The Tone Control

By The Tone Control

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Episodes: 254

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The Tone Control is a sometimes side-eyed look at the guitar world and making music! We talk about everything good, bad, smart, stupid, and weird about guitar gear and bring it to you every other Monday. You can join our Discord to talk with us and other gear heads at https://discord.gg/H2xTfm6

Episode Date
Ep. 265 - The NEPisode
May 13, 2024
Ep. 264 - This Snare Drum is Penetrating 
Apr 29, 2024
Ep 263 - Moon Jams
Apr 15, 2024
Ep. 262 - Guitar For The Table
Apr 01, 2024
Ep. 261 - The Mistake Is Complete
Mar 18, 2024
Ep. 260 - Dada Always Wants A Hug, Idiot!
Mar 04, 2024
Ep. 259 - I Am Extremely Hardcore
Feb 19, 2024
Ep. 258 - By Way of The Banshee
Feb 05, 2024
Ep. 257 - 2025 Is Going To Be Our Year
Jan 22, 2024
Ep. 256 - Holiday Rewind
Jan 01, 2024
Ep. 255 - But Justin, What About The Shareholders??
Dec 25, 2023
Ep. 254 - By The Time I Hear Her Honk on a Recorder
Dec 11, 2023
Ep. 253 - Right Here in the Eperzode
Nov 27, 2023
Ep. 252 - This Stinks of Greg Wells
Nov 13, 2023
Ep. 251 - Does Not Sing Reggae
Oct 30, 2023
Ep. 250 - Tonight We Heat Glass!
Oct 16, 2023
Ep. 249 - I've Been Tuning My Guitar for Over Ten Years
Oct 02, 2023
Ep. 248 - It's A $300 Dynacomp
Sep 18, 2023
Ep. 247 - Sound, Right? That Stuff Is Everywhere
Sep 04, 2023
Ep. 246 - It's Not As Good Because You Spent Less Money
Aug 21, 2023
Ep. 245 - It's Because You Have A Large Head
Aug 07, 2023
Ep. 244 - In The Meantime I'm Annoyed
Jul 24, 2023
Ep. 243 - Don't Fuck With My Fish
Jul 10, 2023
Ep. 242 - It's Pepper Time!
Jun 26, 2023
Ep. 241 - I Don't Want To Learn About Doors
Jun 12, 2023
Ep. 240 - Mr. Butterbean! Enough!
May 29, 2023
Ep. 239 - No. Not That Knob. That Knob!
May 15, 2023
Ep. 238 - The Natural Habitat of a Seven Year Old
May 01, 2023
Ep. 237 - My Martin Costs Me $3 a Gig
Apr 17, 2023
Ep. 236 - Comes With Free Velcro
Apr 03, 2023
Ep. 235 - It's A Real Butt Pucker Moment (Feat. Rattlesnake Cables!)
Mar 20, 2023
Ep. 234 - You Started This and I'm Gonna End It
Mar 06, 2023
Ep. 233 - Procrastinators Assemble Tomorrow
Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 232 - It Might Give You A Thickness
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 231 - The Pizza Is The Output
Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 230 - Prohibitively Loud and Expensive
Jan 09, 2023
Ep. 229.5 - Holiday 2022
Dec 26, 2022
Ep. 229 - Drop Ship Milkshake
Dec 12, 2022
Ep. 228 - To Withstand The Boot of The Master
Nov 28, 2022
Ep. 227 - Joe Bonamassa is my Butler
Nov 14, 2022
Ep. 226 - It Has a Name and Everything
Oct 31, 2022
Ep. 225 - Shut Your Mouth, It's The Mids! [Feat. Coppersound Pedals!]
Oct 17, 2022
Ep. 224 - Anything is Portable if You Pick it Up
Oct 03, 2022
Ep. 223 - It Didn't LOOK Like Anybody Died
Sep 19, 2022
Ep. 222 - Nice G, Nerd
Sep 05, 2022
Ep. 221 - A Firehose of Unfrozen Vanilla Ice Cream
Aug 22, 2022
Ep. 220 - The Nurses Called It Headbanging
Aug 08, 2022
Ep. 219 - I Have A Question For The Sweatshirt
Jul 25, 2022
Ep. 218 - Shout Out To Papyrus Font
Jul 11, 2022
Ep. 217 - The Regular Duper Club
Jun 27, 2022
Ep. 216 - I Think I Might Have Loose Jacks
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 215 - Yamaha Custom Shop 11 String
May 30, 2022
Ep. 214 - I Have So Much to Say and So Little to Talk About
May 16, 2022
Ep. 213 - As An Exercise in Hubris I also use a Metal Zone
May 02, 2022
Ep. 212 - NOW You Need To Retube Your Amp?!
Apr 18, 2022
Ep. 211 - A Pile of Tape
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 210 - The Tone Control Jerks: Episode 2
Mar 21, 2022
Ep. 209 - Ham Is The Input
Mar 07, 2022
Ep. 208 - Half Man, Half Analog
Feb 21, 2022
Ep.207 - I Have To Put My Legs In Wednesday And Thursday
Feb 07, 2022
Ep. 206 - The One With Six Titles
Jan 24, 2022
Ep. 205 - Ya Got Cheesed, Ya Little Bitch!
Jan 10, 2022
Ep. 204 - We Went Six Days Without an Accident
Dec 27, 2021
Ep. 203 - Slash Tone Control No The
Dec 13, 2021
Ep. 202 - Am I Enjoying This?
Nov 29, 2021
Ep. 201 - I Used My Garage as an Impulse Response One Time
Nov 15, 2021
Ep. 200 - It's Just Some Schmuck Named Joe Walsh (Feat. Doug Kauer of Kauer Guitars!)
Nov 01, 2021
Ep. 199 - It's A Fun Hip Party When Alex is in Bed (feat. Coppersound Pedals!)
Oct 18, 2021
Ep. 198 - It’s Like Rushing A Fraternity
Oct 04, 2021
Ep. 197 - Get Off My Back, I Went To College
Sep 20, 2021
Ep. 196 - Radium Nightcap Is My New Band Name
Sep 06, 2021
Ep. 195 - On The Fourteenth Day They Tone Controlled
Aug 23, 2021
Ep. 194 - It's an S-Hole, Which Is New!
Aug 09, 2021
Ep. 193 - I Punch My Mind In The Face
Jul 26, 2021
Ep. 192 - I Don't Think It's a Bad Pedal, but it Sounds Bad
Jul 12, 2021
Ep. 191 - I've Done Shrek Like Eighteen Times
Jun 28, 2021
Ep. 190 - So It's An Ear Pearl
Jun 14, 2021
Ep. 189 - What If We Painted It Black?
May 31, 2021
Ep. 188 - This May Come as a Shock to You, I’ve never played a Dumble
May 17, 2021
Ep. 187 - Is It An Ibanez Model Number or a Computer Password?
May 03, 2021
Ep. 186 - Doug Is So Mad
Apr 19, 2021
Ep. 185 - It Could Also Stand For "A Bass"
Apr 05, 2021
Ep. 184 - My Mouse Just Did A Kickflip!
Mar 22, 2021
Ep. 183 - Just Like Porn
Mar 08, 2021
Ep. 182 - If Only My Snare Drum Had A Little More 2Khz
Feb 22, 2021
Ep. 181 - We're Gonna Talk a Lot About Fingers
Feb 08, 2021
Ep. 180 - I Eat My Corn The Long Way
Jan 25, 2021
Ep. 179 - Everybody Wants to Eat Cat Sh*t!
Jan 11, 2021
Ep. 178 - A Conversation About Being More 'Pro'
Dec 28, 2020
Ep. 177 - Pendleton Buttlord
Dec 14, 2020
Ep. 176 - Locally sourced, organic, artisanal butt.
Nov 30, 2020
Ep. 175 - Free Form Jazz: The Podcast (Feat. Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX!)
Nov 16, 2020
Ep. 174 - This is Season 174
Nov 02, 2020
Ep. 173 - I've Got A LOT of Knob Hanging Over My Enclosure (Feat. Doug from Thirty7 FX!)
Oct 19, 2020
Ep. 172 - People are People and What is Better?
Oct 05, 2020
BONUS: The CopperSound Pedals/Third Man Records TRIPLEGRAPH
Sep 28, 2020
Ep. 171 - The Guitar Is Back Comma Baby! (feat. Rhett Shull!)
Sep 21, 2020
Ep. 170 - I'm Used to the Dive
Sep 07, 2020
Ep. 169 - They Should Have Called it the Vint-Ish Line
Aug 24, 2020
Ep. 168 - Axel Rhoads is the Nicholas Cage of Music
Aug 10, 2020
Ep. 167 - We're Obviously Great; Some would say, mammoth.
Jul 27, 2020
Ep. 166 - Metal Zone For Scale
Jul 13, 2020
Ep. 165 - I Fixed You, Miku! Now You Can Be Music!
Jun 29, 2020
Ep 164 - The Ark-Uh-Duhs
Jun 15, 2020
Ep. 163 - Death Is Better Than This!
Jun 01, 2020
Ep. 162 - It's Too Wooly and Powerful!
May 18, 2020
Ep. 161 - If You Can't Tell, This Is Our First Time
May 04, 2020
Ep. 160 - My Quarter Inch of Joy
Apr 20, 2020
Ep. 159 - It’s cool if you’re into that kind of thing
Apr 06, 2020
Ep. 158 - Deliberately Doing The Deep Dive
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 157 - Ass, Grass, or Podcasts: Nobody Rides for Free
Mar 09, 2020
Ep. 156 - Pedals Are Pretty Good, Gonna be Honest
Feb 24, 2020
Ep. 155 - GUITARSENAL!
Feb 10, 2020
Ep. 154 - New England, it's almost as bad as England, right?
Jan 27, 2020
Ep. 153 - So It's The Taint of The Guitar?
Jan 13, 2020
Ep. 152 - A Brigade of Old People
Dec 30, 2019
Ep. 151 - Hitting Your Big Thumpys With Your Thwappy Whackys
Dec 16, 2019
Ep. 150 - Don't Give It Infinity Ohms
Dec 02, 2019
Ep. 149 - They Should Call This Color Ashtray Glass
Nov 18, 2019
Ep. 148 - They're Spamming The Chat With Butts!
Nov 04, 2019
Ep. 147 - Three Quick Clicks and Two Short Clicks
Oct 21, 2019
Ep. 146 - Get Your Buffers in Order
Oct 07, 2019
Ep 145 - That Sweet, Sweet Charlie Brown Ass
Sep 23, 2019
Ep. 144 - It’s Like a Lightning Bolt Diddlin’ on a Pickup
Sep 09, 2019
Ep. 143 - Either I Don’t Know, or Yes
Aug 26, 2019
Ep. 142 - With A Presence of Forethought That Is Nothing Short of A Miracle
Aug 12, 2019
Ep. 141 - The Worst of Both Words: Vibrating My Butt With Very Very Much Loudness
Jul 29, 2019
Ep. 140 - Sometimes We All Want That Shitty Pizza
Jul 16, 2019
Ep. 139 - It's A Heat Clock!
Jul 01, 2019
Ep. 138 - They Cut The Guitar Part Off
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 137 - $600?! R. Kelly Must Have Peed on it or Something
May 20, 2019
Ep. 136 - "Dongle" is the word you're looking for
May 06, 2019
Ep. 135 - What I Can't Figure Out Is... Anything.
Apr 22, 2019
Ep. 134 - What's A Podcast? I'm Eight.
Apr 08, 2019
BONUS EPISODE! The Jerk Control
Mar 19, 2019
Ep. 133 - Ours Has TWO Lights
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 132 - Kyle's Complaints with a K
Feb 25, 2019
Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid
Feb 11, 2019
Ep. 130 - It's A Rat With Robot Legs! It Can Learn Tricks!
Jan 29, 2019
Ep. 129 - You Don't Want A Strap That Grabs Back
Jan 14, 2019
Ep. 128 - That's a wrap on 2018!
Dec 25, 2018
Ep. 127 - Is That True? Or Is It A Prediction?
Dec 18, 2018
Ep. 126 - Look At How Safe I Am!
Dec 03, 2018
Ep. 125 - Grip Those Cheeks Tightly!
Nov 19, 2018
Ep. 124 - Hey Guor, HEEEYYY!
Nov 05, 2018
Ep. 123 - One Is Just Shaped Like A Floor.
Oct 22, 2018
Ep. 122 - It's Great For Sounding Like A Total Dillhole
Oct 08, 2018
Ep. 121 - The Les Paul Jr. Is The Prince Shape
Sep 24, 2018
Ep. 120 - Here's The Scoop, Band Names Are Bad
Aug 27, 2018
Ep. 119 - "Gonna Make A Sandwich" Speed
Aug 13, 2018
Ep. 118 - Even More Accurate
Jul 30, 2018
Ep. 117 - OH MY GOD I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN A SINGLE TITLE
Jul 16, 2018
Ep. 116 - Pure Distraction from Tyler, Start to Finish
Jul 02, 2018
Ep. 115 - Damn old fool, I knew you were going to say that
Jun 04, 2018
Ep. 114 - The Very, Very Stinky Sanchez or Whatever...
May 21, 2018
Ep. 113 - The Place Where The Human Meat Lives
May 07, 2018
Ep. 112 - It's A Little More Globular
Apr 23, 2018
Ep. 111 - Pumpin' My Palm Mutes
Apr 09, 2018
Ep. 110 - Don't Start Believin'
Mar 26, 2018
Ep. 109 - It Was Climatic, But Not Climactic
Mar 12, 2018
Ep. 108 - Yeah, Reverb Is Just Short For Reverberization
Feb 26, 2018
Ep. 107 - Oh God! We Forgot The Mac Drivers!
Feb 12, 2018
Ep. 106 - I'm Gonna Scream Those Tubes With This Tube Screamer
Jan 29, 2018
Ep. 105 - I'm Going To Need Things To Be Purple And In DADGAD, Please.
Jan 15, 2018
Ep. 104 - The Episode About Titles We Forget To Come Up With A Title For
Jan 01, 2018
Ep. 103 - Adjectives Per Dollar
Dec 18, 2017
Ep. 102 - Ummmm…. Joke.
Dec 04, 2017
Ep. 101 - The Um Rate
Nov 20, 2017
Ep. 100 - Don't Pat The Blades
Nov 06, 2017
Ep. 99 - I Will Never Know... for now
Oct 23, 2017
Ep. 98 - Let's Simplify This... That Did Not Work.
Oct 10, 2017
Ep. 97 - HE'S BACK!
Oct 05, 2017
Ep. 96 - Complete Butt Blood
Sep 11, 2017
Ep. 95 - Higher Fi? High Fier?
Aug 28, 2017
Ep. 94 - New from Gibson! The “Aw, man” level of relicing!
Aug 14, 2017
Ep. 93 - You Still Sitting On That Ball?
Jul 31, 2017
Ep. 92 - We Did Already Did It
Jul 10, 2017
Ep. 91 - This just in: Anyone can play guitar!
Jun 27, 2017
Ep. 90 - That's All
Jun 12, 2017
Ep. 88 - I'm Going To Send You Fart Goblin
May 29, 2017
Ep. 89 - What are they? G-holes?
May 16, 2017
Ep. 87 - Money Can Be Exchanged For Goods and Services
May 01, 2017
Ep. 86 - GJENGANGAR!
Apr 17, 2017
Ep. 85 - Load, Bitch!
Mar 27, 2017
Ep. 84 - Yo Dawg, I heard you like effects loops
Mar 14, 2017
Ep. 83 - Does The Pickup Have Reverb?
Feb 27, 2017
Ep. 82 - Blood, Sweat, and Tears... and John Mayer's Legs
Feb 13, 2017
Ep. 81 - We Are Burt
Jan 30, 2017
Ep. 80 - Boy, I Say Some Weird Shit Sometimes
Jan 17, 2017
Ep. 79 - What Happens In This Podcast Will Shock You. At 34:20 I Cried
Jan 02, 2017
Ep. 78 - You Gotta Sneak Up On It... GAH!
Dec 19, 2016
Ep. 74 - I Love That It Doesn't Turn Off
Oct 25, 2016
Ep. 62 - What's The Deal With Amps?
Apr 25, 2016
Ep. 61 - What Are You Bouncing On?
Apr 11, 2016
Ep. 060.00 - Will It Gig?
Mar 28, 2016
Ep. 005900 - I Almost Said Podcast
Feb 29, 2016
Ep. 58000 - It’s A Reduction In Decreasing The Decreasing
Feb 08, 2016
Ep. 000057 - The er ee er ee
Jan 25, 2016
Ep. 000056 - It's 2016 and the internet sucks, cheers.
Jan 12, 2016
Ep. 000055/41 - The After Show!
Dec 30, 2015
Ep. 000054 - Hey Mr. Black, nice job on your reverb or whatever OR Fat and Less Horny
Dec 20, 2015
Ep. 000053 - You Know What They Say About Tiny Ears
Dec 07, 2015
Ep. 000052 - You would have called it macaroni or something
Nov 17, 2015
Ep. 000051 - It's warm down here so I took my pants off!
Nov 02, 2015
Ep. 000050 - Ton-E 2.0, Australian Edition
Oct 19, 2015
Ep. 000049 - See You In Hell, Ton-E!
Oct 05, 2015
Ep. 000048 - I'm Back, Baby!
Sep 21, 2015
Ep. 000047 - What Is The Captive Nut?
Aug 21, 2015
Ep. 000046 - Don't Make Fun of My Voice
Aug 10, 2015
Ep. 000045 - You Know It Always Comes Out Good When We Force It
Jul 27, 2015
Ep. 000044 - I Just Went Full Lumbar
Jul 13, 2015
Ep. 000043 - I'm DONE With Little Frets
Jun 28, 2015
Ep. 000042 - Be Interested Because It's Interesting
Jun 16, 2015
Ep. 000040 - Wake Up, You Piece of Shit!
May 31, 2015
Ep. 000039 - I'm Givin' Ya The Yeti
May 18, 2015
Ep. 000038 - Beer or Gear?
May 05, 2015
Ep. 000037 - The Today of Then of Over There
Apr 21, 2015
Ep. 000036 - More Than Zero Knobs
Apr 06, 2015
Ep. 000035 - Don't ask me, ask Carlos Santana
Mar 30, 2015
Ep. 000034 - The Phase Controls The Llama
Mar 08, 2015
Ep. 000033 - 2008 Gibson Witchcraft
Feb 20, 2015
Ep. 000032 - If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing
Feb 05, 2015
Ep. 000031 and a half - Not Available, Maybe March
Feb 02, 2015
Ep. 000031 - ParkFuzzSoundVintageToneFuzzParkToneFuzzVintageSound….Tone
Jan 23, 2015
Ep. 000030 - Gotta Get Back On The Horseman
Jan 14, 2015
Ep. 000029 - It's Time for a Schmaltzy Tune
Dec 15, 2014
Ep. 000028 - Warning: This Episode May Contain Peanuts
Nov 29, 2014
Ep. 000027 - That's 27 in Podcast Years
Nov 17, 2014
Ep. 000026 - New From TC Electronic: The X4 Cubed!
Nov 03, 2014
Ep. 000025 - A Top 10 List of Top 10 Lists
Oct 20, 2014
Ep. 000024 - You Know What I Need? App Genie...
Oct 06, 2014
Ep. 000023 - Did we forget about tone?!
Sep 22, 2014
Ep. 000022 - We're HUGE in Denmark!
Sep 08, 2014
Ep. 000021 - Here's The Thing: Iso Cabs Sound Weird
Aug 25, 2014
Ep. 000020 - Where The Tubes At?!
Aug 12, 2014
Ep. 000019 - You Can't Hold Sound
Jul 28, 2014
Ep. 000018 - ahh, freedom
Jul 14, 2014
Ep. 000017 - Trying To Get To The Brown Note [LIVE]
Jun 18, 2014
Ep. 000016 - Loud Off Soft Off
Jun 09, 2014
Ep. 000015 - WHOOOAAAHH!
May 26, 2014
Ep. 000014 - Sick Bro
May 12, 2014
Ep. 000013 - Nothin' Like A Cocked Wah
Apr 27, 2014
Ep. 000012 - The Tone Control Slept With Your Mother
Mar 31, 2014
Ep. 000011 - It's The Dyson Vacuum Of The Guitar World
Mar 17, 2014
Ep. 000010 - Where's Your Sustain Now, Bitch?!
Feb 23, 2014
Ep. 00009 - It's A Dinky!
Jan 31, 2014
Ep. 00008 - Who Cares What We Think?
Jan 28, 2014
Ep. 00007 - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's 40th Anniversary Strat
Jan 13, 2014
Ep. 00006 - It's A Tone Wine
Dec 06, 2013
Ep. 00005 - I Would Really Like To Hold That Skinny Body
Nov 14, 2013
Ep. 00004 - You Like A Stiff Expression?
Oct 24, 2013
Ep. 00003 - Let's Just Say I Hold A Lot of Puppies
Oct 09, 2013
Ep. 00002 - Fixin' Bullcrap Since 1983
Sep 20, 2013
Ep. 00001 - Itty Bitty Knobs
Sep 06, 2013