Got a Serus J in bull black currently on the way. Can’t wait!

I’m so up in the air on what to change mine to in my 1x12. I love my ac30 just want to take the highs. I play a lot of country and country gospel. With a lot of pedals to does the gold do good with pedals. I set mine up that way with a lot of headroom. Just can’t make up my mind lol. Great video

Love this Video

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When the podcast presenters love to hear them self talk more than listen to their guest😅

Awesome to see you in person! More of that, guys. Love your podcast and awesome video!

Any way to hear a demo of the Banshee drive?

It would be great to compare also Fane A30 and Celestion Alnico 100, if possible. Both are 30W speakers. Could you make second episode?

Talking about clean tones, I prefer the Vox (altough it is dark; and I also can "feel" the Fane-quality) but maybe a compromise between Vox and Amperian "colour" would be perfect. I do not like the Avatar. IMHO (Since my youth, my ears have been tuned to the JBL D120F and now to the D123)

The golds always sound "congested"... you think they need breaking in... but they never improve.

This is one of the best speaker demos I’ve seen, thanks for putting this together! The Avatar A50 really sounded fantastic to me in all of the demos and came out on top. The Fane A60 was in a close second.

I didn't realize you guys had a youtube channel. Big fan of your show!

Were the Fane and Celestion Gold broken in? They sound a little flat to me, as I own both of these speakers. I really liked the Avatar A50 in this demo though. It impressed me the most.

The vx for everything

What I learned: 1. If you start with Vox + Alnico you'll wind up somewhere tasty. 2. I love P-90s. 3. The Celestion Gold sounds to me like the classic alnico with its strengths and its faults 4. The non-Celestions in this shootout, in one way or another, gave fuller tones that filled or partly filled the gaps alnicos usually don't fill 5. If i was playing a 1 x 12 I'd want one of the non-Celestions but not sure which one. 6. If I'm playing a 2 x 12 and i can pick a different speaker to complement the alnico, i'd pick the Gold (from these choices - actually I do play a 2 x 12 and the alnico in it is a Weber Blue Dog) 7. I gotta try some TV Jones pickups 8. I personally prefer lower watt alnicos - the 80 watt Celestions were my least favorite in every use case

I love this format! That Fane Ascension 60 sounds so good with all the guitars!

Great episode!

How long do I listen before you get to the main topic?

1:08:10 I’ve discovered that many mass-produced brand new tube amps (especially FMIC brands) are not biased to ideal specs but are instead biased cold. I’’ve heard this was to prolong tube life and delay orvavoid warranty claims. Could it could also be compensation for higher voltages encountered in most homes today?

59:58 I recommend carrying a Killawatt meter in your gig bag if you’re worried/confused about using a multimeter and are scared you could end up like Booji Boy sticking a fork in a toaster. A Killawatt is only 40 bucks and plugs direct into a wall outlet. It’s also very helpful for measuring actual voltage output from a Variac as a Variac’s calibration can drift and the knob indication may not be the actual,voltage!

55:55 In his first Guitar Player magazine interview in 1978, Ed Van Halen said “I use voltage generators, which can crank my amps up to 130 or 140 volts. Amps sound like nothing else when they are cranked up so high.” In the original issue of GP, this was accompanied by an editor’s note warning people NOT to this as one could risk electrocution and expensive amo damage. Unfortunately when the article was reprinted in the Positively Van Halen GP special issue in late 1984, the warning was gone. Hence the great transformer shortage in 1985, and the premature deaths of numerous guitarists named Sparky, Jakki and Frtiz. Ed was lying - he always decreased the voltage to 89-90 volts (and adjusted the bias for the lower voltage). It’s questionable origin story is that Ed said when he bought a second Marshall 100-watt head it came from England and the voltage was either wired or set for usage at 240 volts. He didn’t know that, and when he plugged in the amp he could only get sound with it cranked all the way up. The volume output was very quiet but it was distorted like a fully cranked Marshall should be, and he loved the sound. Allegedly he later discovered the voltage mismatch and reasoned that he could use a light dimmer to reduce voltage going to the amp and use the dimmer as an ersatz master volume control. The dimmer blew of couse, so he went to Dow Electronics and they recommended a Variac. Voila! Eureka! Well OK then. I actually think this is a tall tale and that Ed found out about using a Variac with an amp from the dudes at the Charvel workshop. In an old interview, Wayne Charvel mentioned having a Fender Twin Reverb amp in his shop with a built-in variable transformer and that it was something that numerous country players were doing in the LA/bakersfield area around the early 70s. Wayne wasn’t even referring to Ed’s use of the Variac - he was just describing his shop when he started doing business. Connect the dots!

I'm just gonna let the cat out of the bag: one of David's biggest secrets to making such great sounding pedals is that he hand picks the very best sounding diodes for his builds. You gotta sample each diode and "if it doesn't have that chime it ain't worth your time"!

Mike has the best pedals in Nashville. Period.

Dont let Geoff Grauer near any kids.

Woo!!! Love hearing Reverend on the show!

Collector//Emitter is my favorite pedal channel

Having a custom built by Lance right now very cool interview super excited to see the finished results his work is incredible, and his passion is upfront and obvious the second you talk to him you know it.

Rick seems like a genuine person. I own a Puresalem Bette and it is my primary guitar for all of my recordings. Puresalem does not upcharge left-handed people and the guitars are well-suited for the indie/dreampop realm that I tend to write in. I have a lot of respect for them as a brand

Glad I found this episode....I have been interested in WGS speakers and these guys just verified to me that they know exactly what they do....thanks for this guys...

*Promosm*

Bro that first chord. Much harnonics

Does anyone know what happened to Nick? I can’t find new videos or anything anywhere about him.

My son and daughter played clarinet. I have 2 clarinets. So to enter, buzz "Vadoren" pedals, so I can play one. 50 years of playing and teaching maybe I can send GUITARKNOBS10 to win! Maybe?

If there is something to win? Sign me up or a pedal?

Thanks a loot - very interesting!

Is the Balthazar from Hum & Menthol?

Hey Tony, congratulations on Pick Guardian (and yourself) getting a shoutout by Joe Bonamassa in his column in the November Guitar World magazine!

This is an old vid, but I just wanted to say that though I can't afford the "real" amp/cab, but the plug is the best amp sim I've ever used (and it wasn't cheap either! )

Whatever happened to Nick? His KZbin channel and website have disappeared. Hope he’s ok.

Just left the Rebirth Guitar Co. Site. Man so pretty.

Thanks so much for having me on again dudes!

Botch and Minus the Bear are both incredible bands. Amazing guitar work.

Thanks for the mention Johnny! We can’t wait to come back and film more content at your shop! 🎸🤘

What happened to you Nick? Guitar dudes are missing you.

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Humbled, honored, and grateful 🙏🏽❤️ Thank you folks so much!

To shed some light on how customer service looks from this company. This was my response from Carlos when I inquired as to why my order was never cancelled at my request and I’ve been charged for the last several months with no service fulfillment: “all of our customers become alarmingly aware within the first 2 weeks of service of how huge or high volume clientele really is. we even receive new clients daily. You are not the only one who has that specific pedal taste let me tell you, also there was plenty of time to even reach out and update, Many customers who experience delay in 1 week or 2 weeks time usually receive the word from us telling them we experience high volume of clients and your pedal may not be in stock at the moment or with another person at this time. Hence the weekly to bi-weekly addition or removal of few pedals here and there to never cause THIS sort of situation you find yourself in at this current moment in time. So since you did not comply to updating since may 7th, I cant really refund you for being ignorant to our policies and refusing to update a simple Wishlist within 4 months. if you ask me, it sounds like you either did not have the time on your hand/ didn't care to put an effort to add some more pedals to your 6-7 max Wishlist which is VERY small for a service this big with as many customers' as we have. Chalk it up to poor time management because we follow a protocol on whenever this sort of thing happens to update your Wishlist even MINORLY would create a significant chance of consistent pedal shipping/receiving fluid experience. (which many customers experience). “

Native makes the coolest stuff.

The War Party and Ghost RIdge are two of my favorite all-time pedals.

Ahhh Nick, just came back to guitar to find Nicks channel gone, gutted, his attitude and play was awesome.....please do return