The Bad Guitarist

This week we discuss the latest from Ibanez, Fender, Epiphone and a ton of pedals from builders big and small. We also discuss consumer dissatisfaction with pricing in the pedal market and Behringer's wild plans to release 200-300 new pedals priced at $10-15.

Ep. 103: This week we explore the latest from JHS, PRS, Monger Pedals, Fender's weird new marketing strategies, and more! We also check out what's left in Josh Scott's Reverb Shop and discuss our upcoming projects for the channel.

This week we discuss a ton of new guitar and pedal releases! Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastFind us on TikTok @thebadguitaristpodcast

This week we talk about the latest gear from Beetronics, MAE, Heather Brown Electronicals, Warm Audio, Hologram Electronics, Collision Devices, Strymon and more! We also discuss the new Dumble amps that are on the market and more attainable options to get the same sound.

This week we are celebrating 100 episodes of The Bad Guitarist Podcast. To honor Kat's catchphrase of asking for a short episode, this one's gonna be quick! We talk about the latest from Fortin, JHS, Boss, Vox, PRS and more/ We also discuss the Mary Spender interview with Bud Cole and the guys from Anderton's discovering bass overdrives for the first time. Find us on Instagram and Thre...

Ep. 99: This week we dive into the latest gear releases from EHX, MXR, Schecter, Fender, Gibson, Beetronics, Behringer and Synergy. We also discuss the latest news involving the Fender legal situation, Gibson's bizarre creative choices with their line of charity guitars, and the potential fallout between Ed Sheeran and the many brands he partners with. On a serious note, we also talk about THA...

Ep 98: This week we talk about some heavy hitting releases from Walrus Audio, Earthquaker Devices, Positive Grid, Solid Gold Fx and more! We also talk about Andrew's one-sided beef with Jackson Audio and the awesome new color ways from Gibson and Epiphone for the Gibson Garage Miami opening. Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast Find us on TikTok @thebadguitarist

Ep. 97: Three more episodes to go before we hit #100! We've been at this almost 2 years and today's episode is back to our regularly scheduled gear news after Kat was out sick last week. This time around we are talking about some awesome releases including the Keeley Tube Drive, Acorn Amps Piccolo delay and KingTone Guitars Soloist mini. We also discuss some really expensive releases inclu...

Kat is out sick this week, so Andrew tackles the biggest releases of the past week solo and discusses a bizarre find at a local music store.

This week we discuss some of the latest gear releases from Nobels, Summer School Electronics, Death by Audio w/ Rainger FX, Devi Ever FX and more! We also discuss the constant improvements being made at our local Guitar Center store and the best customer service we have ever received on a recent visit. Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast Find us on TikTok @thebadguitaristpodcast...

Ep. 94: This week we discuss the latest releases from MXR, Alexander Pedals, Acorn Amplifiers, OBNE, Jam Pedals and More! We also continue to make fun of clickbait guitar YouTubers with a little clickbait of our own. This episode also features the BIGGEST fight in The Bad Guitarist history!

Ep. 93: This week we discuss the latest guitar gear from Epiphone, Empty Head Effects, Harley Benton, Rainger FX, Keeley electronics and of course the collab between CopperSound Pedals and JHS Pedals. We also discuss the latest hot take from Joe Bonamassa and recall a bizarre encounter at a local music shop.

This week we discuss the latest releases, including the Orange Amplification Baby Terror, Chase Bliss small batch 2026, Third Man Hardware's latest collaboration pedal with 1981 Inventions, MXR Textures and more! We also discuss the ongoing trend of every guitar YouTuber jumping on every single trending topic and flooding the news cycle for weeks at a time. Andrew makes a shocking discovery af...

Ep. 91: This week we discuss the latest guitar gear releases, including pedals from the Keeley Custom Shop, Native Audio, Warm audio in collab with Dirty Boy Pedals, Greer Amps, Catalinbread and so much more! We also discuss the Billie Joe Armstrong Marshall amp and signature Epiphone and ask "what is a ROBUST guitar pedal enclosure?" We also dig in to the potential use of AI by D'Ad...

This week we discuss the latest gear news from Epiphone with the Eric Church hummingbird guitar, new pedals from AC Noises, Strymon's Timeline MX, the Walrus Lum, and the Monger Pedals Clover compressor. EQD has discontinued two pedals and Mr. Glyn's pickups aims to recreate classic EVH tones right from your guitar. And of course we had to discuss the Warm Audio Mystery pedal box.

Ep. 89: This week we dive into a ton of limited releases, reissues and discontinued gear. Starting with the EarthQuaker Devices Bellows Legacy Reissue, all the way to the $6000 Gibson Long Scale Les Paul Custom to the Guild S-300 reissue and Darkglass Anagram GE. Crazy Tube Circuits finally released the long-awaited White Whale Junior and JHS pushed back the release date of the Notadumble V2. Late...

This week we take a look at a YouTube channel that goes by the name "Guitar Gems with Chase". We dive into the suspiciously fast rise in subscribers, views and frequency in which they post. The entire channel appears to be a content-farmed project and based on their comment section, many are falling for it. Join us for our investigation into this fake YouTuber.

This week we discuss the latest pedals from EarthQuaker Devices, Cornerstone, and October Audio. We jump right into the new Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom finish options and then do a deep dive into all the bizarre and poorly timed released from Fender coming out this summer.

Ep. 86: Here we are, folks. Another week of gear releases and news. Everything from the hottest new pedals from Klowra and EHX to new Gibson, PRS and Epiphone guitars, to tales of bankruptcy and one legend of the pedal industry releasing a pedal that the internet is referring to as the "nothing" pedal. Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastHelp us hit 1000 YouTube channel...

This week we discuss the latest gear releases, including the JHS Fumble, Merit Ottobit X, Eventide H9 Gen 2, a ton of new acoustics from Orangewood, and the Epiphone Hummingbird Tribute. And of course, we talk about the new Positive Grid Reactor amps, which are driven by AI modeling and we have some strong opinions. We jump on some user submitted topics, such as a quick rundown of Andrew's cur...

Episode 84: After taking a week off, we are back but unfortunately we are both sick. Speaking of being sick, we have both been feeling burnout in the guitar YouTube space with Fender cease and desist reaction videos dominating this space for the past couple weeks. While it is an important topic, we have nothing to contribute to the conversation that hasn't already been said and we do not wish...

Episode 83:In this episode we discuss the biggest releases of the week, including the Marshall and Dunlop collaborative Jimi Hendrix amp and Fuzz Face pedal, An Ibanez Tube Screamer watch, A Fender Pac-Man guitar, awesome new pedals from Mythos and EarthQuaker Devices, and more! We also discuss the declining quality and rising cost of Fender and Gibson vs. their competitors who manage to keep thin...

In this episode, we recap the week's biggest guitar gear releases and discuss the latest news! Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast Join us every Mon-Fri for the Daily Guitar News and every weekend here on the Bad Guitarist Podcast

This was a huge week for gear releases! We're talking about new guitars, including the Fender MIJ Hybrid II lineup, the Gibson Jake Kiszka SG, this year's Martin Biosphere acoustic, and a Bilt X JHS collaboration Revelator! And of course we have a ton of new pedals from Buzzing Bugs, Enduring Audio, EHX, Beetronics, Daredevil Pedals, Tsakalis, Walrus Audio, Mad Professor, and Strymon!! Phe...

This week we discuss a ton of new releases. The obvious big ones are the new Fender Vintera III and Epiphone Futura lineups, followed by some great pedal drops including the Summer School Electronics Fuzz 101, Matthews Effects Cartographer MkII, a collaboration Fuzz Wah from Morley and DOD, FruitFX's Space Cube, and Diamond reissuing their long-discontinued phaser! We also discuss the latest S...