Budget-Friendly Alternatives to Vintage Gear

Описание: Episode 104: Budget-Friendly Alternatives to Vintage Gear

Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams!

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//HOSTS//
Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio)
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Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio)
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Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects)
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//TABLE OF CONTENTS//
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Introducing today's topic
02:01 - Where does Brain stand on modern vs. vintage gear
04:21 - Grant's take on modern vs vintage gear
06:50 - Mason's stance on modern vs vintage gear
08:52 - How Mason bought his Klon
09:47 - What defines a reissue pedal?
11:28 - What problems do a reissue pedal fix?
14:08 - The problem sometimes with reissue pedals
15:43 - Grant's opinion on reissue pedals regarding ‘chips’
16:50 - New will always be better in terms of components and noise floor
18:29 - What does SMT mean?
20:35 - Is hardwired better?
22:10 - Blindfold test is the best way to distinguish pedals
24:02 - Bill Finnegan comparing KTR vs OG Klon
26:47 - How sun affects fuzz pedals
28:00 - How were these pedals used back in the day by our heroes?
28:47 - Brain on vintage vs modern
29:27 - Its all about how you use the gear
29:59 - Don't compare modern pedals and vintage pedal with all knobs at noon
31:17 - You should start with knobs at noon then tweak from there
31:46 - Creative reissue takes vs the original vintage design
35:42- Quick barbecue sidetrack
40:09 - Let's shift to vintage vs modern guitars. Fender/Gibson original vs reissue.
48:03 - Brands like Anderson and Suhr making modern version of classic instruments
49:00 - Grant on Suhr guitars
49:21- Murphy Lab Gibson vs standard custom shop
51:01 - The risk with vintage instruments
52:20 - Brian on vintage instruments
53:42- How important is originality on vintage instruments ?
1:00:24 - Lets talk vintage amps... Fender, Marshall, Vox
1:07:35 - Buying a vintage amp is much more approachable vs buying a vintage guitar
1:09:58 - Brian on vintage amps
1:14:00 - If you use vintage amps live, bring a backup amp
1:15:16 - PCB Board amps vs hardwired amps
1:18:32 - You can easily get a vintage fender amp
1:21:25- Grant's final thoughts
1:21:54 - Brian's final thoughts
1:22:31 - Mason closes out todays episode

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