ThroBak Guitar Lounge

​AI hacked My Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb Amp! Here's What Fender Was Hiding! Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ 🎃 It's a Halloween Spooktacular on Episode #077 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! Jon is joined by Super Roadie Donnie Milsap, a man with a questionable family connection to Ronnie Milsap! 👻 In The Guitargument, we examine using AI...

AMP VACUUM TUBES R.I.P.! Will Tube Guitar Amps Survive? + A4 vs A2 in a P.A.F. Repro! Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Will tube guitar amps survive beyond 2030? In Episode #075 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon & Matthew debate whether dwindling vacuum tube supplies could spell the end of the tube amp era! Plus, in Pickups of the Week, we compare Lo...

Blues Dentists and Blues Lawyers Are Stealing Our Vintage Guitars?! Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Are guitar collectors ruining the guitar world? In Episode #074 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon and Matthew debate whether wealthy collectors are pricing real players out of vintage guitars, inspired by Jared James Nichols’ comments about “blues dentist...

The Fender Winder That Remembers: Evidence From the Birth of the Electric Guitar Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode #073 uncovers a piece of Fender history! Jon services the historic Fullerton 457 pickup winder purchased at the Jim Irsay auction and reveals evidence of its decades of use. Then hear the new ThroBak T-’52 Telecaster pickups, hand wound on th...

Long A4 vs. Unoriented A5 | Biggest Difference Yet? The Great P.A.F. Magnet Duel Rides On!  Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ The Vintage P.A.F. style Alnico magnet train keeps rolling in Episode 072 when ThroBak compares Long Alnico 4 vs. Long Unoriented Alnico 5 magnets in ThroBak Reference pickups. Hear dueling Heritage H-150 Custom Core guitars and pick your...

Long Unoriented Alnico 5 vs. Long Alnico 2: More Vintage P.A.F. Magnet Madness! Lounge #71 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode #071 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast puts another classic P.A.F. magnet combination to the test! In Pickups of the Week, we compare Long Alnico 2 vs. Unoriented Alnico 5 magnets in matched ThroBak Reference Pickup Sets. How muc...

Long Alnico 3 vs. Short Alnico 2: Which Magnet Wins? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to Episode #070 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week Alnico 3 vs Short Alnico 2 magnets in a P.A.F. style pickup! For the Guitargument Jon and Matthew invite special guest Todd Dhyne to tackle a question that almost every working musician can relate to: Why a...

Short Alnico 5 vs. Short Alnico 2: Which P.A.F. Magnet Reigns Supreme? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode #069 | Short Alnico 2 vs. Short Alnico 5 — Can You Hear the Difference? Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! Episode #069 comes on the heels of a breakout Episode #068. But what brought everyone to the show? Was it the story of Steve Clar...

Are T-Tops the New P.A.F.? The Next Vintage Pickup Boom? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to Episode #068 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week Jon Gundry and Matthew dive into the world of vintage Gibson T-Top humbuckers with Steve Clark's repaired T-Top. We ask whether these once-overlooked pickups are finally stepping out of the shadow...

We Went To The Fretboard Summit: Does NAMM Still Matter? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to Episode #067 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week, Jon Gundry and Matthew are back from Chicago after attending the 2026 Fretboard Summit, an event that brought together guitar builders, gear makers, musicians, collectors and serious guitar enthusiasts...

P.A.F. Repro Reference Pickups Face Off | No. 2 | Long Alnico 5 vs Short Alnico 5 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to Episode #066 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! This week Another P.A.F. magnet  a fascinating vintage Gibson pickup restoration with a Def Leppard connection, another ThroBak Reference P.A.F. magnet comparison, a Lightning Round...

Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ A vintage '65 Gibson ES-330 demo to celebrate the 65th episode of the podcast. The only question is are these the original flatwound strings that are on this guitar. Hear it put through it's paces with clean and dirty tones.  Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! In Episode #065, the first international edi...

P.A.F. Repro Reference Pickups Face Off | No. 1 | Long Alnico 2 vs Long Alnico 5 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome back to the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! In Episode #064, we're excited to launch the first installment of an all-new P.A.F. Magnet Duel series with the debut of the ThroBak Lucky 7's Reference Pickup Set. Two nearly identical Her...

New vs. Used Fender Guitars — Has Fender Forced the Issue? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Is buying a new Fender still the best move, or has the recent controversy surrounding Fender's legal actions made the used market the better choice? In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail tackle that question in a spirited...

One Great Guitar or Five Average Guitars? The Debate Every Guitarist Has What would you rather own: one truly great guitar or five average guitars? It's a question that every guitarist eventually faces, whether you're just starting your collection or have been chasing great tone for decades. In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon and Matthew tackle this classic dilemma...

Irate Guitar Influencers: Is Outrage Good for Guitar? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Is outrage becoming the new currency of Guitar YouTube? In Episode #061 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon and Matthew dive into another fast-paced Guitargument Lightning Round, tackling one of the hottest questions in the guitar community today: "Irate Influencers...

Tone Unleashed! | 1959 Les Paul Junior Through a Marshall — The Meanest Dog in the Yard? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Can a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior with a single original 7.6k Dog Ear P-90 deliver one of the greatest rock guitar tones ever recorded? In Episode #059 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon, Matthew and Paul plug this legendary vintage gu...

The Tube Amp Era Is OVER! | P-90 vs P.A.F. Out-of-Phase Shootout + America's 250th Anniversary. Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Happy Independence Day from all of us at the **ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast!** 🇺🇸 Episode #060 is a special Semiquincentennial Edition celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States, and we're marking th...

Is Authentic Vintage Guitar Tone Only for the Wealthy?  | ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Ep. 056 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In this week's Guitargument, a thoughtful comment from one of our viewers sparks a bigger conversation about vintage guitar tone, authenticity, and affordability. After purchasing a used 2005 Gibson Les Paul Studio for just $800,...

Vintage P90 Legends Face Off: '56 Goldtop vs '57 Les Paul Special Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode #057 the vintage P90 showdown! Jon and Matthew put two incredible vintage instruments head-to-head: a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special with its iconic wraparound bridge and a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop equipped with a Tune-o-matic bridge. B...

**The Forgotten Guitar Tone Everyone's Missing | P.A.F. Pickups Out of Phase** Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Before high-gain amps, pedalboards, and modern guitar rigs, many legendary players discovered a unique secret weapon hidden inside their guitars: the out-of-phase pickup sound. In this episode of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, we explore the d...

Fender vs Influencers – Is Fender Getting Cancelled by the Guitar Community? Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Episode 054 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast steps directly into one of the biggest controversies in the modern guitar world: Fender vs Influencers. After Fender reportedly sent aggressive cease and desist letters to boutique guitar builders over the...

To Clone a P.A.F., Destroy It? | The P.A.F. Paradox Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ How close can a pickup maker really get to cloning a legendary vintage Gibson P.A.F.? In Episode #055 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail tackle one of the biggest questions in the world of vintage guitar tone: can a P.A.F. ever be perfectly reprod...

We Restored a Forgotten Fender Pickup Winder… and Discovered Something HUGE | Ep. 052 Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ Welcome to Episode 052 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast — a very special episode marking one full year of weekly podcasts from ThroBak! 🎉 To celebrate, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail unveil the fully restored Fullerton 457 pickup winder, the...

What happens when a classic Telecaster meets a roaring Marshall amp?  Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/ In Episode 051 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast, Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail dive headfirst into one of the most unexpected tone pairings in electric guitar history. Known for its snap, twang, and cutting clarity, the Telecaster isn’t usually the first cho...