Chris Cline & Rick Hines

Chris and Rick Talk Guitars

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Discussion of guitar and guitar related topics mostly dealing guitar head space, and all things guitar culture.

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Chris Cline & Rick Hines

Episodes

#70 Red Light Fever - Nerves in the studio and other fun stuff! 30.03.2024 33:36

Chris and Rick talk about how to deal with nerves when recording in the studio. Chris has been doing a lot of recording lately, and recently encountered some nerves - and other studio related feels.

#69 Rock & Roll Animals - Hunter & Wagner 18.03.2024 25:06

Session players Steve Hunter, and Dick Wagner made their marks with Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Lou Reed to name a few. 70s rock was guitar was heavily influenced by these creative session players.

#68 Wayne Kramer - We pay our respects to a rock & roll classic 01.03.2024 26:43

Chris and I pay our respects to Wayne Kramer who recently passed. He inspired us as a guitar player, and life-long activist. His legacy is secure, and his spirit lives on in every band started and loud guitar plugged into a Marshall stack.

#67 Trevor Boone - Guitar Hunter for Emerald City Guitars 07.02.2024 50:41

Trevor Boone searches for the coolest, vintage guitars for collectors - and bands for Emerald City Guitars.

#66 3 for 3 - We swap 3 songs, and 3 guitar players 22.01.2024 44:27

Chris and I swap 3 songs and guitar players and chew it up! Chris's selections: September Gurls - Alex Chilton Maybe I'm Amazed - Ronny Wood Hymn for the Dudes - Mick Ralphs Rick's selections: Magazine - Roger Fisher/Nancy Wilson Kid - James Honeyman-Scott Life on a Wave - G. Weller

#65 Things We Should Care About But Don't 06.01.2024 33:43

We talk about things we should care about, but don't. Noisy guitars, 3-bolt necks, flame tops, and more...

#64 George Gruhn and the Versitar 07.12.2023 26:23

C & R discuss Vintage Guitar guru George Gruhn’s Versitar guitar design. links to things discussed: The Gruhn Versitar Fretboard Journal George Gruhn Interview

#63 The Super Strat 22.11.2023 34:42

A discussion of the high performance Strat-style guitars that were developed in the 80s.

#62 Listener recommended Topic: Our Pedalboards 01.11.2023 31:10

Our pedalboards for reference

#61 Interview with Liz Keller guitar tech and and guitarist for the Seattle’s the Purrs 16.10.2023 47:33

Discussion with Liz, guitar tech and guitarist with Seattle bnand the Purrs. A few of links to things discussed: THE Purrs on Facebook THE Purrs Bandcamp page Eva Pickups Crackle & Pop

#60 Dealing With ‘Ruts’ 13.06.2023 26:09

C and R discuss strategies for dealing with being stuck and uninspired.

#59 Interview with Frank Gross of Thunder Road Guitars 01.05.2023 59:46

Chris and Rick speak with Thunder Road Guitar owner/operator Frank Gross.

#58 Guitar Trends Through the Years – Part 2 28.03.2023 40:04

Part 2 of discussion of various guitar and gear trends over the years.

#57 Guitar Trends Through the Years 11.12.2022 45:12

Discussion of various guitar and gear trends over the years.

#56 Guitar Heros 27.11.2022 25:26

Is the era of the guitar hero over? C and R discuss the guitar god in today’s guitar culture. Correction: in this episode Chris erroneously attributes the solo for the MC5’s The American Ruse to Wayne Kramer. It is in fact Fred ‘Sonic” Smith who rips the tasty Chuck Berry influenced solo.

#55 Tube Amp Maintenance 22.08.2022 30:10

Episode 55. Discussion of care and feeding of tube amps. The podcast mentioned in the episode: The Truth about Vintage Amplifiers Some Cool sites mentioned in the episode for over the shoulder peeks inside tube amps. Plus tech tips and inspiration: Fazio Electric Uncle Doug Psionic Audio

#54 Dialing in Stage Volume (remote Zoom) 05.07.2022 34:35

Dialing in a good stage volume and keeping a happy headspace.

#53 Mythical Gear (remote Zoom) 30.05.2022 34:41

Discussion of gear steeped in myth and hype like the KLON and Dumble amps etc.

#52 Strings (Remote Zoom) 20.04.2022 29:58

C and R discuss strings and some observations and experiences with them.

#51 Carvin (Remote Zoom) 06.02.2022 28:59

Discussion on the mail order musical instrument company Carvin.

#50 Get Back (Remote Zoom) 06.12.2021 33:15

C & R discuss Peter Jackson’s brilliant documentary GET BACK.

#49 Collaborating (Remote Zoom) 18.10.2021 31:37

Collaborating with others on guitar parts and songs.

#48 Theory (or lack thereof) – remote ZOOM 07.09.2021 36:26

C and R discuss navigating the fretboard without a solid background in music theory. *Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNHdPPJGowY

#47 Checking in June 2021 (remote ZOOM) 20.06.2021 34:15

Following an extended break C & R catch up on guitar stuff, work and life.

#46 Straight In To The Amp (remote ZOOM) 26.04.2021 34:22

Discussion the pros and cons of the “guitar > cord > amp” principle.