The Tone Mob Podcast

This one has been over a year in the making! I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark and Dan Gooday of Ashdown Engineering to chat at GearFest and we had an absolutely incredible chat!

Ashdown is a UK based amplifier company that is most widely known for their innovations in the bass amplification market, and the iconic VU Meter adoring their equipment.

Mark starts off the discussion by diving into his history as a driving force behind Trace Elliot, and we dive into the nuances of running a manufacturing operation.

Dan also chimes in and talks about his story of joining the family business, helping form the brand identity, the "Ashdown Forest" and a whole lot more.

Check them out on their website HERE: https://ashdownmusic.com/

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Kyle Bull, the High-Gain Chugmeister of YouTube fame, is on the podcast this week!

We dive headfirst into his backstory, and he explains how he got into the content creation game in the first place. We also explore what he has planned for the future, how creators often find themselves in a content "crisis", the power of self-awareness, and much more.

Kyle and I also explore the somewhat contentious topic surrounding "country of origin" as it pertains to guitar gear. Does the "Made In USA" label matter? Does Japan make the best non-US guitars? What about Korea? Indonesia? China? We talk about it!

Check out Kyle's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@xbigdaddybx

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On this episode I sit down in person in The Shred Shed with local legend Scott Rivera of Scotties Pizza Parlor.

Scott is not only a Portland pizza mainstay, but a dude straight out of the music scene that I came up in during the early 2000s.

We discuss dangerously modified home ovens, how your business can end up running YOU, mental health, varying pizza styles, his experience growing up in the music scene, combining things to get something magical, and a whole lot more!

Check out the details on the pizza shop on his website https://www.scottiespizzaparlor.com/

Give him a follow on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/scottiespizzaparlor/

You can also help out with your gear buying habits by purchasing stuff from Tonemob.com/reverb Tonemob.com/sweetwater or grabbing your guitar/bass strings from Tonemob.com/stringjoy

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Has a human body ever been implemented into guitar pedal design? Does Josh Scott have an enclosure made of bones in his collection? Can volleyball save your life? Should fuzz pedals be integrated into chorus effects? When you die, will you become a tree?

The answers to all of this and more on Ryans FOURTH appearance on the Tone Mob Podcast.

Check out Tyrannochorus here https://fuzzrociouspedals.com/?product=tyrannochorus

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This is a super rad, and super unique episode of the podcast!

I met Gretchen Menn and Daniele Gottardo at the Breedlove booth at Gearfest. All of us being primarily electric guitar players hanging out at the booth of an acoustic guitar manufacturer prompted a question:

What is it about acoustic guitars that draws us in? What makes them so special? And WHY should us as electric guitar enthusiasts pick up the acoustic more often?

Plus there is MUSIC played on this episode by Gretchen and Daniele!

Check out Gretchen on her Instagram and Daniele on his Instagram.

Huge shoutout to Breedlove for the guitars and support, and Sweetwater for hosting!

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Way back in 2016 when I was very new to podcasting and being a part of the guitar world, I attended my first Winter NAMM show.

The very first thing I did was march up to the PRS Guitars booth to have an interview with none other than Paul Reed Smith himself.

This was all orchestrated by my friend Ryan Burke from the now infamous YouTube channel  @60CycleHumCast  . What proceeded was an extremely fun conversation that the internet didn't seem to understand at all.

So when Ryan and I found out that Paul was going to be at Sweetwater's Gearfest this year, we thought it would be fun to do an update!

Here is that update. Enjoy!

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I think you can probably figure out what this episode is about. It is all right there in the title.

Ben Dudley is the director of Free Guitars For Kids which is a non-profit that, you guessed it, provides free guitars for kids!

On this episode we discuss how that came into existence, his musical history, why I think their mission is important, and how you could potentially help.

Check them out on their website. https://fg4k.org/ 

You can also help out with your gear buying habits by purchasing stuff from Tonemob.com/reverb Tonemob.com/sweetwater or grabbing your guitar/bass strings from Tonemob.com/stringjoy

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Not very many people get into international arms dealing, get busted by the Government, have a BIG Hollywood movie made about their life, and THEN start a successful effects pedal company.

But that is exactly what happened to David Packouz of Singular Sound.

You may have heard about David from the Todd Phillips directed film 'War Dogs' (starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) or possibly his company's most famous product The Beat Buddy.

But how did all of this happen?

Thats exactly what we get into on this episode. You are going to love it!

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Hello everyone! On this episode, I present to you one of the wildest stories I've ever heard on the podcast. You listeners know that there have been some crazy tales told on this show, but this one ranks up there with the scariest of them all.

Eyal is a founding member of Dååth, the CEO of Unstoppable Recording Machine, and Riff Hard, an accomplished session guitarist and a whole lot more.

We talk about the dedication required to forge a successful career in music, overcoming an initial lack of familial support for his career, the early metal scene, and the epic new course that URM has put together!

You can check out more info on the course HERE: https://nailthemix.com/jenscourse

Check out all of Eyal's stuff on his Instagram

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This is a pretty special episode of the podcast! Today I'm talking to my friend Daniel G. Harmann, who I actually collaborated on a song with!

Daniel is a singer-songwriter out of Seattle, WA who came up in the punk scene and has honed his skills over the years in a wide variety of projects. Daniel is an immense talent, a guitar gear fanatic and a rad dude of the highest regard.

You can check out his latest release and our collab track "sounds of combat grow muffled' on Spotify or wherever you stream music.

Find him on Instagram HERE

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