ThroBak Guitar Lounge

ThroBak Guitar Lounge

Guitar players, sit back in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge and be part of the internet's most informative guitar hang! Fun takes on tone, guitar collecting, repair and installation tips, guitar news of the day and much more. ThroBak Electronics owner Jon Gundry and co-host Matthew Quail draw upon decades of guitar expertise and insights from their work at ThroBak Electronics making the finest reproductions guitar pickups available today. Join us each week by subscribing to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast!

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July 12, 2025 68 mins

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Are vintage guitars and amps better than new guitars and amps? Find out in today's Guitargument! All ahead in episode 010 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast.

See and hear a vintage 1964 Gibson Sg through a 1979 Fender Deluxe Reverb and a vintage 1964 Epiphone Newport Deluxe bass and decide for yourself if vintage guitars and amps are better. 

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Is it impossible to reproduce the 1959 Vintage P.A.F. guitar pickup today in 2025? Did Collings just improve the Telecaster with the new Collings 71 guitar? Find out in episode 009 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast.

See and hear the new Collings 71 guitar with factory upgrade ThroBak Nocaster A3 Classic pickups, before the Guitargument.

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Can you have too many guitar effect pedals? Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail discuss if too many guitar pedals can ultimately ruin your tone and distract from advancing your guitar skills in this episode 008 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. Jon shows his first edition Matchless Hot Box as an example of the pitfalls of relying on an effect pedal purchase for inspirat...

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Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge for Podcast episode 007. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak debate whether it is possible to have too many guitars in this episode's guitargument. Also learn about a great choice for a complete guitar nut file set. Matthew shows and interesting book of Blues guitar legends. Finally Matthew talks about his first elec...

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Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 006. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak questions the myth that tube guitar amplifiers are superior to their solid state guitar amplifier counterpart in this episodes guitargument. Also learn about the perfect ruler for measuring guitar string action. There is a cautionary letter from the ThroBak mailbox ...

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Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 005. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak explore the dark side of vintage guitar collecting, STOLEN GUITARS. Ethics, celebrity owned stolen guitars and much more revealed in a heated guitar argument.

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Phillip McKnight unedited interview with Jon Gundry of ThroBak.
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Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 004. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak point the finger back at themselves when they debate whether or not boutique guitar pickups are a scam. 

Follow along with the conversation that starts with news about the 10 year anniversary of the historic ThroBak KZ/LP-115 pickup winder. A machine once owned by Les Paul himself after he rescued the winder from the Gibson Ka...

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Join us on the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 003 as we discuss whether guitars made in the 1980s are now considered vintage. Tune in to learn more about this new wave of vintage guitars in the Guitargument segment of episode 003. See the new Epiphone 1960 Les Paul Reissue unboxing. Plus a Victoria Amps 35115 guitar amplifier unboxing.

Five Watt World P.A.F. History Video

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Learn the shocking truth about broken guitar necks and why some claim guitars sound better than ever after a broken guitar neck is repaired. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate this controversial topic in the Guitargument followed by the Cool Down segment where they delve into the origins on this guitar myth.

Preview of the new Epiphone Les Paul Gibson Custom Shop Collaboration Series guitar.

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Join Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge for our debut podcast episode, where we dive into the tone debate of the century: are vintage Les Pauls and vintage P.A.F. pickups really worth the hefty price tag? We're talking tone, playability, and the real value of these iconic guitars and pickups. If you're a guitarist on the hunt for the perfect sound, you won't want to miss this conversation. 

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