John Mlynczak, President and CEO of NAMM, joins the Knobs to discuss the present and future of the NAMM Show. As the largest international gathering for the music products, sound, and live event industries, the NAMM Show draws the guitar gear w
Seth Elalouf founder of Huntington Audio Labs joins the Knobs and special guests Tallon Electric and Rare Buzz Effects to share the story of his unique guitar pedal production gear. Instead of making pedals, Seth set out to make things that hel
You asked for more Jared so...our little buddy Jared Brandon joins the podcast to share what he has been up to. Jared has been pretty busy since moving to Nashville joining Gibson as Pickup Product Manager, so he shares some inside details of s
Sam Jett, Grand Poobah, Anesthesiologist, and now pedal maker to the stars joins us to share everything we need to know about the new Tony Boloney Pedal. Sam is also a HUGE supporter of the builders we feature on our podcast and heck, we like t
Donovan Johnson, founder of Cryptid Audio Investigations, joins us for some in-studio hijinx. Cryptid is a local guitar pedal brand in our backyard here in Columbus, Ohio, and we were thrilled to get to play with a bunch of his pedals. We discu
Rob Chafe our very own Professional guitar amplifier repair master joins us to provide answers to the burning question "Are you powering your amplifier correctly?" Rob is a stickler regarding correct amplifier use and shares his advice on powe
David Britton founder of Red River Amplification joins us from Nashville to discuss his latest creation, The Hexafoil Harmonic Fuzz. This guitar pedal is a very interesting meld of two much-loved noise platforms. David was a fantastic guest w
Henri Cash of STARCRAWLER took a break during his tour to join the knobs again. We discuss his tour and pursuit of special instruments and the release of his new exclusive guitar pedal. Some pretty big names in the guitar pedal community pitch
The Knobs are joined by Seth Duffey founder of Spindrift Audio to discuss the release of the Alpha Wolfe. This groundbreaking pedal results from a collaboration between guitarist Emily Wolfe and Seth. The Alpha Wolfe puts a single-channel mixin
The Knobs are joined by return guest and author Chris Gill to discuss "sleeper guitars" — what they are, where to find them, and what to be mindful of before buying. Chris knows his stuff because he has written for the leading guitar magazines
The Knobs interview Brian Bicknell, founder of Spruce Effects to catch up on his latest release. We were wowed by the NEW Junior Ranger Series' first upcoming release—the ACADIA. There is some great thinking behind this reimagined line of famil
The Knobs interview Chris Benson on the eve of Bensonfest 2024! Chris gives us the details on the first Bensonfest and what you can expect when you get there. It's been several years since Chris was on the show and Benson has seen many changes
The Knobs interview John DeMaio founder of Voltic Electronic Devices. Voltic is based in the great state of Delaware and when John is not repairing amps he is making great pedals, two of which are the DTF (Dual Transistor Fuzz) and the Awkward
The Knobs interview Dave Jordan founder of Non-Human Audio. We had a great time talking with Dave, a very enthusiastic tone-shaper making pedals for the people in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We love Dave's enthusiasm for musical creativity which c
The Knobs interview Sean Mackowski founder of Tallon Electric—right under our nose in Columbus, Ohio! Sean blew up after Josh Scott featured his "Dual Drive" on The JHS Show. You can't beat having two pedals in one and Sean tells us all about t
The Knobs interview Mike Purcell owner of Monkey Riot Pedals hailing from Nashville, Tennesse. Mike is a 25-year veteran of the recording engineering world so the desire to go to great lengths to find the unique tones and effects are instinctua
The Knobs interview Oats And Molasses founder Chad Morgan-Sterenberg one of Detroit's own pedal community. For years, Chad has been testing his circuits on hundreds of recordings and thousands of live shows. And as a touring musician, he has a
The Knobs interview German guitar maker Marcel Fehse founder of all aluminum Fehse Guitars. We ran into Marcel at NAMM 2024 and were truly blown away by his unique guitar design. The innovations go beyond simply being aluminum guitar body and n
The Knobs introduce "Four On The Floor Shootout" a brand new episode theme focused on discussing our shared but different experiences with four pedals within a pedal type or style category. We based this on our very own "Four On The Floor" segm
The Knobs welcome Joe Halliday founder of Hello Sailor Effects back for a third episode and for good reason! Joe has been very busy and has loads of new things in store for his brand and products and that means for you too! As always Joe was fa
The Knobs welcome to the show Enrico Fernando, Grand Poohbah supporter on Patreon and one heck of a nice guy. Did we mention he plays bass AND guitar? Enrico has a great backstory and supports the gear builders and guitar community we all love.
The Knobs welcome Angelo Lorenzo founder of Renzo Sound to the podcast. We had a great time talking with Angelo about his themed pedals the Autumn Drive and the Winter Fuzz. Angelo has a backstory that many of us can relate to and we are excite
The Knobs welcome to the podcast Reverend Guitars CEO, Ken Haas. He covers some of the interesting milestones in the history of Reverend and how that has shaped the very dynamic present and future. Reverend is well known for remarkable guitar d
The Knobs welcome Tom and Dan of Electro-Harmonix to the show to discuss a big release that is rooted back to the origins of EHX - The Line Boost. The new LPB-3 is packed with handy new features making it a must-have for any pedalboard. They al
The Knobs welcome Matt Holl founder of Wren And Cuff back to the show. Matt discusses his new release with us and we discuss some best practices and things to avoid doing when using Muff based fuzz pedals. #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedal