60 Cycle Hum: The Guitar Podcast!

In Episode 73 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve tackle your questions and joke about your submitted ads. This week features a crackle finish Charvel plus a story from the Facebook group, the Kickstarter for the "Pole Position" and a rad partscaster. In this week's topic the guys talk about the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and the pros and cons of selling gear in bundles. This week's music was sent by Davi...

In Episode 72 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve discuss Ryan's experience with the Strymon's new Dual Digital Delay, the DIG. This was an early look into the pedal that took the internet by storm recently. After the new stuff, Ryan and Steve talk about a Fernandes offset, the Empress Multidrive and a Jim Root Tele paired with a double-neck...uh...thing. For this week's topic, Ryan and Steve talk abou...

In Episode 71 or 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve rip a page out of Jim Gaffigan's playbook and talk about Hot Pockets...and gear stuff. DJ Brennan returns to guest host and the boys tackle the Polara Reverb and discuss other compact digital reverbs on the market. They they hit up a Gibson Reverb Tank, a brown parts guitar from Reverb.com and a Fender practice amp with the state of Texas stenciled ont...

In Episode 70 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve sit down with local musician DJ Brennan. We talk about the McCaffrey Audio Reactor Compressor before looking at an old Boss pedal, a festive Wampler echo and a Peavey head (it's a Classic!). Then the boys talk about DJ's gear, including a Gretsch White Falcon and a custom Banning Ladybird, and his band, Nations. The show wraps up with Nations' cover of...

In 60 Cycle Hum Episode 69, bodacious podcasting bros Ryan and Steve continue their conversation with the most righteous Coe Schneider. After discussing the EHX B9 Organ Machine, they dive in a set of featured ads that include a gnarly build from DNA Guitars, a totally bogus DOD Grunge and Line 6 MiniPOD and a most heinous Epiphone Apparition. This week's epic question challenges Ryan and Steve on...

In Episode 68 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve sit down with local musician and friend of the show Coe "The Ad Wizard" Schneider. They talk TMG Guitars, repetitious Craigslist ad demands, a painted delay and a radio/furniture amp. Then the guy discuss Coe's recording studio, Music + Audio Custom Shop and the process he went through in recording the Matt Tyler EP we played at the end of Episode 66.T...

This episode was sponsored by Gear Supply Co. In Episode 67 of 60 Cycle Hum Steve and Ryan talk about the JHS Twin Twelve. Then they look at a Fender Swinger, a brandless guitar and an "Asis" First Act acoustic that is one doozy of an advertisement. For this week's topic Ryan and Steve reflect back on the last year and a half and how podcasting has shaped our view of gear.

This episode was sponsored by Walrus Audio! In Episode 66 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve do what people have been asking for...TALK ABOUT ADS. I can't really describe this episode because there were too many ads to keep track of. All you gotta know is this. If you love the ad portion of the podcast, you will love this episodes. If you love when Ryan and Steve say crazy stuff, you'll love this epis...

In Episode 65 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve chat with Jonathan Brosnan, owner of TMG Guitar Co. They dive into the down and dirty of TMG's sordid past and get to hear a bit of the vision Jonathan has for the future of the company. This episode is different from the normal format, lacking ads and goofs, but we were more than happy to listen to Jonathan's heart for rebuilding the TMG brand.

60 Cycle Hum is a guitar podcast that covers the used market of Craigslist, Ebay and Reverb.com, Each week hosts Ryan and Steve tackle ads sent in by listeners and discuss topics relevant to the guitar gear industry. If you listen to Guitar Nerds, Chasing tone, or any other popular guitar podcast 60 Cycle Hum should already be familiar to you. You can contact us on Facebook or via email at 60cycle...

In a special mid-week minisode Ryan and Steve talk about building guitars using CNC machinery before hitting a few ads and just generally doing the typical 60 Cycle Hum stuff.

In Episode 63 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan talks about his new Ibanez SP-5 dirt pedal. Then the guys talk about One Direction and the loss of Zayn Malik, focus on an ad with a great last line and discuss a sticker covered Epiphone. For this week's topic they discuss Norway and a new volume pedal from Classic Audio FX as well as some products that just seem like snake oil.

In Episode 62 of 60 Cycle Hum Steve and Ryan wrap up their conversation with Jody from Coast Sonic. This episode includes some weird Russian effects, a double-neck Telecaster and a Holy instrument. Then the three of us tell some gig stories, wild or otherwise.

In Episode 60 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve wrap up their visit to Salvage Custom Shop as Daniel Tyack talks about his '67 Gibson Melody Maker SG. For ads, the trio talks guitar pedals, a surf green Stratocaster and a "rare" Gretsch guitar. Before the finale, the guys take a detour with a Salvage employee sharing a special story of tour life. Finally the guys hit up the topic of the week when the...

In 60 Cycle Hum Minisode 6, Steve reads an email response to a previous discussion about the raw sonic power of 100 amps running at 1 watt vs. a single 100 watt amp. There's only one funny part, unless you think bad guitar playing is funny, in which case there are three funny parts.

60 Cycle Hum has our first official sponsor! Check out Nystrum Guitars! In Episode 59 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve sit down with Daniel Tyack from Salvage Custom Shop and discuss his new Kauer unicorn guitar. The trio look at a flashy parlor guitar before checking out a vintage amplifier and an insane mod to a Peavey electric guitar. For this week's topic the guys discuss three high amp offerin...

In Episode 58 of 60 Cycle Hum, Ryan and Steve talk Ryan's new Squier Stratocaster before breaking to a few different ads including one about a $1500 Telecaster, one about Strat and Blues Deville combo amp and finally one about a nifty pedalboard idea. The guys talk about their new YouTube video featuring the Klon KTR and the EHX Soul Food before Steve delves into what he knows and doesn't know abo...

60 Cycle Hum has our first official sponsor! Check out Nystrum Guitars! In this Episode Ryan and Steve talk about a jacked up 1964 Stratocaster, a guitar builder from the Land Down Under and a silverface Princeton Reverb. Then the guys wax poetic about the EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter. For this weeks topics, Ryan and Steve talk about JHS, amps and ice chips. This weeks music was sent to us by...

In Episode 56 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk about a vintage Ovation and a crazy Gibson Les Paul ad. Then they jump back into NAMM talk and wrap up some of their favorite things about the day they spent in Anaheim.

In Episode 54 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve talk cheap beers and gear. Steve breaks down his 2014 gear flips, then gets into his failed attempts at selling a Boss Blues Driver. Ads for this episode include something that makes Steve get a little angry and a piece of Craigslist gear drama. Topics for the episode include Eastwood's Custom Shop crowd funding. Then we discuss a few different bridge d...

In Episode 53 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve give an update on Steve's pedal board, the Gorm board. The guys tackle a burnt (literally) guitar from Craigslist that could be yours if you've got a kitten to trade. They also talk about a guy that bought the wrong guitar as well as a local $7000 pedal board! Lastly the guys throw out some ideas about genre specific guitars.

In Episode 52 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve celebrate one year of podcasting by doing an awkward celebrity impression. For ads the guys tackle a Squier parts guitar built to look like a Telecaster Bass before talking about a Peavey extension cabinet and Italia guitars. For topics the guys talk pick guards, boutique pickups and alternative guitar body materials...well really just cement.

In Episode 51 of 60 Cycle Hum Ryan and Steve strike Aztec Gold...or is it just an ancient Fender curse? Then they look at an ad for an Epiphone Wildkat and Peavey Valveking amp. Lastly they talk about a really weird New Year's Eve Stratocaster deal from Charlotte. This week's topic covers stage etiquette where we talk about ways to communicate within your band and put on a solid stage show. This w...

Merry Flipsmas! we celebrate our 50th episode with a best of and a new theme song.

On this episode, Ryan and Steve talk and talk and talk and never stop talking, what are they talking about? first they talk about the DOD Gonkulator, THEN! they talk about a Trussart guitar, AFTER THAT! they talk about a guitar made out of a wine box. later in the episode they tackle the topic grab bag because they were TOO LAZY!!!!! to come up with a topic before they recorded. also Steve is spen...