The Guitar Knobs

The Knobs chat with Eric Klein and Ben Adrian, creators of the famed Line 6 HX Stomp,  and our friend Jeff Schroeder of The Smashing Pumpkins. We discuss the story behind the creation of the HX Stomp, how to better understand it, and how our guitar pedal-loving audience can integrate the HX Stomp into their pedalboard, as well as many other uses! Also... Velvet! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Bra...

The Knobs took questions about guitar pickups from our listeners and we sling them directly at Jared Brandon's big ol' brain. Jared is the founder of Brandonwound Pickups and knows just about anything if it has to do with pickups—Tony picks up some of the crumbs too. Todd learned way more than he knew, naturally. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar,...

The Knobs welcome one of our earliest supporters and Grand Poohbah Patreon Supporter Corey Nigro. A great friend to the guitar community, Corey is passionate about guitar gear and supporting boutique builders..oh and he is from Boston so there is that.   Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, hum...

The Knobs welcome Sheldon Ens founder of True North Pedals, another great Canadian builder, and a super nice guy! Sheldon shares his path from not knowing how to solder to his current lineup of great drive pedals.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups...

The Knobs welcome the very first Patron of our show, Mr. Tom Burazin. Tom is a gear fiend and shares all with us about the what, why, and how about his love of guitar gear and the awesome guitar community. Thank you so much Tom for having faith in our show.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier,...

The Knobs welcome John Maghini founder of Maghini Guitars out of Connecticut. Self-taught and making guitars for many years now, John shares some of his milestones and discusses his design decisions. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar setup,...

The Knobs welcome Chris DiPinto founder of DiPinto Guitars to the podcast. Chris's guitars are "retro-future" style guitars  inspired by the 60's Japanese models he loves so much. He also was the previous owner of arguably the most famous pedal in the world!  Enjoy the podcast! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal f...

The Knobs welcome Scott Strange founder of Templo Devices. Scott is a pretty whimsical character and is quite the creator. He developed a fantastic new amplifier as well as several other pedals and his story might have well been written by Mark Twain himself. Enjoy the podcast! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal f...

The Knobs welcome Chris Vincent founder of R2R Electric who has made a name for himself with his incredible sounding rangemaster inspired effects—as well as a never ending line of players waiting to get the next one. Chris was a great guest and we had a blast! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifie...

The Knobs are rejoined with Joe Halliday, founder of Hello Sailor Effects before a year-long deployment in the Royal Navy to see what he has been up to since our last interview with him. We discuss his endeavor into amplifiers, one-of-a-kind custom pedal builds, and his love of really weird and rare pieces of equipment. May you have fair winds and following seas Joe! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jare...

The Knobs interview Stephan McSwain founder of McSwain Guitars. These are remarkable works of guitar art collected by some of the biggest names in the guitar world. Stephan is a true guitar enthusiast and top craftsman with a great story to share. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker,...

The Knobs interview Dan DeMay founder of Spun Loud Effects and maker of the fantastic drive pedal the Blister & Peel which has made its way several times on our Four On The Floor segment. Dan is a great guy making great pedals in the Pacific Northwest. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon, Tony Dudzik, and John Esterly     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar a...

The Knobs Gil Divine, founder of Divine Noise Cables. Gil has become a go to for a hefty list of major players in the guitar world, notably for his hand coiled curly cables and 50/50 cables. Oh, and he is a super nice guy so he has that going for him.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbu...

The Knobs welcome Doug Christ founder of Thirty7 FX. Doug has been a great supporter of our podcast and we are thrilled to have him on. Doug recently launched his pedal Fat Guy Little Coat and we get the back story on it.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar...

The Knobs welcome Charlie Mostoller founder of Cascade pedals in North Carolina and creator of the Hosstortion pedal with is very tasty indeed.  Also Jared goes Keto...kind of. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar setup, fuzz, overdrive, delay...

The Knobs welcome Dallas Seger a great guitar builder from Maine. We discuss the inspiration behind his guitar designs and how he came to become the talented builder he is today.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar setup, fuzz, overdrive, de...

The Knobs welcome our new friend Jesse Honig the founder of 29 Pedals and Believable Audio. Jesse has extensive knowledge of all things audio as a result of his professional background and has created one of the most unique and talked about pedals out there—the EUNA... and we get to hear all about its origin.    Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, g...

The Knobs celebrate the 200th episode of the podcast with a great 101 show featuring guest host and amp master Rob Chafe to discuss ways to get around the volume plus experience problem many of us guitar players face at home with the gear we all love to play. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon, Tony Dudzik and Rob Chafe     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guita...

The Knobs interview our friend Brian Nutter, founder of Nutter Guitars, professional tour guitarist, and thankfully very alive after months of struggling to survive in the hospital. Glad to have you back amongst the loud Brian. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, g...

The Knobs interview Dan Minner founder of Audio Disruption Devices or more commonly known as A.D.D Pedals. Dan shares how he turned to this great guitar community of ours to begin his pedal endeavors and also what drives his discovery of new sounds. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucke...

The Knobs interview one of our first Grand Poohbah patrons and founder of Bardic Audio Devices. We spent some time discussing Tim's perspective as a guitar enthusiast and how he started his pedal company.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar...

The Knobs interview Andy Babiuk, rock historian, author, guitar collector, touring musician, and owner of Andy's Fab Gear in New York. This guy knows gear! Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar setup, fuzz, overdrive, delay, reverb, distortion,...

The Knobs interview Croatian pedal builder Darko Vajda founder of Polar Bear Effects. We learn all about his fantastic new pedal the Young Hearts, a Lo-fi echo delay pedal plus we find out about the guitar gear scene in europe. Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, g...

The Knobs interview Curt Mangan Guitar Strings founder Mr. Curt Mangan himself! We get the backstory on this legend in the guitar industry as well as new ways he continues to innovate guitar strings.   Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humbucker, single coil, P90, guitar pickups, guitar setu...

The Knobs interview Kevin VandeKrol founder of Aion FX, a fantastic service for pedal builders including super high-quality DIY build kits as well as loads of different PCB circuit boards to get a pedal started including his takes on many famed pedals.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Jared Brandon and Tony Dudzik     Guitar, electric guitar, guitar pedal, pedal effects, pedal fx, guitar amplifier, humb...