ThroBak Guitar Lounge

Is Authentic Vintage Guitar Tone Only for the Wealthy?  | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Ep. 056 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In this week's Guitargument, a thoughtful comment from one of our viewers sparks a bigger conversation about vintage guitar tone, authenticity, and affordability. After purchasing a used 2005 Gibson Les Paul Studio for just $800,...

Vintage P90 Legends Face Off: '56 Goldtop vs '57 Les Paul Special Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode #057 the vintage P90 showdown! Jon and Matthew put two incredible vintage instruments head-to-head: a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special with its iconic wraparound bridge and a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop equipped with a Tune-o-matic bridge. B...

**The Forgotten Guitar Tone Everyone's Missing | P.A.F. Pickups Out of Phase** Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Before high-gain amps, pedalboards, and modern guitar rigs, many legendary players discovered a unique secret weapon hidden inside their guitars: the out-of-phase pickup sound. In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, we explore the d...

Fender vs Influencers – Is Fender Getting Cancelled by the Guitar Community? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode 054 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast steps directly into one of the biggest controversies in the modern guitar world: Fender vs Influencers. After Fender reportedly sent aggressive cease and desist letters to boutique guitar builders over the...

To Clone a P.A.F., Destroy It? | The P.A.F. Paradox Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ How close can a pickup maker really get to cloning a legendary vintage Gibson P.A.F.? In Episode #055 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail tackle one of the biggest questions in the world of vintage guitar tone: can a P.A.F. ever be perfectly reprod...

We Restored a Forgotten Fender Pickup Winder… and Discovered Something HUGE | Ep. 052 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to Episode 052 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast — a very special episode marking one full year of weekly podcasts from ThroBak! 🎉 To celebrate, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail unveil the fully restored Fullerton 457 pickup winder, the...

What happens when a classic Telecaster meets a roaring Marshall amp?  Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In Episode 051 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dive headfirst into one of the most unexpected tone pairings in electric guitar history. Known for its snap, twang, and cutting clarity, the Telecaster isn’t usually the first cho...

High Output vs Low Output P.A.F. Pickups – Which Sounds Better Through Fender? | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Ep. 050 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail put two very different P.A.F. pickup recipes head-to-head through a killer 1979 Fender Deluxe Reverb to answer one big qu...

High Output P.A.F. Pickups Through a Marshall – The Best Rock Tone Ever!? | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Ep. 049 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dive deep into one of the biggest tone debates in vintage-style humbuckers: do high output P.A.F. pickups deliver the ultimate...

This Legendary Fender Pickup Winder Has Been Silent for Decades—Until Now | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Ep. 048 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast — and the story continues. After the historic unboxing in Episode #047, the legendary Fender / Charlie Davis / Jim Irsay pickup winder is now alive again. In this epis...

The Vintage Fender Pickup Winder Is Here… Unboxing a Piece of Guitar History | Ep. 047 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast — and this week, history arrives at the door. After the excitement of the Jim Irsay Collection auction in Episode 046, the legendary vintage Fender pickup winder is finally here. In this episode...

Low Output P.A.F. Pickups and a Marshall - The Best Marshall Tone Ever!? | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Ep. 046 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Is the best Marshall tone actually coming from low output P.A.F. pickups?  In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew put that theory to the test using ThroBak ’57 SteelHead P.A.F. repros thro...

Jim Irsay Auction Hidden Gem...and We Got It! Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, we take you inside a major moment for ThroBak: winning a vintage Fender pickup winder at the Jim Irsay Collection auction at Christie’s in New York City. While most eyes were on iconic guitars, we were focused on something else ent...

Vintage Tone vs Modern Progress | Are Guitarists Stuck in the Past? | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Ep. 044 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Are guitar players — and guitar makers — stuck in the past? Or is the pursuit of vintage tone still the best path to great music? 🎸 In Episode 044 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dive into one of...

P90 vs PAF Through a Marshall… The Difference Is Bigger Than We Expected | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast #043 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, where Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dig into the details that shape great guitar tone. In this episode we put two legendary pickup designs head-to-head through a Marshall...

Is Your Guitar STILL Vintage… After All Those Repairs? Vintage Delusions! The Guitar of Theseus – ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Episode 042 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ At what point does a vintage guitar stop being vintage? • If the finish has been stripped… • If the neck has been replaced… • If the pickups have been rewound… • Is it still the same instrume...

The Perfect Score: Build a Gold Medal Guitar Rig (1 Guitar, 1 Amp, 2 Pedals) Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, where today we’re going for gold. 🥇 In this Olympic-themed episode, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail take on the ultimate tone challenge: if you could only choose one guitar, one amp, and two pedals, could you b...

Is There Such a Thing as a Perfect Guitar? Myth vs Reality 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, where real-world guitar tone, vintage knowledge, and no-nonsense debate take center stage. In this episode, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dig into one of the most hotly debated questions in modern guitar culture: is it reasonable to expect a brand-new guitar to be per...

Boutique Guitar Pickups & Boutique Advice | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ What does boutique really mean in the guitar world—and does that idea extend beyond gear into broader guitar advice itself? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail explore the balance between generosity, expertise, and sustainability in today’s guitar...

NAMM 2026 Verdict: Was the Show Actually Worth It? | Real Cost vs Real Value (Part 2) Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In Episode 038 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail deliver their final verdict on NAMM 2026 after actually walking the show floor. Is NAMM still worth the time, money, and effort for guitar players, builders, and i...

Are P.A.F. pickups foolproof? Why do so many P.A.F.-style humbuckers sound good—even inexpensive ones—while only a few sound truly great? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail take on one of the most interesting tone debates yet. We break down why the original P.A.F. humbucker design is so musically forgiving, how “good” is easy to achieve, and why the final le...

Is NAMM 2026 Still Worth It? The Real Cost vs. Real Value. Is the NAMM Show still the best way to take the pulse of the guitar industry — or has the cost finally outweighed the value?  Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Along the way, things get weird, informative, and very guitar-centric — just the way we like it. 🍩 Intro — Cinnamon Rolls & Nitrile Gloves We...

The PAF Pickup Scam Nobody Warns You About — Paid, Waiting, Never Delivered ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com What if the biggest danger in the vintage-style pickup world isn’t fake tone… but never getting your pickups at all? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail expose one of the most dam...

ThroBak 2026 Gear Preview – New Pickups, Tone Innovations & What’s Next Start 2026 the right way with an inside look at new ThroBak guitar gear for 2026. In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail reveal upcoming pickup designs, wiring innovations, and tone-focused developments currently in the works at ThroBak Electronics. The show opens with a call to...

ThroBak Guitar Lounge 2025 Year in Guitar, our final podcast episode of the year. Join Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail as they look back on the biggest moments, surprises, wins, and disappointments in the guitar world throughout 2025 — with plenty of real-world tone talk along the way. 📬 Viewer Mail The show kicks off with questions from the ThroBak community. Jon dives into: • Internal start wires...