Man the helm

This week I sit down with David Ross of David Ross Musical Instruments. David is a guitar repairman the has been working in the Bringhamton, NY area since 2008. Though there is much more to his story to include his recent ventures into guitar pedals! I had a great time talking to David about all things guitar, repair, pedals, social media, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as...

This week I sit down with Corey Congilio! Corey is touring guitarist, session musician, and music educator with over 20 years under his belt. We don't get too deep into his playing back story but more into how he broke into the industry. From working with TrueFire, gear demos, lesson, touring, playing session, and the countless clinics with Fishman and Martin Corey has done it all. Along with that...

So right when I started TikTok Alicca and I found each other and hit it off fairly quickly. She's an awesome singer and as she likes to put it "mediocre" guitar player..... I'd disagree. She's mostly on TikTok doing covers but she recently starting playing with a band "Drowning in Violet" and its pretty top notch stuff in my opinion. I had a great time finally getting to sit down and talk with Ali...

This week I sit down with Taylor Cox from Amplified Nation. Taylor got his start by restoring cab and started diving into the mysterious world of Dumble amp and he hasn't stop since. We get into Taylors back story, what drew him to the Dumble style of amps, and so much more. This is one of those conversations that I was pretty ignorant about but loved learning so much in our conversation. I h...

This week I sit down with Jim Anthony. He's a singer/songwriter from the Minneapolis area is he has a pretty awesome story. We connected on tiktok a few weeks ago and after watching a bunch of his lives I knew I had to have him on the show. Jim is one of the most talented singer/songwriters I've had the opportunity to connect with on tiktok and his song "True American Hero" really pulls at my hear...

First episode of the new year and how fitting to be Mr. Blake Wyland. This week we really just shoot the breeze but we do get deep into a few things. We do a quick wrap up on 2022 for Blake. We talk social media and how weird people can get sometimes. We get into StringJoy and how the Orbiters are my new favorites! YouTube, small builders, custom guitar and so much more on this weeks podcast! chec...

Todays episode is a bit different. This week I sit down with Alex Auxier who has spent most of his time working for companies in the music space in artist relations. At one point in time he was the global artist rep for Orange Amplifiers. These days he works for a handful of smaller companies such as StringJoy, Victory Amplifiers, Origin Effects, and Warehouse Guitar Speakers. Alex is such a cool...

This week I sit down with Adam Patrick Johnson. Adam is a musician, content creator, and a podcaster. His goal besides playing music for a living; which he's been doing now for half his life; is the coach and teach everyone to run their band, music, or content like a business. I mean the end goal is for most "serious" musicians is to make their money with their passion. The problem with that is mo...

Ya'll, This is a big one; Mr. Brian Wampler! Brian is the reason I got back into to gear, talking my playing more seriously, starting to push more on social media, and to start this very podcast! Though if you don't know Brian essentially makes his living making "toys" for guitar player....... but on this episode I like how he refers to is as "providing the paint for the artist". Besides creating...

This week I sit down with Dylan from "Dylan Talks Tone". We get into his humble beginnings and how he and his family has a always been musical. Dylan is on of those people the has been "Manning is helm" for most of his life. He has been self employed most of his life and when he decided to get into social media and making pick up he hasn't looked back. He's an awesome dude and I had a great t...

This week on the podcast I have my good buddy Eric Mayfield. Eric is a singer, musician, audio engineer, and producer. This is the first in person I've had the opportunity to do and I couldn't have picked a better person! Eric and I have worked together in the past and possibly have some things in the future coming up. The coolest part about Eric is he's in the beginning stages of "manning his hel...

I told you I wasn't going anywhere y'all! This week I sit down with Jeremy Sheppard AKA Jeremy The Guitar Hunter. We get into his back story and how he came up the the idea to help people to build meaningful guitar collection. Jeremy is a wealth of knowledge and his YouTube channel is top notch.  This week we don't just talk guitars. We get into live, struggles, social media, and so much more...

This week I sit down with Joan of Heart. You know her from her YouTube channel "Pedal Playhouse" and the "Get Offset Podcast". We get into her humble beginnings when she used to sing classic rock songs in the car with her parents up to her "late" start on YouTube with the Pedal Playhouse. More importantly we get in to mental resilience, dealing with self doubt, and coming to terms with ones own mo...

This week I sit down with Emily Harris from Get Offset. She's is a guitarist, demo artist, podcaster, and a plethora of great things in the music world. We get into her back story as a guitarist, the start of the demo channel on YouTube, the behind the scenes of the industry, and so much more. I had a great time talking to Emily and I know you'll enjoy the conversation too.  You can check out...

This week I sit down with Phillip Carter. A librarian by day and a gear nerd, guitarist, and podcaster by night. He has been running the 40 Watt Podcast since November of 2020 and I've been a fan since almost the beginning. Phillip is such an awesome dude and one of the most honest and down to earth people I've had the pleasure of chatting with. This week we talk about the beginning of his guitar...

This week I sit down with Nick from Oneder Effects. He's "lived" the dream of touring the world with his band The Swellers up until they decided to hang it up and transition to the next phase of life. Nick has done quite a lot after The Swellers, such as starting Oneder studios as well as Oneder Effects. We get into the pedal that started it all as well as some life and other struggles Nick has ha...

This week is super awesome for me because I learned so much from talking to Austin about all things cables. We get into Austins back story and how he started playing guitar and all the way up to where he is today. I love talking to people with the knowledge and passion of their craft such as Austin. He is a true wealth of knowledge and such a down to earth guy. On top of all that he is making the...

This week I sit down with Blake Kaiser from Kaisertronics. If you like all things dirt Kaisertronics is you one stop shop! From the amazing sounds of all of Blake's circuits to the rad aesthetics Blake is constantly improving. We get into his pedals but we get deep on some issues that Blake has had to over come. Blake is a super awesome guy and so down to earth. Check out all the cool things...

This week I sit down with Jordan Withers from Poison Noise! Its hard to believe that Poison Noises is only a couple of years old but they have so many pedals available and so many versions of their pedals. Though it's no surprise that Jordan is one of the hardest working people in the pedal community as of now. He's always woking on new circuits and constantly trying to improve on the the current...

This is a big one for me! Right when I was getting into instrumental music (2016) Marbin hit Facebook with a handful of viral hits such as "Redline" and "African Shaptay" and Marbin has been on my radar every since! Dani is once of the most the fun guitarist to watch and listen to! From is technical ability and knowledge of the instrument to his songwriting and emotion in his playing. This is the...

John Tron Davidson loves picks or plectrums.... I like plectrums better. He runs Heavy Repping which is his shop, blog, reviews, demos, and more in depth knowledge of plectrums than you could imagine! On top of all of that Heavy Repping carries plectrums from so many awesome builders with one familiar face from the podcast.... Honey Picks! Johns passion for plectrums is only trumped by his ability...

If you're on Tiktok and you're a guitar player I'm sure you've seen Jordan.wav running his guitar through all sorts of different items from his hair to soap and so many things in between. There is so much more to Jordan than just his viral success on Tiktok. We get into his back story of his first guitar, the people that taught his first lessons, becoming inspired from guitar hero and so much more...

Rick Calhoun and his brother are the creators, designers, and builders for their company Honey Picks. Based out of North Carolina they make possibly the best picks on the market at the moment...... at least in my opinion. Not only are they super functional but they are truly a work of art. Rick and I talk everything from is beginnings and the sick guitar he started on all the way up to where we ar...

Lindy Day is a touring musician, a music educator, a social media influencer, and a super awesome person. I had a great time talking to Lindy all about her beginnings of playing in school bands and sneaking away with her sisters guitar all the way up to where she is today. You most likely know of Lindy from her lesson online but there's so much more to her teaching than just 60 second tiktok lesso...

Kayla Creamer is the creator and one of the host of the Distorted Opinions podcast. A podcast all about musical conversations between friends. Along with her other co-hosts that's exactly how you feel, like you're hanging out and talking your favorite music between your friends. Its a great show with awesome guests as well. We get to everything Distorted Opinions has done in the last 2 years with...