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Sept. 11, 2023

Before You Start A Guitar Store, Listen To This! w/ Jeremie & Geoff of Five Star Guitars

"We can't be everything to all people, or we'll end up being not anything to anybody." - Jeremie Murfin If you EVER thought about starting a guitar or musical instrument store, you really need to listen to this episode. Geoff and Jeremie are two of the partners in an epic…

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Sept. 7, 2023

Do Acoustic Strings Work With Electric Guitar Pickups? #guitarplayers #music

A common question, especially amongst newer guitar players is this: Will acoustic strings work on an electric guitar? The answer is a bit of a strange one. Mostly it’s a “Yes!” Pretty much all acoustic guitar strings (that aren’t nylon or classical) fall into the phosphor bronze or 80/20 categories.…

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Sept. 4, 2023

Digitech Whammy... on Acoustic Guitar? w/ Trey Hensley

On today's episode I sit down with flatpicking phenom Trey Hensley to discuss his story. The dude started out extremely young and almost immediately started performing live. All of these years later, he's not only one of the most sought after pickers in the bluegrass scene, but a wide ranging…

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Sept. 2, 2023

What Makes A Song "Real"? w/ Ariel Posen

The man, the myth, the guitar legend Ariel Posen has returned to the podcast for the third time! On this episode we dissect the idea of what makes up a "real song". Is one method of creation more valid than another? Does improvisation count as songwriting? Does more time spent…

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Aug. 28, 2023

What Makes A Real Song? w/ Ariel Posen

The man, the myth, the guitar legend Ariel Posen has returned to the podcast for the third time! On this episode we dissect the idea of what makes up a "real song". Is one method of creation more valid than another? Does improvisation count as songwriting? Does more time spent…

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Aug. 26, 2023

The "Difficult Road Ahead" w/ Dan and Derek of Revv Amps

"I think the road ahead is going to be a lot more difficult..." Those were the words that Derek Eastveld said to his family after @RevvAmps very first NAMM show. On this episode of The Tone Mob Podcast, Dan and Derek sat down with me to discuss the history of…

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Aug. 21, 2023

Digital Amp Pranks w/ Andy Marsh of Thy Art Is Murder

Sometimes you have to prank your bandmates into making the right choices! Andy Marsh from Thy Art Is Murder is on the podcast this week and we are talking about AMPS. Specifically Andy & co's journey through the world of high gain amplifiers and how they landed in the digital…

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Aug. 14, 2023

The "Difficult Road Ahead" w/ Dan and Derek of Revv Amps

"I think the road ahead is going to be a lot more difficult..." Those were the words that Derek Eastveld said to his family after Revv's very first NAMM show. On this episode Dan and Derek sat down with me to discuss the history of Revv as a company, and…

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Aug. 7, 2023

From 0 to World Tour in 3 Months w/ Nicole Papastavrou of Kallias

Nicole Papastavrou has been a part of the hardcore/death metal/progressive metal/heavy music community since she was a teenager. She is currently playing guitar and fronting the band Kallias. She has had a pretty wild musical journey that has taken her all across the globe, found her learning how to perform…

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July 31, 2023

British Bass Amps w/ Mark & Dan of Ashdown Engineering

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…

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July 25, 2023

AI Music Producer? Seriously, What Is That?

I have seen a handful of folks with the title “AI Music Producer” or “Artificial Intelligence Musician” in their Instagram bios and I really do not get it. I’m not anti-AI necessarily, but it is bizarre to me that this is a title one might give themselves. Isn’t that just…

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July 24, 2023

Does Country of Origin Matter? w/ Kyle Bull

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…

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July 17, 2023

"Failure Was NOT An Option." w/ Scott Rivera of Scottie's Pizza Parlor

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…

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July 15, 2023

Why Do You Need An Acoustic Guitar? w/ Gretchen Menn and Daniele Gottardo

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…

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July 14, 2023

Death & Applesauce w/ Ryan of Fuzzrocious Pedals

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…

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July 10, 2023

Why Do You Need An Acoustic Guitar? w/ Gretchen Menn and Daniele Gottardo

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…

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July 10, 2023

Screaming Through Fuzz Pedals Vol. 27

Summer School Electronics sent me this new fuzz to check out and while he didn’t explicitly say I couldn’t scream into it… He didn’t tell me I couldn’t. So I definitely decided that the best course of action was indeed to scream through the new Pep Rally fuzz! It’s a…

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July 8, 2023

This will BLOW YOUR MIND

While I was at GearFest, I kept hearing some very respectable guitar players refer to somebody named “Trey”. I wasn’t aware who they meant, until I swung by the Martin Guitars booth and found out for myself. It turns out, Trey Hensley is who they meant and this dude absolutely…

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July 7, 2023

Paul Reed Smith Tried To Escape This Interview (But I Wouldn't Let Him!)

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…

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July 6, 2023

Paul Reed Smith Tried To Escape This Interview (But I Wouldn't Let Him!)

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…

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July 3, 2023

Free Guitars For Kids (Ben Dudley)

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…

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June 26, 2023

From 'War Dogs' to Guitar Pedals w/ David Packouz of Singular Sound

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…

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June 19, 2023

How To Not Get Stabbed By Nazis w/ Eyal Levi

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…

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June 12, 2023

Out Of The Comfort Zone w/ Daniel G Harmann

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…

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