Videos

My friend Ryan from @fuzzrociouspedals was kind enough to introduce me to Tanner Merritt from the band O'Brother. (Who are absolutely awesome and you should check out.) Tanner recently started a company called Coda Handmade. They build pedalboards, synth racks, VERTICAL pedalboards. The latter of which was very much of…

Browne Amplification has really blown up in the last few years. Thanks in large part to The Protein Dual Overdrive Pedal. On this episode we discuss how Josh Scott (of JHS Pedals) convinced him to give surface mount components a try in his guitar pedals, germanium transistors, how he was…

First Act is a brand that almost nobody associates with a high quality instrument. We are used to seeing them in the Walmart toy section, not in the hands of professional touring musicians. But at some point in the mid-2000s First Act created their own Custom Shop. These instruments went…

Everyone that knows me in real life knows that I’m basically @mariekondo. I definitely do not hang on to too much stuff and I’m supremely well organized. Ok. That was a total lie. But I’m trying to get better! And in the spirit of trying to get organized and also…

This episode is definitely something different! On this one you are getting something a little different. Today Sean Arbow of Gunstreet and Scott Marquart of @Stringjoy are on the podcast to announce that Stringjoy and Gunstreet are officially teaming up! This is something that we've all been working on behind…

This episode is definitely something different! On this one you are getting something a little different. Today Sean Arbow of Gunstreet and Scott Marquart of Stringjoy are on the podcast to announce that Stringjoy and Gunstreet are officially teaming up! This is something that we've all been working on behind…

Acorn Amps (@theBanalBrother) faithfully recreated the recently exposed @QOTSA “secret weapon” amplifier in a guitar pedal format! While that brings exploding, fuzzy guitar tones to most people’s minds, this effects pedal can do SO much more than that. (As shown in this clip.) In this clip I’m using it to…

Carlos Lopez has a fascinating story. On this episode we explore how his extreme level of focus have guided him through his career. From his early days in East LA as a boxer, to attending Musician's Institute, getting a job a Fender Musical Instruments, becoming a freaking MASTER BUILDER in…

Carlos Lopez has a fascinating story. On this episode we explore how his extreme level of focus have guided him through his career. From his early days in East LA as a boxer, to attending Musician's Institute, getting a job a Fender Musical Instruments, becoming a freaking MASTER BUILDER in…

Here is a little off topic fun! About 8 years ago, my parents went out of town. Because we are wonderful children, we hid photos of Nicolas Cage in literally hundreds of places throughout their home. Under potted plants, on top of ceiling fan blades, in BluRay cases… We even…

Robert Keeley of Keeley Electronics is an absolute legend in the effects pedal game. When Rob agreed to come on the podcast way back in 2015, I was not only flabergasted that he agreed to it, but it was one of the best episodes of this show that has been…

Musicians love reverb effects. That is almost universally true. Whether it is the natural reverb of a church cathedral, the splash of a vintage spring reverb tank, or even the reflections of our voice in the shower. Musicians love reverb and guitar players are no exception. So why exactly would…

@thursdaymusic is an absolutely incredible and influential band so you can imagine how excited I was to sit down and talk with guitarist Steve Pedulla for this very special episode of the podcast. On this episode we dive into Steve’s gear journey in a very extensive way. Starting with his…

Thursday is an absolutely incredible and influential band so you can imagine how excited I was to sit down and talk with guitarist Steve Pedulla for this very special episode of the podcast. On this episode we dive into Steve's gear journey in a very extensive way. Starting with his…

Jo Braga is the insanely talented and very hard working creator behind the YouTube channel @PedalPlayhouse It is one of the most entertaining and unique viewing experiences in the guitar gear content world. What started out as a very light and bouncy episode took a very unexpected turn when Jo…

Jo Braga is the insanely talented and very hard working creator behind the YouTube channel Pedal Playhouse. It is one of the most entertaining and unique viewing experiences in the guitar gear content world. What started out as a very light and bouncy episode took a very unexpected turn when…

Pretty exciting stuff already happening in the guitar pedal world! Keeley Electronics and F5 Metalworks have teamed up and are getting some SERIOUS new equipment up and running. Soon, Keeley will be able to produce custom enclosures for their pedals which will allow even greater design freedoms and unique possibilities.…

A while back there was some strange activity associated with Harmon's (the owner of DigiTech) website. I made a YouTube Short covering what was publicly available knowledge at the the time, and it became one of the most watched videos on this channel. Fortunately there has been some updates on…

On this very special video episode of the podcast I invited my friend Dewey Halpaus of The Peer Pleasure Podcast to the Shred Shed for a TWO HOUR conversation of epic proportions. We intended on this being a recap of our podcast lives in 2022, and we definitely got into…

On this very special video episode of the podcast I invited my friend Dewey Halpaus of The Peer Pleasure Podcast to the Shred Shed for a TWO HOUR conversation of epic proportions. We intended on this being a recap of our podcast lives in 2022, and we definitely got into…

Once upon a time I was a fledgling guitar nerd who didn't know the difference between a bass, a ukulele, an acoustic, or an electric. I certainly had no idea how to choose between an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. And unfortunately, I didn't have the resources of the…

This episode is absolutely insane! Big KO and I sit down with the guitar legend Eddie Martinez for one of the most epic chats in the history of this show. Whether you know it or not, you have almost certainly heard Eddies guitar playing. The tracks are too numerous to…

Last week I subjected a Behringer Super Fuzz Guitar Pedal to some brutality that it would likely never see in real life. I dropped this cheap fuzz pedal off of my roof, I lit it on fire, I hit it with a hammer... Heck, I even threw this affordable effects…

I got a random box in the mail from @stewmac and I have literally no idea what is in the box. If it is a glitter bomb, I'm going to be quite upset. I don't think it is though... Only one way to find out!