The Tone Mob Podcast
The year was 2015. Show host Blake Wyland intended to start a podcast where he took a deep dive with his guests from the guitar world to explain their rigs. What happened was that, but also a whole lot more. The show quickly evolved into discussions about people's lives. Guitars, pedals, amps, etc. are the central hub of the show, but it really is more about the PEOPLE behind all of it. Both the musicians who use the gear, and the folks that create these magical tools of expression. You can expect chats about songwriting, favorite bands, family, loss, addiction, conspiracy theories, philosophy, and most of all....... food. This podcast goes all over the place. Come take a ride.
Episodes
Time to get NERDY. Tristan Shone is the dude behind the one-man industrial doom act called Author & Punisher. He builds all of his own machines to create MASSIVE sounds that are absolutely unlike anything else. It is genuinely fascinating to watch him in action, and we had such an epic conversation.
Check him out at his website HERE
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Scott is a recording engineer, guitarist, and generally brilliant dude. We talk about his origin story, gear overlap in different mediums, refining your techniques, trying stuff, the appropriate time to learn things and a whole lot more.
Keep up with Scott at Antisleep.com
Follow him on Instagram
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How does someone integrate cartoons into pedal demos? Well, my dude Bram has it figured out. He is making some of the most unique and coolest content in the gear world. We had a really epic conversation that spanned from splitting wood in the forest, trying stuff, hitting up Tony Visconti, adapting to the situation, guitar pedal preferences and a whole lot more!
Check out his YouTube channel HERE, and check out Tiger Mimic at their ...
We are starting this year off with a BANG! Today I am talking with Ken Andrews from the band Failure. We dive into the rather unique way they recorded their latest release "Wild Type Droid", how a band can play around each other instead of with each other, their reunion, his dive into a fully digital guitar rig, and a whole lot more. This episode is an absolute blast. I think you will really enjoy it.
Pro wrestlers with fuzz pedals, touring the world, recording bands, accidentally becoming a pedal company, how working at a gear company doesn't mean you get to play guitar, and a whole lot more.
Nick is a great dude, and this was a really fun conversation. I think you are really going to enjoy it. Check out his pedals at his website and give him a follow on Instagram.
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Scott Mellinger is a guitarist in the band ZAO. I have been a big fan for a very long time, so this was a really big treat for me!
We talk in depth about the "Get Back" documentary, their "Ship of Theseus" situation with the band, his love of the Marshall JCM 800, analog delay pedals, modern recording technology, Maxon Pedals, Craiglist gear scores, Adam Jones Les Pauls and a whole lot more! This a super rad episode ...
Megan Lippi is this week's guest on the show! Megan is a guitar player and animation student who is just KILLING it on YouTube with her pedal demos. Her unique spin on content coupled with her tasteful playing style is earning her a rad spot in the gear world. I really enjoy her work, and I definitely enjoyed this conversation. I think you will too!
Check out her YouTube Channel HERE and her Instagram page HERE
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Steve Reis is the head dude behind the popular YouTube channel Does It Doom? He has zeroed in on a growing, but wildly underserved niche in the gear world. We talk about how he zeroed in on the content for his channel, the history of Doom Metal, how Orange and Matamp are intertwined, his new pedals and a whole lot more. I think you'll really enjoy it!
Check out his channel HERE
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Doug Kauer of Kauer is back!!!! It has been way way way overdue. I am super stoked to get Doug back on the show. On this one we talk about how his business has changed over the years, and how Kauer Guitars navigated the shutdowns, he offers his advice to those looking to do the same, I confess to the murder of o piece of Cardboard and a whole lot more!
Check out his work at https://www.kauerguitars.com/ and on Instagram.
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There is a first time for everything! Today I'm talking to Chef Brian Tsao about his career in the culinary industry, touring musically around China, the overlaps that the music industry has with the restaurant industry, his new band, his guitar rig and of course SANDWICH SUNDAYS.
Make sure you check out his YouTube Channel , follow him on Instagram, and check out his band Loss Becomes!
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Starting a pedal (or any other kind of guitar gear) company this day and age can be a very daunting. Scott Marquart has taken on one of the most difficult product categories in the industry and has seen great success with that.
Not only that, but he is my partner in practically every business endeavor outside of this podcast. He is a super sharp dude, and I thought he would be the perfect guest to have a more "business focused&#...
Greg Koch has been a force in the guitar world for decades. He has toured all over the world, made a whole variety of different albums, and is one of the original guitar "content creators".
The dude is a wealth of knowledge, and just a fantastic conversationalist. This is a truly epic "part 2 but also part 1" podcast conversation. I think you will all really, really enjoy it.
Check him out at his website HERE
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On this episode, we actually get some real knowledge dropped on us! Scott is an acoustic engineer and podcaster with a deep knowledge of how sound actually functions in the real world. We dive deep into some high level solutions for your average guitarist, or home recording enthusiast.
I think you are really going to enjoy this episode. It is an absolute delight.
Listen to his podcast HERE
Hire him for your acoustic jobs HERE.
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This is a big one! Kevin Dye from Gates came on the podcast to discuss music creation, self employment, exercise, mental health, mixing and a whole lot more. We seriously went all over the place with this one, there is something for everyone on this one. Enjoy!
Check out his band Gates
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We have John from Taking Back Sunday on the show this week. We go over his musical back story briefly, along with his gear journey that he took along the way.
We also talk about song writing approaches, studio vs road gear, digital vs tube amps, his views and advice for younger artists/bands, and a whole lot more. This is a very fun episode. I think you'll really enjoy it!
You can follow John on Instagram HERE.
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Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill have been in the guitar media world for decades. Through that, these fellas have had many, many epic conversations with some of the most influential guitarists to ever walk the planet.
They had the opportunity to interview Eddie Van Halen multiple times, and the resulting 50+ hours of interviews were compiled into an epic tome called Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen. It is a great read, a...
If you had told me when I started this podcast that I would be sitting down with Buzz Osborne to talk about guitar pedals I would have said you were crazy. But fast forward to today, and that is exactly what is happening!
We talked about Sunn Beta Leads, his signature gear with Hilbish Designs & Electrical Guitar Company, how he prefers to set up for performance, his take on recording/listening mediums, his experience with label...
Do magic diodes exist? Are bucket brigade chips analog? What is the deal with the clipping circuit in the Klon Centaur? John and I get into all of this and more on this very rad episode of the podcast.
John Snyder is the main dude behind Electronic Audio Experiments and is responsible for some of the raddest pedals in recent memory. He first came on the podcast in 2017, and the story has only gotten more and more interesting since t...
Alex Hallquist is this week's guest. He is a guitarist in the band Kaonashi and we had a great conversation. We talked about his inspirations, pedalboard, how the band goes about touring, and one SUPER CREEPY GUY IN FLORIDA.
As discussed in the intro, the band had most of their gear stolen in Anaheim California recently, and you can find their gear HERE.
You can check out more information on the band HERE
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Michael Montoya has had a very interesting career in music. He first cut his teeth as a guitarist in the metal scene with his band Winds Of Plague. Along the way he started creating music as a producer and has made music with Polyphia, JuiceWrld, Bones, and a whole lot more. He's a dang musical chameleon!
On this episode we discuss his beginnings, some of his favorite plug-ins for music production, his guitars, advice for aspiri...
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