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The Pedals and Pickups Podcast

Welcome to the Pedals and Pickups Podcast! Every week we'll sit down and talk about our favorite vintage gear, including its less expensive (and more wallet friendly) alternatives, our favorite tones from famous guitarists throughout history and how to recreate them, and recording tips to get your music radio (or streaming service) ready!

Episode 54: Squeezing Into Compression

63 hours 6 mins; March 11, 2024

Episode 53: Guitar Tones Through The Ages

71 hours 24 mins; March 04, 2024

Episode 52: Do You Need an Extended Range Guitar?

50 mins; February 25, 2024

Episode 51: Home Studio Upgrades!

60 hours 34 mins; February 10, 2024

Episode 50: The Gear Review Challenge

50 mins; February 04, 2024

Episode 49: The Alt-Rock Pedalboard Challenge

44 mins; January 28, 2024

Episode 48: The History of Vertex Effects

87 hours 12 mins; January 21, 2024

Episode 47: History of DOD and Digitech

72 hours 53 mins; January 07, 2024

Episode 46: We're Back, and We Brought Weird Stuff!

52 mins; December 31, 2023

Episode 45: Talking Tone With Alex Hall

45 mins; September 08, 2023

Episode 44: Exploring Weird Effects

47 mins; September 06, 2023

Episode 43: Are Boutique Overdrives Worth It?

61 hours 30 mins; August 20, 2023

Episode 42: Sunn is Back!

54 mins; August 06, 2023

Episode 41: Building a Pedalboard

84 hours 23 mins; July 30, 2023

Episode 40: History of EHX, The Smashing Pumpkins

68 hours 13 mins; July 16, 2023

Episode 39: We Made a Game Show!

52 mins; July 09, 2023

Episode 38: Buffers, A Day To Remember, Wet/Dry/Wet Rigs

63 hours 15 mins; July 04, 2023

Episode 37: Gretsch Guitars, Dinosaur Pile Up, Audio Routing

53 mins; June 24, 2023

Episode 36: Unpopular Guitar Opinions

76 hours 8 mins; June 17, 2023

Episode 35: Amps in a Box, Alice In Chains, Re-Amping

66 hours 44 mins; June 02, 2023

Episode 34: Distortion, Nickelback, Setting Up a Home Studio

66 hours 20 mins; May 27, 2023

Episode 33: Tremolo Systems, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sound Effects

68 hours 20 mins; May 20, 2023

Episode 32: MXR, blink-182, Choosing a Mic

57 mins; May 13, 2023

Episode 31: Sunn, Sunn, and more Sunn

80 hours 21 mins; May 06, 2023

Episode 30: BOSS Pedals, Machine Gun Kelly, Miking Acoustics

59 mins; April 29, 2023

Episode 29: Vox Amps, The Beatles, EQ

62 hours 15 mins; April 23, 2023

Episode 28: Schecter Guitars, Linkin Park, Balanced Signals

49 mins; April 15, 2023

Episode 27: ProCo RAT, Blur, Time Traveling Amps

58 mins; April 09, 2023

Episode 26: Flangers, Van Halen, Final Mixdown

49 mins; April 02, 2023

Episode 25: Tuners, The Runaways, Recording Vocals

57 mins; March 27, 2023

Episode 24: Les Pauls and SGs, Monster Magnet, Using Plugins

44 mins; March 18, 2023

Episode 23: Is This Episode Considered an Audiobook?

49 mins; March 11, 2023

Episode 22: Tremolo, The Doors, Analyzing Gain

49 mins; March 05, 2023

Episode 21: Modeling Amps, Don Broco, Guitar Accessories

51 mins; February 26, 2023

Episode 20: History of Guitar Center, Florida Georgia Line

44 mins; February 19, 2023

Episode 19: Tube Screamers, Knuckle Puck, Lo-Fi Guitar Tones

52 mins; February 12, 2023

Episode 18: Marshall Amps, Green Day, Recording Environments

47 mins; September 25, 2022

Episode 17: Delay, Stone Sour, Dual-Use Effects

38 mins; September 19, 2022

Episode 16: Fender Amps, Chris Stapleton, Country Style Compression

47 mins; September 11, 2022

Episode 15: Guitar Pickups, Slipknot, Using a Noise Gate

68 hours 7 mins; September 06, 2022

Episode 14: Synth Pedals, Rush, Choosing Strings

48 mins; August 28, 2022

Episode 13: Orange Amplifiers, Beartooth, Double Tracking Guitars

40 mins; August 23, 2022

Episode 12: Bixonic Expandora, Three Days Grace, A Pedalboard for Cover Bands

45 mins; August 15, 2022

Episode 11: Is Cheap Gear Really Bad, Keith Richards, Buying a Guitar

50 mins; August 08, 2022

Episode 10: Chorus, Highly Suspect, Where Does Tone Come From?

42 mins; August 03, 2022

Episode 9: History of Fuzz, True Bypass and Buffers

46 mins; July 23, 2022

Episode 8: Phasers, Pink Floyd, Audio Interfaces

42 mins; July 18, 2022

Episode 7: Reverb, Arctic Monkeys, and Tubes vs. Solid State

59 mins; July 02, 2022

Episode 6: Dirt Pedals, Black Sabbath, and Germanium vs. Silicon

43 mins; June 25, 2022

Episode 5: Fender Jaguar, Nirvana, and Impulse Responses

46 mins; June 20, 2022

Episode 4: Octave Pedals, Rage Against The Machine, and Guitar Mods

56 mins; June 20, 2022

Episode 3: The Uni-Vibe, Jimi Hendrix, and Guitar Setups.

55 mins; June 20, 2022

Episode 2: The Big Muff, J. Mascis, and Pedalboard Order

49 mins; June 20, 2022

Episode 1: The Klon, John Mayer, and Cabinet Micing

54 mins; June 20, 2022

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