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Restoring a Vintage Gibson ES-335 - Reclaiming the Tone & Mojo
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Is owning a vintage Gibson ES-335 out of reach? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast #031, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail show how a player-grade vintage electric guitar can be carefully restored to reclaim its original tone, feel, and mojo—with patience, knowledge, and t...

Right Guitar or Right Pickups? How to Spend Your Money Smartly!
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Is your bad guitar tone caused by the wrong guitar or the wrong pickups? In ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Episode 030, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail break down one of the most common questions players ask: Should you buy the right guitar, or buy the right pickups?

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Will Tariffs & Modelers Destroy USA-Made Boutique Guitar Pedals? 🎸🇺🇸
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Are rising U.S. import tariffs, skyrocketing component costs, and the explosive growth of digital modelers putting the American boutique guitar pedal industry at risk? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail break down whether U.S. pedal...

Hand Wound vs Machine Wound Telecaster Pickups THE ULTIMATE Tone Test
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Hand wound vs machine wound Telecaster pickups, which has the best tone? Find out in today's ThroBak Guitar Lounge podcast when Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail do a live pickup tone test with two Telecasters. What are the benefits of hand wound pickups and machine wound pickups and ...

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ThroBak P.A.F. Repro Showdown: Alnico 4 vs Alnico 2 Tone Battle! Do you ever find yourself asking how different Alnico magnets affect the tone of a P.A.F. pickup? In this video hear an A/B comparison of ThroBak USA cast long A4 magnets vs ThroBak USA cast "Dry" long A2 magnets in ThroBak's new low output '57 SteelHead MXV P.A.F. reproduction ...

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Guitar Face: Secret Weapon or Useless Grimace?

In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics argue whether the guitar face is an essential part of a professional guitar player's repertoire or if is just a phony side show meant to deceive the audience into thinking the performance is harder than it is...

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Fender vs Gibson: The Guitar Class War Nobody Talks About!
Is a Fender the guitar of the working man? Is a Gibson the guitar of the elite? Find out in episode 24 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast.

In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics take sides in the age old battle of Fender vs Gibson ele...

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Mass-Produced Mayhem! -- Are Cheap Guitars The Fast Food of Tone?
Is the availability of new, cheap, high quality guitars creating a glut of guitars that the industry can't handle without some guitar makers going out of business?

In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics argue whether or not ...

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Guitar Center is a making a comeback?! Find out more during the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Guitargument.

In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics argue whether or not Guitar Center is staging a comeback that is resulting in higher store traffic, a larger selection of used gear, higher prices for u...

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Chinese vs American Telecaster Magnets -- Can YOU Hear the Difference? Get ready for the ONLY Chinese vs USA guitar pickup magnet comparison on youtube! Watch episode 021 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast!

In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics argue the virtues of USA Made vs Chinese Made guita...

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The #1 Mistake That's Ruining Your Guitar Tone: Playing Too Hard! This important topic will be debated in the Guitargument of episode #020 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. 

Are you guilty of picking too hard and fretting strings with too much force? Would more nuanced playing improve your tone? Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail get to the bottom of...

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Is AI going to takeover my Blues band in 3 years? Will AI takeover your band? This and other important questions are answered in episode #019 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge.

Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate what coming AI developments will mean when it come to how we play guitar and with whom. They anticipate interactive Ai agent musicians that will be...

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STOP Wasting Time on Guitar Intonation and Focus on TONE! Are guitar players paying too much attention to intonation? Find out today in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Guitargument! Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether or not accurate guitar intonation matters for playability and tone. In the Guitargument Cool Down Jon and Matthew play guitars that are identica...

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Noiseless vs Single-Coil Pickups - Which Has Better Tone? Find out today in the ThroBak Podcast Guitargument! Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether the classic single coil Fender Stratocaster pickup is superior or lacking when put up against the Fender noiseless pickup alternatives.

First Jon and Matthew read from the ThroBak Mailbox to clarify ho...

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Tube amp gain vs. pedal gain! Find which tone is best for you with a side by side comparison in today's ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast 015. In the Guitargument Matthew Quail and Jon Gundry determine once and for all whether pedal gain is the perfect choice for most players or if the revered vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb has a distortion tone unmatched by a pe...

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Twang Telecaster Pickups vs Fat Telecaster Pickups. Which tone is best for you?
Listen to Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail compare Telecaster guitars with Fat ThroBak Broadcaster-A3 Classic pickups and Twangy ThroBak T-54 MXV pickups in the Cool Down of this episode's Guitargument.

First Jon and Matthew demonstrate the tonal difference between 42AW...

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High output P-90's vs low output P-90's, which is better? In episode 014 Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether a hot P-90 electric guitar pickup or a low output P-90 pickup is best in a P90 pickups comparison. In the Guitargument viewers see and hear the hotter ThroBak Special - SB P90 pickups in a Jack Briggs Apollo guitar and a ThroBak P90-DE 7...

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Do your guitar heroes trash their guitars? Is there a double standard when when it comes to customizing a guitar when you are a celebrity or an average guitar player? Watch Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate this in the guitargument in episode 013 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast.

Hear ThroBak ESG-102B Custom MXV pickups in a Collings I-35LC throug...