The Pedals and Pickups Podcast

This week, Hailey and I talk all about compression, what specific compressor-related terms mean, the history and technology behind the effect, how you can use it to your advantage, and other compressor-adjacent effects you can use to level up your mixes. Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I go through the different recording methods and era-defining guitar tones from the 1920s all the way through 2022, exploring different popular pieces of gear and recording techniques that were responsible for the overall sound of a generation. Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I talk about the merits of all sorts of non-standard guitars, from double necks, to 12 strings, all the way to the modern metal powerhouse of extended range guitars. Have you ever been extended range curious? Tune in to learn all about them! Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I detail the multi-week project of how we upgraded our studio. We figured even though it's not a guitar-centric topic, it's something more than a few of you will get a benefit from. Tune in today to see how we upgraded ours, and how you can start your own home studio! Check out our website here!

This week, we're in the midst of a big studio upgrade so we're limited to only two channels to record on. Hailey's come to the rescue by cooking up a neat little challenge where she'll read us the reviews of a few guitars, amps, and pedals, and we'll try to guess what each one is based on the review alone. It's a perfect little challenge while we're in a limited capacit...

This week, Hailey gives me a challenge by asking me to build an Alt-Rock pedalboard for cover band gigs with a budget of $1,000 USD. Can we do it? Does it sound good? Will Taco Bell ever bring back the Beefy Fritos Burrito? Find the answer to two of those questions in the episode! Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I will take a look at the history of Mason Marangella's Vertex Effects, from their meteoric rise, through their troubled controversy, and into the modern pedal lineup and social media presence of today. Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I walk you through the history of both DOD and Digitech, starting with humble beginnings in the early 1970s, all the way to the current corporate acquisitions fiascos of the late 2010s and early 2020s. Check out our website here!

I know, I know, we've been gone for awhile now, but we're finally back! We've got a lot to catch you guys up on, including the weirdest amplifier I've ever had the privilege of owning, and we can't wait to share it with you guys! Drop in today! Check out our website: www.pedalsandpickups.com

This week, we interview Alex Hall, a Nashville Country Artist whose debut EP Six Strings featured guitar heroes such as Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, and John Osborne. In the interview, we'll talk about his upcoming album, Side Effects of The Heart, and Alex's favorite gear to get his signature tone! Check out our website here!

This week, Hailey and I talk about some of our favorite, weirdest effects pedals and how to use them to make a unique sound for you! Check out our website here!

This week, we'll sit down and discuss whether boutique overdrives are really worth all the hype. One piece of sage advice constantly given on the internet is that your favorite overdrive coupled with a quality EQ pedal can sound like nearly any other overdrive out there, so we put that to the test by pitting seven boutique overdrives against a single TS9 with an MXR 6 Band EQ. Play along and s...

This week, Hailey and I will talk about giving some older pedal's a chance, like the Rocktek chorus my coworker picked up for me in Taiwan, as well as the new announcement by Sunn of their revived product line including amplifiers and speaker cabinets. Check out our website here !

This week, we're getting back into the swing of things after being gone, so Hailey and I talk about the process of building a new pedalboard from the ground up. We'll go over everything from the purpose of the board, pedalboard sizing, cabling, mounting, modules, and take you all the way through actually putting your board together! Check out our website here , where I'll put a blog po...

This week we'll take a look at pedal, amplifier, and tube manufacturer extraordinaire Mike Matthews and his company Electro-Harmonix. Afterwards, we'll recreate the tone of Smashing Pumpkins guitarist and frontman Billy Corgan on the song "Cherub Rock" off their album Siamese Dream. Check out The Pedals and Pickups Podcast website! www.pedalsandpickups.com Need podcast merch? I g...

I'm gone again for work this week, so enjoy a pre-recorded episode where I tried to do something fun. Hailey and I sit down and go through five rounds of effects pedal trivia questions and audio challenges. Feel free to play along at home and see how you do!

This week, we explore everything buffers and buffered bypass pedals can do for you. After that, we'll take a look at one of, if not my personal favorite band of all time, A Day To Remember, then we'll talk about using stereo effects and multiple setups to accomplish wet/dry and wet/dry/wet rigs.

This week we'll take a look at the history of a staple guitar manufacturer in Rockabilly music: Gretsch guitars. After this, we'll recreate the tone of frontman and guitarist Matt Bigland of the band Dinosaur Pile Up on their song "Back Foot", then take a look at the four most common types of audio routing and how you can make them work for you in your studio. While you're at...

This week, we bring on Hailey (my loving wife, who also moonlights as a photographer for the podcast's social media) to talk about unpopular guitar opinions we've scrounged up from the depths of the internet.

This week, we'll talk about the traits and best uses of amp in a box pedals. Afterwards, we'll recreate the tone of Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains's song "Rooster", then take a deep dive on best practices for re-amping your guitar tracks.

This week, we take a look at the history of distortion and distortion pedals in the sphere of guitar, we recreate the tones from Nickelback's song "How You Remind Me", and we talk about the process for setting up the framework for a quality studio in your own home.

This week we talk about the history and development of guitar vibrato/tremolo units, we recreate the tones of Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante on Dani California off the album Stadium Arcadium, and we'll wrap up this week's show by demonstrating how you can make high quality sound effects with everyday household objects.

This week we talk about the history and most popular pedals released by MXR innovations. Afterwards we'll get into the gear and tones used by Tom DeLonge on blink-182's "What's My Age Again?", then talk about three major types of microphones, their advantages and disadvantages, and what they can do for you.

This week we double feature our famous gear by talking about the history of Sunn amps and their prized Model T as well as the Earthquaker Devices Life Pedal, the signature analog multi-effect of Sunn O))). After this, how could we not talk about the tones of Sunn O))) guitarists Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, where we'll use our budget Model T clones and Life Pedals to get the same crushing d...

This week we look at the history and most popular models of Japanese effects company BOSS, then we recreate the tones of Colson Baker, a.k.a. Machine Gun Kelly on his song "I Think I'm Okay". After this, we'll talk about tips and tricks for getting the best mic placement on your acoustic guitar.