60 Cycle Hum: The Guitar Podcast!

In 60 Cycle Hum Episode 95 Slim and Taco Tommy sit down for more adventures in podcasting. We start off with a quick review on the old Danelectro Food series mini-pedals and how you can currently get free replacement knobs from the company. Next we jump on some ads including a crazy glitch machine and a really confusing amp build. Our featured topic this week is a high gain pedal shootout between...

Ryan sits down for a shootout between the Boss FRV-1, Catalinbread Topanga, Surfy Bear FET Reverb, and the SolidGoldFX Surf Rider.  Who will win in the battle for surf reverb drip?!!!Today's amp was a Fender Princeton Reverb RI mic'd with a SM57 and SM58. The guitar was a Hallmark Swept-Wing, and Ryan had eggs and potatoes for breakfast. Here's a view of the set up. http://i.imgur.com/rpc0nV8.jpgh...

In Episode 94 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan is a little horsey and Steve is a 15 year old boy. We start off talking about the SolidGoldFX Surfrider III. Next we talk about a weird double-neck acoustic guitar. Seriously, you need to see a picture of this thing. Check out the link at the end of the write up or look on our Instagram or FB. We wrap up our ads with an Oasis tribute paintjob and an amp that fits...

In Episode 93 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk about the ultimate theoretical Craigslist deal, which is obviously selling a Gibson Jimmy Page Les Paul while on a zeppelin for maximum Led Zepption. Then the guys talk about an over the top steam punk guitar, a $300 brick and a dude in North Carolina that is learning all about the local practice spaces, so he can jack your goods. For this week's t...

Ryan 'Whiffle Bat' Burke and Steve 'The Hacksaw' Rowe entertain you with their off color humor and on point skewering of popular subjects, stay tuned to win 4 tickets to tailor switts. you are listening to 92.2 THE HUMMMMMMM!In Episode 92 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk about the Caroline Kilobyte and things that happen to your hands when you are screwing around with a hot glue gun. Then they...

Guys...sometimes the weather gets crazy and dry and the pollen is in the air and I just ate a bunch of cheese and drank a beer...well sometimes you get the sniffles. In Episode 91 of 60 Cycle Hum we start off right away with some new gear chat, specifically the Surfy Bear Reverb and the Boss DD-6. Then we get into a trio of ads...well a duo of ads, a vintage Ibanez TS-808 supposedly owned by Stevi...

A few years ago I was in a band with Ryan and we wrote a song called "Test my Strength"...and that's all I can think of with this title. I mean "Puberty Strength"? What is that even supposed to mean? In Episode 90, Ryan and Steve talk about the recent small builder's summit put on in San Diego by Bob Taylor of Taylor guitars. This was a rad event that Ryan (along with Best Friends Creative, who ma...

In Episode 89 of 60 Cycle Hum, well, remember that Nashville Tele that Ryan bought...well it's gone. Bye Telecaster! Next the guys hit up a rough paint job on a Squier, a very overpriced Kiesel, and a blast from the video game past. Finally, we picked up a couple great pedals this week. Make sure you keep listening to hear our reviews on the Chellee Guitars Odie Overdrive and the Chase Bliss Gravi...

In Episode 88 of 60 Cycle Hum things take a weird turn when Ryan and Steve just can't shut up about Kevin Sorbo. Oh yeah, we also take care of business...I don't remember what that meant, I just know that it's in my notes. This weeks' ads feature a Dean from Neill Nation, a vintage wiring harness and a couple Stratocasters. Finally we get around to reviewing the pickups sent to us by McNelly Guita...

In Episode 87...okay guys, I just slammed an Aztec Brewing Noche De Los Muertos Imperial Stout. Hopefully I don't make too many typos. In episode 87 we get in depth about why we've been focusing on YouTube and what it means to us and the podcast. Seriously...it takes 30 seconds to subscribe, and you might win a JHS/Keeley Steak and Eggs. Why wouldn't you want to get in on that? Oh...I'm drifting?...

You ever have one of those days where your foot just itches? In Episode 86 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve talk about the EHX Pitchfork, a pitch shifter that doubles as a hay lifter. Then the guys dive into a funky MIJ Telecaster, answer the question "Do You Rock?" before they start feeling really gross about more female exploitation in a craigslist ad. I mean...really...it's skeezy...please stop...

In Episode 84 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk about an 80s entry into the Firebird market by Epiphone and two different skull themed guitars. Then they dive into the topic of signature guitars, which ones we like and which ones we wish never saw the light of day.

In Episode 83 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve give their first round of feedback on a couple Gear Supply Co products. Next the guys read an out of control bass amp listing and smash into a brand new Guild ad. This week's flip of the week was a big profit on a reverb pedal, which Ryan and Steve discuss before tackling the topic of US built vs. import guitars.

This episode was sponsored by Matthews Effects. Check out their pedal lineup at: http://matthewseffects.com/In Episode 82 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve look at a guitar that's bass on one side and...flip it over...GUITAR on the other before diving into a psychedelic (to be kind) Fender Mustang. This week's featured score is a vintage semi-hollow. After all that, the guys talk about gear used by...

In Episode 81 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk about little green strips of velcro before looking at an 80s Explorer copy, a long list of tags and a rebel flag guitar body. Somewhere in there Steve loses his mind. Seriously...he doesn't remember recording parts of this episode...it's insane. For topics we talk about the package we received from Gear Supply Co and our plans to review their stuff...

60 Cycle Hum 80 - This week's episode was sponsored by Tailored FX. In Episode 80 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve hit up an instructional VHS, a big silverface Fender and an EXTREME relic. This week we introduce a new segment, Flips and Scores where we talk about the best deals that we've seen our listeners talk about on the Facebook group. Then we talk about things that we've picked up during the...

In this 60 Cycle Hum minisode Ryan and Steve compare the Chellee Effects Ponyboy against the Klon KTR. The Ponyboy is a Klon-styled pedal at a very affordable price from the guys at Chellee Guitars and Effects: http://www.chellee.comThanks to Richard Morris for sending us his Ponyboy for this shootout.

In Episode 79 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve jump straight into ads, tackling a Gibson silverburst Les Paul, and a Chinese instrument before talking about tuners in the worst way possible. Then the guys compare a Black Russian Big Muff Pi, a kit assembled Muff and the McCaffrey Audio Green Vodka Fuzz in an extended shootout between the three. They're all different flavors of the same basic circuit...

In this 60 Cycle Hum minisode Ryan and Steve introduce the Woodcutter, a RAT-style distortion pedal made by Big Ear NYC. They talk about the features of the pedal, then dive into an on-air shootout between the Woodcutter and an old-school LM308 chipped ProCo RAT2.Check out Big Ear NYC's pedal line up at http://bigearnyc.com/

In Episode 78 of 60 Cycle Hum we take a few minutes to thank our first round of big pledgers. Thanks you guys! Then we dive into a skull kit for Stratocaster, a BC Rich/Fender mash-up and a pricey limited Edition Stratocaster. For this week's topic we talk about the Quilter Tone Block 200 and do an on-air comparison between it and a Fender Princeton Reverb. This week's music was sent by Donny Coyl...

In Episode 77 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve talk about a leaked image of Gibson's plans for 2016 (?). We're not sure how they got a hold of it, or even if it's legit, but let's all pretend that it is...for the lulz or something. Oh yeah, then they talk about an armadillo turned into a guitar, a weird headless eagle guitar and the Ibanez Talman. This week's topic covers how to break things proper...

In this Minisode, Steve addresses a comment from a listener regarding Episode 47, where Steve gets a bunch of stuff wrong about a few classic albums and their success in their day. Turns out Steve doesn't know everything and maybe should go back to the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

In Episode 75 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk a bit about the Gibson Les Paul Studio that Ryan is working on for a friend of the show. Then we talk about a weird guitar giveaway that a church is doing via Craigslist, the Peavey T-series electric guitars and a Mustang that has had a sad existence. For this week's topic the guys tackle handmade pedals vs. other methods of pedal building.

Ryan and Ariel Levine sit down and discuss the Kilt by JHS pedals, they also cover some of the finer points of Scottish culture. learn more about Ariel Levine at ariellevine.com and support his indie go go campaign here ---> http://igg.me/at/LTMGI/

In Episode 74 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve read the best of the best iTunes reviews before giving away an ENO Analog Delay to their favorite. Then the guys dive into a few ads including some tubes of biblical proportions, a Japanese Mosrite copy and the Fender FSR Rattlecan Stratocaster. This week's music is "Redeemed" by Hold Out Hope sent in by Will Cobb: https://www.facebook.com/holdouthopepr...