The Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Emily Vardaman Walters

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily gets a primer on the career of The String King, Dean Farley of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  More on Dean from https://pyramid-saiten.de/de/direct/ "Dean Farley began his journey with guitar strings during the summer of 1970 at age 16. Little did he know at the time that this period would radically change his life’s direction....

Send us Fan Mail The Lipstick Pickup Podcast calls former New Yorker Stu Snyder to discuss his migration to Tokyo, collectable guitar strings and his late friend session guitarist Vinnie Bell. The dialogue highlights the importance of recognizing lesser-known figures in the music industry and their impact on popular culture. In this segment, the conversation delves into the history and significanc...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Nashville's Matthew Paige returns to talk to Emily about strings, threads, and what it means to be "Tailor-Made" in Nashville. Matthew imagines some Americana possibilities on a Jerry Jones Baby Sitar and discusses the recording of his new acoustic folk EP with Stager Microphones.  More on Matthew Paige and his upcomin...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast returns to its humble origins with a flashback to a conversation from December 2023 between Emily and Bay Area guitarist (and her first "Sympathetic String") James DePrato. A longtime Bay Area resident and member of Chuck Prophet's Mission Express, James stays busy as an in-demand session player in addition to  gear develo...

Send us Fan Mail Nashville guitarist and Lipstick Pickup Podcast Tone Ambassador Matthew Paige returns to spend Silvertone Sunday with Emily preaching the gospel of the legendary amp-in-case and his early days in Nashville. Emily and Matthew explore the unique features of these guitars, their durability, affordability, and how they have shaped Matthew's performances. They also touch on the ch...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily mixes business with pleasure with a Saturday night hang with Guitar Center staffer and musician Sean Dunoon. Emily and Sean discuss the history of Guitar Center, the business of buying and selling instruments, and the thrill of your first double-neck guitar acquisition. Once they wrap up their sales pitch, Sean gives Emily seve...

Send us Fan Mail Emily telephones Matthew Paige in Nashville for a TONAL review of his vintage Danelectro amp, Chuck Prophet's '64 shorthorn, and The City Of Nashville Police Department.  Teaser: Matthew tried to fight the law with an amplifer and the law won...

Send us Fan Mail Emily telephones Rick Taylor of Silvertone to discuss the Roots of Rock and how they are modernizing the brand with new and re-designed products. If you like thoughtfully-made, affordably-priced instruments, the future is bright! More from www.silvertoneguitars.com "As early as 1905, Sears, Roebuck & Company was selling musical instruments – mainly ukuleles – built by the...

Send us Fan Mail Emily calls Matthew Caws in Cambridge, England to congratulate him on the success of Nada Surf's Moon Mirror and talk gear!   From www.nadasurf.com “Moon Mirror,” the band’s new album, and first for New West Records, is out today. You can also watch the new video for “Second Skin” directed by Spencer Gentz. Rolling Stone said “Moon Mirror is one of their best…” calling it “Na...

Send us Fan Mail Emily calls Jake Rynearson at Rio Grande Pickups to learn about the their new "Wide Boy" lipsticks for Silvertone and get's a TEXAS-sized portion of Houston guitar tone history. More from www.riograndepickups.com:  "Rio Grande Pickups was founded by two legendary characters of Lone Star history, David Wintz and Bart Wittrock.  In 1972 they opened one of the Sou...

Send us Fan Mail Emily bonds over TONE, Pete Townshend and Andy Summers in this fun-filled chirping bird session with singer-songwriter and home recording enthusiast Britta Pejic. https://www.youtube.com/@Riffindots https://brittapejic.bandcamp.com/ https://riffindots.com/home "Britta Pejic decided it was time for a metamorphic journey of nomenclature. With a twinkle in her eye and a dash of...

Send us Fan Mail It's not easy becoming a legend in NYC but Brooklyn-born Rob Mastrianni has managed to do it as both a Park Ranger and a Guitarist. Birdwatching and music all come together with insightful talk about ecological SUSTAINability and Rob's history with Masonite guitars with Lipstick Pickups. More on Rob: https://robmastrianni.hearnow.com/airwaves    • Nearly extinct in NYC,...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, I ask Nashville-based Blues guitarist Patrick Sweany to talk to me about the guitar stylings of Bukka White and we hope it RESONATES with music history lovers. From www.patricksweany.com Whether it's the ones he records on his albums, the ones he lays down with his band on the stage, or the ones that define his days writing song...

Send us Fan Mail Austin's David Grissom has worked with some of the greatest names in contemporary music, and Emily gets to talk to him about his formative years with Joe Ely and guitar manufacturer Paul Reed Smith.  Also discussed are his selection of guitars with Lipstick Pickups including a double-neck that was custom made by luthier Jerry Jones. https://www.facebook.com/davidgrissommusicp...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Lipstick Pickup Podcast, Emily And Matthew Paige get historic with a recording made on the morning of the 2024 Presidential Election. If you want to know our results, you have to turn the news on and watch it. MORE ON MATTHEW AND HIS BAND DeeOhGee: https://deeohgee.org #freedom #danarmstrong #ampeg #keithrichards #matthewpaige #deeohgee #therollingstones #na...

Send us Fan Mail Nashville's Wade Cofer is a multi-instrumentalist and luthier who talked to The Lipstick Pickup Podcast back in June and the episode SUSTAINS... More on Wade his Tone Authority can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/wadecofer/ https://reverb.com/item/67487571-cofer-fender-telecaster-deluxe-2018-black

Send us Fan Mail It's January 20th, 2025 and we're dropping the mic and the ball on a new and improved Lipstick Pickup Podcast with Nashville's Ray Duncan. She's a committed Danelectro Tone Ambassador with a brand new single called Used To It and Emily get's to help her "swear it in" on Inauguration Day. Enjoy...Lipstick Pickup Citizens of The World! More on Ray...

Send us Fan Mail The New Lipstick Pickup Podcast gets off to a bang with a pilot episode with guitarist/creator Michael Weber Jr. It's an episode that's packed with action and all the guitars that he used on our snappy new intro. Enjoy, Lipstick Pickup Fans! More on Michael Weber Jr from www.themichaelwebershow.com: The Michael Weber Show is an explosive rock group fronted by guitar phen...