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The Tone Control

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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. You can join our Discord to talk with us and other gear heads at https://discord.gg/H2xTfm6

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The Tone Control
Ep. 268 - The Pinch Off Bass
EP. 268 What’s up, Father’s day edition 0:03:34 Droid Update 0:13:38 Fuck Yeah or Fuck Nah: “Unique” (Don’t Peak) 0:19:27 2008 6th Under My Skin 2nd Lucite 5th…
Jun 24, 2024·1h 31m
The Tone Control
Ep. 267 - Hand Carved Ballsack
Ep. 267 What’s up? 0:1:12 Fuck yea or fuck nah (Justin don’t look at these until showtime) 0:22:13 6th 2010 Ali Kat Cadillac 59 2nd 1974 Burns Flyte Concord…
Jun 10, 2024·1h 17m
The Tone Control
Ep. 266 - Old Guys And Their Sweats
New Logic keys and bass 0:19:41 TOTW: 0:50:55 Bambu Lab A1 Midwest Falconry Patreon and outro! 1:13:57 Rabbi Bob Pom Tetty Carson Ricketts Mathew Fenselau…
May 27, 2024·1h 18m
The Tone Control
Ep. 265 - The NEPisode
Wind controllers, Tempo, Tornados; stuff like that.
May 13, 2024·1h 43m
The Tone Control
Ep. 264 - This Snare Drum is Penetrating
Ep. 264 - This Snare Drum is Penetrating Giveaway Special guests next time? 0:11:38 Demo before recording? 0:19:31 TOTW! 1:00:26 Dracula Daily Newsletter Laser…
Apr 29, 2024·1h 13m
The Tone Control
Ep 263 - Moon Jams
Ep. 263 - Moon Jams Theme Song Chats 0:01:38 Eclipse! 0:06:24 Derek had a gig! 0:27:12 Luna is still good! (committing to tones in recording) 0:40:09 TOTW!…
Apr 15, 2024·1h 3m
The Tone Control
Ep. 262 - Guitar For The Table
262 - Guitar For The Table 0:05:03 Travel Guitars 0:31:18 Load boxes 0:43:07 The crazy load box + amp? 0:53:14 Optical pickup…
Apr 1, 2024·1h 7m
The Tone Control
Ep. 261 - The Mistake Is Complete
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Intro and NOT the Oscars 00:00:00…
Mar 18, 2024·1h 13m
The Tone Control
Ep. 260 - Dada Always Wants A Hug, Idiot!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Intro and Giveaway update! 00:00:00…
Mar 4, 2024·1h 7m
The Tone Control
Ep. 259 - I Am Extremely Hardcore
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Intro and what's new 00:00:00 Back…
Feb 19, 2024·1h 9m
The Tone Control
Ep. 258 - By Way of The Banshee
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Intro and what's new 00:00:00 Gold…
Feb 5, 2024·1h 14m
The Tone Control
Ep. 257 - 2025 Is Going To Be Our Year
Giveaway Winner! 00”21:54 ML Sound Labs Mega Djent Pack goes to RabbiBob in Discord 2023 in review 00:33:42 TOTW 00:49:04 Stylophone Bolt EUV Patreon 01:12:23…
Jan 22, 2024·1h 14m
The Tone Control
Ep. 256 - Holiday Rewind
Thanks for another great year, everybody. Patreon Nick Greenwood Carson Ricketts Mathhew Fenselau Riesenwolf Brian Gower of the Tone Jerks Podcast Andrew Walsh…
Jan 1, 2024·2h 1m
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Ep. 255 - But Justin, What About The Shareholders??
Ep. 255 - But Justin! What about the shareholders?? Slash and Magnatone? Weird? 00:15:35 Also who cares? A 100W head for like $5000 And a matching cab for…
Dec 25, 2023·1h 28m
The Tone Control
Ep. 254 - By The Time I Hear Her Honk on a Recorder
Derek went to PAX Unplugged. 00:08:51 Boss IR-2 https://www.boss.info/global/products/ir-2/ 00:18:16 Amps and Cabinets from Boss and Celestion Has an fx loop…
Dec 11, 2023·1h 16m
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Ep. 253 - Right Here in the Eperzode
Helix stuff 00:13:09 Thanksgiving pedal trick 00:20:28 Tuner from walrus audio 00:23:37…
Nov 27, 2023·1h 2m
The Tone Control
Ep. 252 - This Stinks of Greg Wells
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc 8 string? (00:17:20) Harley Benton…
Nov 13, 2023·1h 11m
The Tone Control
Ep. 251 - Does Not Sing Reggae
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Walrus Audio 385 Mk. 2 00:18:08…
Oct 30, 2023·1h 9m
The Tone Control
Ep. 250 - Tonight We Heat Glass!
🗣️DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU255nqgxY 💸PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol 📨NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc ---- Revv and pedalboard at…
Oct 16, 2023·1h 26m
The Tone Control
Ep. 249 - I've Been Tuning My Guitar for Over Ten Years
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc TEN YEARS, BABY! Thank you to all…
Oct 2, 2023·1h 28m
The Tone Control
Ep. 248 - It's A $300 Dynacomp
🎤 Podcast: anchor.fm/thetonecontrol 🎸 Discord: https://discord.gg/eRrA5ty 📧 Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc 💲 Patreon: patreon.com/thetonecontrol Intro…
Sep 18, 2023·1h 25m
The Tone Control
Ep. 247 - Sound, Right? That Stuff Is Everywhere
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Intro and what's new 00:00:00…
Sep 4, 2023·1h 13m
The Tone Control
Ep. 246 - It's Not As Good Because You Spent Less Money
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc intro and what's new 00:00:00…
Aug 21, 2023·1h 24m
The Tone Control
Ep. 245 - It's Because You Have A Large Head
🎤 Podcast: anchor.fm/thetonecontrol 🎸 Discord: https://discord.gg/eRrA5ty 📧 Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc 💲 Patreon: patreon.com/thetonecontrol The Tone…
Aug 7, 2023·1h 8m
The Tone Control
Ep. 244 - In The Meantime I'm Annoyed
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc Actual guitar stuff 00:00:40…
Jul 24, 2023·1h 13m
The Tone Control
Ep. 243 - Don't Fuck With My Fish
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc GIVEAWAY REVEAL! 00:17:25 Yamaha…
Jul 10, 2023·1h 1m
The Tone Control
Ep. 242 - It's Pepper Time!
Newsletter! (Keeley Eccos) 00:21:12 Catalinbread Tremolo8 (Hudson Broadcast) 00:22:37 A weird thing Derek thought of (Oxford) 00:32:09 Thing of the Week…
Jun 26, 2023·58m
The Tone Control
Ep. 241 - I Don't Want To Learn About Doors
We’re making a newsletter! (Stab: Strymon Deco) 00:21:29 Probably once a month? Maybe? Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/isAxIc What’s inside? Good question…
Jun 12, 2023·1h 17m
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Ep. 240 - Mr. Butterbean! Enough!
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Derek’s first gig with the new band! (Supa Puss) 00:13:50 Overdubs…
May 29, 2023·1h 16m
The Tone Control
Ep. 239 - No. Not That Knob. That Knob!
Like what you're hearing? Join up! DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol ---- Cover bands are like cooking…
May 15, 2023·1h 11m
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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…
May 1, 2023·1h 15m
The Tone Control
Ep. 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…
Apr 17, 2023·1h 20m
The Tone Control
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
Apr 3, 2023·1h 7m
The Tone Control
Ep. 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…
Mar 20, 2023·1h 15m
The Tone Control
Ep. 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)…
Mar 6, 2023·1h 5m
The Tone Control
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…
Feb 20, 2023·1h 22m
The Tone Control
Ep. 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…
Feb 6, 2023·1h 19m
The Tone Control
Ep. 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…
Jan 23, 2023·1h 22m
The Tone Control
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…
Jan 9, 2023·54m
The Tone Control
Ep. 229.5 - Holiday 2022
Holiday Episode!
Dec 26, 2022·2h 38m
The Tone Control
Ep. 229 - Drop Ship Milkshake
Year end wrap up!? 00:11:44 PRS SE Silver Sky vs. US Silver Sky 00:17:08 Are cabs more expensive now like what the hell? 00:30:24 New supro amp with a 112 cab…
Dec 12, 2022·1h 3m
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Ep. 228 - To Withstand The Boot of The Master
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol Intro and what's new: 00:00:00 Sweetwater Gear Exchange 00:23:33 Pedal…
Nov 28, 2022·1h 19m
The Tone Control
Ep. 227 - Joe Bonamassa is my Butler
New discord stuff 00:06:47 Helix 3.5 update 00:12:02 Pedal Genie 00:36:29 Audience questions 00:38:09 TOTW 01:06:56 Patreon and outro 01:10:54 Nick Greenwood…
Nov 14, 2022·1h 14m
The Tone Control
Ep. 226 - It Has a Name and Everything
Intro and what's new 00:00:00 Mythos Variable Treble Bleed 00:13:59 Pedal Genie 00:31:17 PRS Pedals 00:35:39 Thing of the Week 01:09:14 Patreon and outro…
Oct 31, 2022·1h 25m
The Tone Control
Ep. 225 - Shut Your Mouth, It's The Mids! [Feat. Coppersound Pedals!]
🎤 Podcast: anchor.fm/thetonecontrol 🎸 Discord: https://discord.gg/eRrA5ty 💲 Patreon: patreon.com/thetonecontrol The Tone Control is a sometimes side-eyed look…
Oct 17, 2022·1h 21m
The Tone Control
Ep. 224 - Anything is Portable if You Pick it Up
Ep. 224 - Anything is portable if you pick it up Pigtronix Star Eater Fuzz $179 (stab: Mayflower) 00:11:37 All analog super jumbo fuzz. Rocker switches for…
Oct 3, 2022·1h 10m
The Tone Control
Ep. 223 - It Didn't LOOK Like Anybody Died
Derek got a baritone (stab: Meris Enzo) 00:17:07 Pedal Genie 00:34:45 EHX Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin (stab: OBNE Black Fountain) 00:42:32 Coppersound has new…
Sep 19, 2022·1h 18m
The Tone Control
Ep. 222 - Nice G, Nerd
The Novo Serus J has arrived! 00:20:13 Pedal Genie 00:34:19 Crazy Tube Circuits Starlight Distortion/Fuzz Solid Gold FX Rosie Fuzz UA Astra demo mix 00:53:30…
Sep 5, 2022·1h 12m
The Tone Control
Ep. 221 - A Firehose of Unfrozen Vanilla Ice Cream
New Patreon tiers are up! 00:14:48 $1, $2, $3, $5, and $10 tiers are now available Pedal demo stems are up. Additional perks for those tiers are coming soon…
Aug 22, 2022·1h 22m
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Ep. 220 - The Nurses Called It Headbanging
Jack is here 00:00:52 Final details on the planned parenthood fundraiser 00:21:20 Donations from listeners: $300 We’re matching that, so $600 Patreon supporter…
Aug 8, 2022·1h 10m
The Tone Control
Ep. 219 - I Have A Question For The Sweatshirt
Questions about recording and studio stuff 00:04:32 Pedal Genie 00:51:56 Old Blood Noise Endeavors - Visitor (modulation thingy) Thing of the week 01:07:23…
Jul 25, 2022·1h 21m
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Ep. 218 - Shout Out To Papyrus Font
Coppersound Strategy V2 (stab: SUPA PUSS) 00:10:22 The strategy has that wicked Fender Strat design, and Version 2 keeps it going Now features two channels…
Jul 11, 2022·1h 10m
The Tone Control
Ep. 217 - The Regular Duper Club
PATREON UPDATES COMING SOON! 00:16:17 Derek got a new guitar! 00:30:45 PRS SE Hollowbody II Free helix preset for the week (stab: LG Canaglia) 00:39:23 Pedal…
Jun 27, 2022·1h 13m
The Tone Control
Ep. 216 - I Think I Might Have Loose Jacks
NAMM is going down! Cool! 00:09:56 Abasi Concepts has two new models, but then Tosin Abasi gets an artist model from EBMM? (stab: hoof reaper) 00:15:10 New…
Jun 13, 2022·1h 20m
The Tone Control
Ep. 215 - Yamaha Custom Shop 11 String
Steve from Gear Stuff and Things is joining us! Gearstuffandthings.com Check out the youtube channel We now have a Linktree in our instagram profile, so go…
May 30, 2022·1h 21m
The Tone Control
Ep. 214 - I Have So Much to Say and So Little to Talk About
DISCORD: https://discord.io/ToneControl PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thetonecontrol TTC MERCH: https://the-tone-control-podcast-shop.creator-spring.com/…
May 16, 2022·1h 30m
The Tone Control
Ep. 213 - As An Exercise in Hubris I also use a Metal Zone
TTC Merch! https://the-tone-control-podcast-shop.creator-spring.com Alex from Coppersound is writing for Premier Guitar’s “State of the Stomp” column! (OBNE…
May 2, 2022·1h 33m
The Tone Control
Ep. 212 - NOW You Need To Retube Your Amp?!
Derek’s Novo is in production! (stab: Hudson Broadcast) 00:08:32 Serus J in Candy Apple Red Kind of like this guitar but in red with matching headstock Reviews…
Apr 18, 2022·1h 17m
The Tone Control
Ep. 211 - A Pile of Tape
Derek went to a bluegrass concert at a retirement home (stab: Wampler Dual Fusion) 00:11:54 Boss RE-2 is $250, also there’s the RE-202 now (stab: Big Ear Loaf)…
Apr 4, 2022·1h 21m
The Tone Control
Ep. 210 - The Tone Control Jerks: Episode 2
The Tone Jerks are here 00:02:46 How’s it going, guys? What is ripping off? 00:28:58 Pedal Genie 00:44:31 No pedals “My First Tube Amp” under ~$1000 00:47:57…
Mar 21, 2022·1h 25m