The Guitar Knobs

Dec 30 2024 400 ep. 83 mins 941
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Join our talk about guitars, pedals, amps, and other gear. Guest interviews with boutique builders and contributors to our guitar world.

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400-Four On The Floor - Tremolo

Dec 30 2024 105 mins  
WOW! 400 episodes whoohooo! We are celebrating with our Four On The Floor Tremolo special. Lots of opinions are floating around on this one as we all use tremolo differently. Four great pedals that do everything we want a tremolo to do and nothing we don't. Which would you choose? Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik, Rob Chafe and Billy Spitfire #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #p

399-Interview With Superlunar

Dec 23 2024 81 mins  
Superlunar founder Antonio Carusone AKA Italian Tony, Joined us from NY to discuss his debut pedal the SR-01. Antonio has dubbed this an "Analog Saturation Device"— a great way to describe a two-stage transistor circuit with plenty of EQ variables. This pedal is getting a ton of attention for its design aesthetic as well. We had a ton of fun with Italian Tony and we hope you do a

398-Vox Speaker Shootout Recap

Dec 17 2024 90 mins  
Our recent video featuring alnico speakers played through a Vox AC30S1 was a ton of fun to make and we learned a lot. In this episode, the Knobs are joined by Hex Mattos who played the 4 guitars in that video. Together we go through each of the four selected alnico speakers share our thoughts....and have a few laughs. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik and Hex Matos #guitarpodca

397-Revolutionizing The NAMM Show - Featuring NAMM President And CEO John Mlynczak

Dec 10 2024 69 mins  
John Mlynczak, President and CEO of NAMM, joins the Knobs to discuss the present and future of the NAMM Show. As the largest international gathering for the music products, sound, and live event industries, the NAMM Show draws the guitar gear world together each year. Amid speculation about the show's success and relevance, John shares his bold vision for revolutionizing its format

396-Interview With Huntington Audio Labs

Dec 02 2024 102 mins  
Seth Elalouf founder of Huntington Audio Labs joins the Knobs and special guests Tallon Electric and Rare Buzz Effects to share the story of his unique guitar pedal production gear. Instead of making pedals, Seth set out to make things that help pedal makers make pedals with less hassle and a more reliable process, for all levels of pedal makers. He's done a fantastic job making it

395-CATCHING UP WITH JARED BRANDON

Nov 25 2024 77 mins  
You asked for more Jared so...our little buddy Jared Brandon joins the podcast to share what he has been up to. Jared has been pretty busy since moving to Nashville joining Gibson as Pickup Product Manager, so he shares some inside details of some of the latest Gibson Pickup endeavors he has been influential in. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar

394-Interview With Tony Boloney Pedal creator Sam Jett

Nov 20 2024 84 mins  
Sam Jett, Grand Poobah, Anesthesiologist, and now pedal maker to the stars joins us to share everything we need to know about the new Tony Boloney Pedal. Sam is also a HUGE supporter of the builders we feature on our podcast and heck, we like talking with him! Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #guitarknobs #

393-Cryptid Audio Investigations

Nov 11 2024 90 mins  
Donovan Johnson, founder of Cryptid Audio Investigations, joins us for some in-studio hijinx. Cryptid is a local guitar pedal brand in our backyard here in Columbus, Ohio, and we were thrilled to get to play with a bunch of his pedals. We discussed the creepy backstory of how he got twisted up in pedal fx creation too of course! Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast

392-Are You Powering Your Amp Correctly? - 101

Nov 05 2024 105 mins  
Rob Chafe our very own Professional guitar amplifier repair master joins us to provide answers to the burning question "Are you powering your amplifier correctly?" Rob is a stickler regarding correct amplifier use and shares his advice on power conditioners, variacs, etc., and just knowing your way around the business end of an amplifier. As usual, we all learned something new! Hos

391-Interview With Red River Amplification

Oct 30 2024 94 mins  
David Britton founder of Red River Amplification joins us from Nashville to discuss his latest creation, The Hexafoil Harmonic Fuzz. This guitar pedal is a very interesting meld of two much-loved noise platforms. David was a fantastic guest with a very interesting backstory and we are glad he is out there doing his thing. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik and Jared Brandon #gu