The Tone Control

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

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episode 131: Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid


Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid We're on Anchor.fm! Download the app and leave us a voicemail!   Ernie Ball VP JR Tuner (stab: SD Warp Drive) Tuner built right into your volume pedal!  When heel down, tuner engages, but can be set to always on Has a touch screen to change tuning options 1-10 readout for volume level  Input, output, tuner in, tuner thru?  9-18v, standard vp jr size and assembly. New stronger cord inside.  Comes in black, white, red, and gold! (red is the best)  -----  Fender Alternate Reality & Rarities lines (Stab: Wampler Faux Tape Echo) Alternate Reality line is MIM  TENOR TELECASTER - $500 It has four strings, tuned (probably) to CGDA  22.75” scale, maple neck and fretboard, 21 frets, 9.5 radius Electric XII - $1000 Same body and headstock as the original 1965 version Redesigned split coil pickups, 3 way selector  Powercaster - $900  Jazzmaster-type body, looks a little more squat than a JM  Bridge HB, Neck P90 Tuneomatic and stoptail bridge HH Meteora $1000 Meteora came out a while ago and had telecaster guts, this is what the guitar should have been  String thru body, tuneomatic bridge  Coil taps, and a second push/pull to swap the volume controls so you can do volume swells on either pickup more easily. Confusing?  Sixty-Six - $900 Jazz bass guitar  HSS configuration, vol/tone plate from a jazz bass, 5-way selector  Kind of an offset strat  Rarities line is more boutique, higher end stuff.  ------ Pedal Genie!  Empress Nebulus $300  Alexander Wavelength $200  ----- Gibson is back! (stab: MH Colossus Fuzz) Streamlined, super simplified lineup  No more richlite! Back to real woods One confusing thing is the “alternate finishes” models, I don’t get why they didn’t just make all the colors under the single model.  Les Pauls SGs Designer  (anyone know why they are called that?)  ES   Custom Shop Prices are still a little high, but I think they’re on the right track.  Interviews with new CEO sound very promising --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetonecontrol/message


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