The Guitar Knobs

John Sanchez of Amperian Speakers joins us to share insights on his impressive product line, focusing on alnico speakers including one featured in our Vox Speaker Shootout on YouTube. With extensive experience in the speaker industry, John has worked with some of the biggest brands, including Amperian's sister company, Warehouse Guitar Speakers, where he serves as Director of Sales and Product Dev...

WOW! 400 episodes whoohooo! We are celebrating with our Four On The Floor Tremolo special. Lots of opinions are floating around on this one as we all use tremolo differently. Four great pedals that do everything we want a tremolo to do and nothing we don't. Which would you choose?  Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik, Rob Chafe and Billy Spitfire #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #ped...

Superlunar founder Antonio Carusone AKA Italian Tony, Joined us from NY to discuss his debut pedal the SR-01. Antonio has dubbed this an "Analog Saturation Device"— a great way to describe a two-stage transistor circuit with plenty of EQ variables. This pedal is getting a ton of attention for its design aesthetic as well. We had a ton of fun with Italian Tony and we hope you do as well. Hosted by...

Our recent video featuring alnico speakers played through a Vox AC30S1 was a ton of fun to make and we learned a lot. In this episode, the Knobs are joined by Hex Mattos who played the 4 guitars in that video. Together we go through each of the four selected alnico speakers share our thoughts....and have a few laughs. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik and Hex Matos #guitarpodcast #electricguit...

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 world together each year. Amid speculation about the show's success and relevance, John shares his bold vision for revolutionizing its format and strengtheni...

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 help pedal makers make pedals with less hassle and a more reliable process, for all levels of pedal makers. He's done a fantastic job making it incredibly appr...

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 some of the latest Gibson Pickup endeavors he has been influential in.   Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #...

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 talking with him!  Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #guitarknobs #guitarinterview...

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 discussed the creepy backstory of how he got twisted up in pedal fx creation too of course! Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar...

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 power conditioners, variacs, etc., and just knowing your way around the business end of an amplifier. As usual, we all learned something new! Hosted by Todd Nov...

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 with a very interesting backstory and we are glad he is out there doing his thing.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik and Jared Brandon #guitarpodcast #e...

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 pitched in to make this special fuzz come to life.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #...

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 mixing board with Germanium and Silicon drive channels to provide a huge spectrum of tonal possibilities. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #e...

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 and other media for the last 30 years. And with Tony and all his guitar knowledge at the other end of the canoe, we are in good hands for this trip. Hosted...

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 familiar pedals and a great way to get into the Spruce Effects brand. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx...

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 and much growth since then, so we also spend some time catching up, and getting the scoop on new Benson products coming soon. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony...

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 Mustache which we discuss in great detail! Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #guit...

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 comes out in spades with his pedal designs. We discuss the Slow Loris dynamic slapback delay and the Unclean cascading distortion two fantastic pedals we had...

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 that and more! Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik (founder of the Mike Love fan club) and Rob Chafe (Chaa-faaayyyyy) #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedal...

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 instinctual to Monkey Riot pedals. If you want your guitar to "do the roar!" you are in the riot place. See what I did there.  Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik #...

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 unique edge as a pedal builder. His newest pedal design, the VB-2 is described as an Overdrive Analog Texture and we set out to learn more about it. Hosted...

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 necks. From the string-through nut  and the proprietary bridge to the faceted hollow neck, Marcel has outdone himself. Hosted by Todd Novak with Tony Dudzik...

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" segment that we started in 2017 and is still going strong. This is one of many to come and we hope you like it as much as we loved recording it!  *Please note t...

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 fantastic to hang out with of course.  #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #guitarknobs #guitarinterview #guitaramplifier #g...

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. Thank you so much Enrico! #guitarpodcast #electricguitar #pedaleffects #pedalfx #theguitarknobs #guitarknobs #guitarinterview #guitaramplifier #guitarpicku...