The Tone Control
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.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Ep. 326 - I’ve Memorized It In My Own Brain (opens the original)
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Ep. 326 - I’ve Memorized It In My Own Brain VCR sized pedal board and multi amp cortex stuff 00:08:04 Concert and documentary 00:20:14 THE VIDEO! 00:29:02 TOTW 0 0:59:26 The Kaiju Preservation Society Droids by Derek: instagram.com/dh_droidworks Patreon 01:12:02
Ep. 325 - It's Worse But I Love This (opens the original)
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Ep. 325 - it’s worse but I love this Hi Nothing for a few minutes 0:10:10 Notpedals.com 0:21:02 A centralized home for very small builders making stuff you’ve never even dreamt of. Limited runs, one off builds, experiments. Get on the email list for drop announcements. This stuff is generally looking more affordable than I expected The Abacus Shark Guitars 0:35:46 Did they really just REINVENT the guitar?! TOTW 1:05:20 Dark Matter Season 2 Starer Villain by John Scalzi Patreon and Outro 1:09:52
Ep.324 - Terminology Terms (opens the original)
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Ep. 324 - Terminology Terms Very relevant comments 0:06:41 NGD 0:12:38 SW swaps the unit overnight 0:33:28 Quad mini replaced and new update from Neural Hey’d you get that thing I sent you? 0:56:36 TOTW 1:03:35 Patreon 1:05:18
Ep 323 - This Album is Only Skips (opens the original)
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Cons 0:01:04 Lightsabers 0:13:10 A gig on saturday 0:24:00 David Gray Neural Amp Modeling (platform) 0:48:50 More star wars, somehow; and also complaining about AI Trading Cards are back 0:58:43 OUT!! 1:03:58
Ep 322 - Johnny's First Metal Mix (opens the original)
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322 - Johnny's First Metal Mix D’Adarrio: nothing adds up 0:13:20 Fender: the symptoms continue 0:24:39 The people are mad about capos 0:40:42 Ricky Mendoza on IG posted about someone calling capos “unprofessional”. His take is “we’re all going to die anyway”. CEOs are replacing their skills with AI 0:50:46 TOTW 1:02:02 Patreon 1:13:36
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