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Tone-Talk
Tone-Talk.com is a Youtube show about music, gear & guitars co-hosted by Marc Huzansky and David Friedman of Friedman Amplification.
Ep. 155 - Ossie Ahsen of 3 Monkey's Solderless. Down the VH Rabbit Hole!
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Ep. 151 - Steven Fryette of Fryette Amplification - On The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
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Ep. 148 - NOLLY! Multi-instrumentalist, Music Production, Product Designer!
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Ep. 147 - Greg Leon of Greg Leon Invasion! Formerly Dokken, Quiet Riot and Suite 19
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Ep. 146 - Holiday Rant Show with Pete Thorn! Downing of the whiskeys, airing the grievances!
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Ep. 144 - Greg Fidelman - Producer/Engineer of Metallica, Sabbath, RHCPs, MORE!
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Ep. 133 - An Evening of Drinks and 80s Gear Musings with Bob Bradshaw!
The Southern Voice-Rock Show
We dig up the rare stories from Southern rock, classic rock from the South, and...
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Ask Dave #15
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
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Ask Dave #15
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Ep. 122 - Colleen Fazio of Fazio Electric!
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Ep. 122 - Colleen Fazio of Fazio Electric!
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Ask Dave #14!
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Ask Dave #14!
The James McMahon Music Podcast
This is the podcast of the UK music journalist James McMahon. Former Features Editor of...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Ep. 104 - Ask Dave AGAIN! How Dave and Marc met...switchers...Sweetwater and Sennheiser e609!
Ep. 100 - 100th Episode! Sweetwater and UA! Ask Dave your questions, favorite episodes, comments!
Ep. 96 - Beau Hill Interview, Producer of Ratt, Winger, Warrant, Kix, Steve Stevens, etc!
Ep. 77 - FAQs with John Suhr and Dave! Common Questions and Ones That Drive Them Crazy!
Ep. 62 - Lee Jackson of Metaltronix! Interview discussing Van Halen, Dimartini, Lynch, Zakk, more!
Ep. 55 - Sweetwater and The World's Best Pedal Builders for the World's Largest Pedal Board!
Ep. 53 - Steve Vai on Tone-Talk! Synergy, Vai Academy, Generation Axe, DLR, Zappa, Whitesnake, more!
Ep. 51 - Nili Brosh on Tone-Talk! New BE 100 Deluxe Release Party! Iron Maidens, Cirque, Jason Becker, Tony MacAlpine
Ep. 49 - Phil Jamison of Matchless Amplifiers! Gilmour's Auction! Edward Van Halen! Lukather! More!
Ep. 50 - Jon Gundry of ThroBak Pickups and Pedals! Tone-Talk! New Slant 2x12 Cab, Marc Got a Kemper?
Ep. 45 - Steve Farris of Mr. Mister on Tone-Talk! Interview! Kiss, Van Halen, Whitesnake!
Ep. 42 - Rabea Massadd on Tone-Talk! Dorje and Toska, Tour! Anderton's and Chapman. Exclusive!
Ep. 39 - Mitch Colby of Park Amps, Sundragon Amps, Colby Amps! Jimmy Page! Led Zepp, Metropoulos
Ep. 38 - Robert Baker on Tone Talk! Pete Thorn! Holiday Giveaway - Best products of 2018?
Ep. 33 - Tom Abraham, Front of House Engineer on Tone-Talk! Alice in Chains, Metallica, Motley Crue
Ep. 31 - Analog.Man Mike Piera on Tone-Talk! King of Tone, Sunface, Fuzz, Vintage Gear and T-Snub
Ep. 27 - Doug Rappoport! Edgar Winter Eikichi Yazawa Van Halen talk and a guitar lesson!
Ep. 25 - Seduce on Tone Talk! Harpo's Show in Detroit, Gibson Chapter 11, Lefty Friedman Guitars!
Tonight we are joined by James Brown of Amptweaker. James has worked with some of the top guitarists in the world on amps such as Edward Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Adrian Vandenberg, and he worked at Peavey and Kustom Amps
Our guest is legendary amp builder Bruce Egnater with Dave and Marc. We talk about Bruce's career, how he met Dave Friedman, their partnership on products in the past and newer products today like Synergy.
Two great guests tonight. Shawn Tubbs who is an amazingly talented musician who not only plays with Carrie Underwood but is also doing many other projects including product demos online.
JRAD is a killer pedal company that makes awesome stuff. Links will be provided soon
This killer episode is with John 5 of Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, David Lee Roth, solo career among many other projects and Dave Black of Detroit's famous band Seduce. Pete Thorn even pops in for a few minutes to discuss tone.
The great Steve Stevens joins us tonight for a great discussion of his career, influences, rigs, thoughts on other influencers and many other topics. Thanks for joining.
In this episode we wrap up Summer NAMM and pick some of our favorite products from the show.
Joe Morgan of Morgan Amps joins us this week for a great discussion of his amps, his influences and many other topics. Plus Joe likes video games.
Thanks for joining Tone-Talk with Dave Friedman and Marc Huzansky.
This show is with Pete Thorn and George Pajon Jr. Pete Thorn is an incredible guitarist and gear nerd who has played with Chris Cornell, Don Henley and Melissa Etheridge among many others. He also has a solo career and is a producer as well.
George Pajon Jr, is also an amazing guitarist who has played with the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie and now with Cairo Knife Fight. His latest release of A Six from his upcoming album is now available.
The night started at a local pub but due to technical issues with WIFI we had to go to Dave's shop where Dave, Pete and George each went to different rooms to do the show. :) All drinking and having lots of fun together.
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Timestamps from show coming soon!
This episode is Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals and Amps In this episode we discuss how Brain Wampler started as a musician and then moved to doing pedal mods and then building his own circuits. Brian is a great guy with awesome stories. We really enjoyed having Brian on the show and hope to have him back.
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http://www.wamplerpedals.com
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On this show we have legend Steven Fryette of VHT, Sound City, Fryette Amplification and many products such as the Power Station.
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www.fryette.com Sound City Amps coming soon.
Time stamps for our discussion: Click the time to jump or remind the content
00:56 - How did Dave and Steve meet? Brauer Rentals, Music Tech, VHT 2150 Power amp Prototype, 6:00 - Building the 2150 VHT Pitfall Power Amp, Using KT88s, G# 6550s, Valley Arts and Steve Lukather 9:50 - Pedal board mania, modularization, session guys, multiple rigs 13:15 - Power amp 2150 is a success 14:21 - Steve tells us how he got into music - story of career 25:05 - Hired at Valley Arts, Boys to men moment, Paul Rivera 30:29 - The Dickies, Did some film scores 34:53 - VHT and next steps with Fryette name branding 43:44 - Finding problems to solve - outside of the box ideas 45:00 - The power station and how it was developed 52:52 - Dave's story with Steve working on his 50 Watt Marhsall Plexi - slaving in the past and then Steve's Power Station 57:10 - What is the difference between the Power Station Version 1 and Version 2?
Tonight's fun is with George Metropoulos of Metropoulos Amplification. Jump to the following sections in our discussion
5:37 - Dr. McGillicuddy's Medicinal Needs 8:13 - Scotch Unboxing 9:24 - Scotch Details 15:23 - How did George get started building amps? 27:27 - NAMM stories 32:57 - Bogner Story 35:07 - George Pranks Dave at the Amp Show 37:46 - Chat Review 38:50 - George's Amp Room Rundown 45:51 - Audio Precision Analyzer discussion 48:20 - Do transformers make the biggest impact on tone? 50:38 - TUBES! What do we like? 1:05:56 - EVH Tube shoot out story by Dave 1:10:00 - EVH Brown Sound Talk 1:15:00 - Hiwatt amps 1:23:00 - George's Favorite Marshall to Play? 1:23:16 - Opinions of Divided by 13 Amps 1:24:00 - Attenuators? Power Station by Fryette, Dave's Prototype 1:30:15 - Granger Amps? 1:31:16 - How does Steve Stevens use his Rockaway pedal by J Rockett 1:32:23 - George discusses the 10,000 series amps 1:34:55 - Van Halen and Metropoulos Amps for best tone 1:38:31 - New Metal Zone mod? :) Amp mistakes that sound good 1:41:40 - Using Variac's, Steve Stevens, AC/DC, Van Halen 1:46:19 - Van Halen and his use of a Variac, and Dave working with him on tube selection for the 5150 III amps 1:53:30 - New pedals by Friedman and Metropoulos 1:59:14 - What is your favorite Van Halen recorded guitar tone? 2:04:41 - Friedman Buffer Bay and Pedalboard's released 2:05:05 - What is closest to mustard caps? 2:07:14 - Checking in on our drinking progress 2:10:04 - Why do old amps sound so good? 2:17:07 - Why do amps of the same era sound different? 2:21:00 - Different players make an amp sound different 2:23:24 - Food! 2:25:39 - Slash and Lunch SIR Amps 2:29:34 - Best solid state amps and Boss Katana 2:36:51 - Dumble! 2:45:00 - What do we do in downtime? TV, George's guest room mattress, Online reviews 2:57:35 - Favorite Audio Switcher 2:58:52 - Pickups and impact on sound 3:06:35 - Will Friedman be coming out with their own pickups to sell? Yes 3:08:04 - What causes Marshall hiss? 3:09:56 - Rich mod, LarMar Mod and PPIMV discussion 3:20:50 - Closing thoughts where to find George Metropoulos, Marc and Dave Friedman
Metropoulos Amplification - www.metopoulos.net Friedman Amplification - www.friedmanamplification.com Tone-Talk - www.tone-talk.com
Thank you for joining TONE-TALK. Tone-Talk is Marc Huzansky and Dave Friedman of Friedman Amplification and our guest is legendary guitar maker Grover Jackson. We discuss everything from Randy Rhoads and Dimebag Daryl to Charvel, Jackson, Friedman guitars, and many other topics.
0:01 - Intro 1:26 - Dave Explains Tone-Talk 2:04 - Kardashians? 2:36 - Grover and his background, how he got started, Charvel, Jackson, Washburn, Randy Rhoads 7:17 - Charvel and Jackson where is separated - Randy Rhoads 11:04 - How did Grover meet Randy Rhoads and develop the Randy Rhoads Jackson 14:40 - Eddie Van Halen and the Black and Yellow Charvel Bumblebee 19:43 - Jimmy Page and Grover meet 24:51 - Chat Review 26:07 - Would Randy Rhoads have changed the face of music had he lived? 29:57 - Dimebag Darrell 32:15 - Chat Rundown 33:45 - Neal Schon and Grover Jackson guitars? 36:47 - Steve Vai's Green Meanie, Frank Zappa, Alcatraz 40:13 - Steve Farris from Mister Mister Story 43:35 - Early days of Charvel/Jackson show and the young guys who worked in the shop. Grover Jackson University 44:57 - Knowing and handling vintage instruments 46:35 - How did Grover Jackson and Dave Friedman meet? Friedman guitars. GJ2 guitars 50:30 - Underrated guitarist? Michael Hedges, Jeff Beck 54:10 - Whisky and Scotch talk 55:30 - Grovers thoughts on him making acoustics 58:05 - Life and movie quotes, sayings, Slap Shot, Rob Zombie, Halloween, Sherlock Holmes 1:09:03 - Grover Jackson and David Gilmore. Black Strat with Charvel neck 1:13:52 - Does life get any better than this? 1:16:13 - Floyd Rose, Rocking, Kahler, David Gilmore story 1:19:27 - Trevor Rabin, Bob Erin story 1:22:55 - Has Grover Jackson worked with Brad Gillis? Joel Hoekstra 1:24:15 - What happened to Wayne Charvel? 1:32:19 - Summer NAMM 1:35:13 - How does Grover Jackson feel about seeing Charvel and Jackson guitars sold by Fender? 1:38:02 - Steve Stevens discussion - Rockaway pedal, distortion pedal, old days of Billy Idol Band 1:46:20 - Closing thoughts on the show
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