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Podcast: The Johnny Beane Podcast
Episode: 🎸 Straturday Night: Workbench Mods, Wild Pedals & Writing Music Live! 🎸🔥 12/20/25
Description: On this episode of Straturday Night, we kicked things off by diving deep into the music business, sharing real-world experiences from playing in bands, touring, and working inside the recording studio. From there, we took it straight to the workbenches.
Ron got hands-on with his Charvel, installing a Lollar Pickup in the neck position—after already dropping one into the bridge on a previous show. Meanwhile, I gave one of my Stratocasters a subtle but classy upgrade, swapping the white single-coil pickup covers for parchment. And yeah… I’m officially hooked on the parchment look.
Once the mods were done, it was...