19:50
Patreon 01:21:16
Nick Greenwood

Carson Ricketts

Matthew Fenslau

Riesenwolf

Jamie Evans

Doug King

Big Daddy Doug

Righteous Ryan Johnson

Steve Huffman

Jonas Sabatini

Justin, change eric’s name

Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast

MaCo Guitars

Andrew Walsh of Andrew’s Alcove

Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX

Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX
...more
1h 23min
January 09, 2023 Ep. 230 - Prohibitively Loud and Expensive
Sick kid story 00:00:00
Sick kid story, the second 00:10:22
My office is a mess / stuff we got 00:17:32
Pedal Genie 00:27:56
Do I still care about amps in 2023? 00:45:38
I gotta run! / Patreon 00:52:32
...more
55min
December 26, 2022 Ep. 229.5 - Holiday 2022
Holiday Episode!
...more
2h 39min

FAQs about The Tone Control:

How many episodes does The Tone Control have?

The podcast currently has 339 episodes available.