Gearbuds
Henry and Dave are Gearbuds who use gear as a gateway into discussions of our messy musical journeys. Let's be buds!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Ep. 27 - Balthazar de Ley from Balthazar Audio Systems
SO STOKED we got to hang out with Balthazar who took us to Tone School on all things Balthazar Amps.
We also touched on: French rock, Harmonic Percolators, Systek, Catalinbread, Phonocut and the art…
01:45:16 |
Mon 11 Nov 2019
Ep. 26 - Putting Lipstick (Pickups) on a Pig
Ever wanted to learn where the bone comes from in a bone nut?
The hunks talk: Gear overkill for a podcast, setting up Dave’s 80s Paisley Strat, D’addario strings, glass on a chalkboard, updating the…
01:04:55 |
Mon 04 Nov 2019
Ep. 25 - Cadien Lake James from Twin Peaks
In our quarter century ‘sode, we sit down with Cadien to talk fuzz pedals, the Jext Telez Dizzy Tone, jamming with Eddie Vedder, Heartworn Highway and other docs, tracking the new Twin Peaks record L…
01:15:24 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
Ep. 24 - Joe Darnaby - FOH Engineer & Guitarist Extraordinaire
Discussed: tips for getting into live sound, cover bands vs. tribute bands, altogether too much about Pearl Jam, Chicago Bears meatballin’, feeler posts, ef the Chili Peppers, & Pigface on tour
Furth…
01:18:46 |
Mon 21 Oct 2019
Ep. 23 - The Gearhunks Get Back to Hunkin’ Gear
In this duo cast, GH talks: NAMMin all over Anaheim, intentional vaguery, a free gift from Access Analog, getting upset over the lawsuit-era price bubble, bolt-on Les Pauls, RIP Ginger Baker, the Met…
01:08:00 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Ep. 22 - Johnny Wator from Daredevil Pedals & Quentin Poynter from qmpAudio
We hang out with the pedal builders/studio owners/singer-guitarists and discuss: their bands The Evictions & Wizzo, Fender wasn’t the first electric bass, Paul Tutmarc, the Stromberg Electro, bad adv…
01:36:55 |
Mon 07 Oct 2019
Episode 21 - Matt Skowronski - Pro Audio Engineer, Semipro Luthier, & Amateur Stingray
Talks: Cleaning microphones, JamHub, Sconi smack talk, old flats, Gibson and Breedlove headstock breaks, Titebond, The Who as punkles, Abbey Road, Star Wars nerdery, phallic sound holes, and looping …
01:27:00 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Episode 20 - Zac Livingston, Luthier from Lakland Instruments and Bassist from Minsk
Chats: the Lakland Sassmaster, rescuing beautiful pieces of wood, Kramer aluminum necks, padauk sawdust looks like blood, the Dimarzio Super Distortion, we dig art, Custom Shop vs. Expensive Shop, ge…
01:32:07 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Episode 19 - Analog Philosophy in a Digital World with Britt Jones
Discussed: tape machines vs. plugins, the importance of chaos, CLASP, Electrical Audio seminar with Steve Albini and Greg Norman, continental breakfast, Billy Corgan as the alternative 90s Ted Nugent…
01:13:10 |
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Episode 18 - We're Legal! with Bryan Kveton from Sunjacket
Episode 18; we’re legal! Everybody vape! Bryan Kveton!
Talks: laundry, Superbowl XX champion Chicago Bears, quilting, Steven Dorff (effing Blade bro), Empress Zoia, modular synths, Sunjacket, record…
01:22:36 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
Episode 17 - Labor Day is for Lovers
Discussed: @ShelbyPollard hangs, nicknames for the Knopf, @badbeet not giving a flip about semiquavers, hittin’ 2 hundees on IG, going #hackintosh, the existential nature of gear, #tours vs. jaunts, …
01:09:56 |
Mon 02 Sep 2019
Episode 16 - Part 2 - Jazzmaster of Puppets Shelby Pollard
Discussed: guitars new and old, moist and scatterwound pickups, Fender Chicago Special guitars at CME, inductance vs. impedance, hating/loving on Strats, Shelby’s gear story, and the history of self-…
00:49:58 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Episode 16 - Part 1 - Hanging with Jazzmastermaster Shelby Pollard from Chicago Music Exchange
In Part 1 of a special 2-part episode 16, the Gearhunks have a rambling conversation with Jazzmastermaster Shelby Pollard from Chicago Music Exchange.
They discuss the hunky journey of gear, bird shi…
00:49:58 |
Mon 26 Aug 2019
Episode 15 - Kirk Hamlet, Pot Talk, Honorable Mentions, & Techniques for Singing While Playing
In this half'a milestone episode 15, the Gearhunks talk about Lollygagger FX, Boutique Wahs, AMT, Sim1, Husker Du, Potentiometers, Some Kind of Monster, Honorable Mentions, Ritchie Fliegler, Metallic…
00:49:24 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Episode 14b - Dan's New (Old) Guitar, Beginner Soldering Tips, & TurboWolfHawk
In part 2 of Episode 14, the Gearhunks talk through Hank helping out our friend Dan with his new guitar build, old amps, Reverb news, Bone Tone, Gear Hunk knuckle tats, some soldering tips, and which…
00:35:42 |
Wed 14 Aug 2019
Episode 14a - Memphis Basses, Harmonic Percolators, and Petting Goats with Steve Albini
In this special two-part episode, the Hunks talk about 70s Memphis Basses, Interfax Harmonic Percolators, impulse responses, rowing boats with Fender oars, and petting goats with Hank's hero Steve Al…
00:50:54 |
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Episode 13 - Jazzy Dad-Tops & Insane Sustain
In unlucky episode 13 the hunks talk through the most recent Gibson controversies, Echopark guitars, a boutique handmade mystery of an Aztec bass, Warm Audio gear, and Dave Dreaming in Dave Docs.
00:59:01 |
Mon 05 Aug 2019
Episode 12b - Summer Namm 2019 Bonus Mini Episode featuring Fender, Noatronic, Gyrock, and Gizmotron
Bonus episode! The hunks plus Paul talk favorite finds from Summer Namm 2019, including Gyrock, Wild Customs, jacuzzi routes, Ciari, smuggling cocaine, Noatronic, Gizmotron, and Fender Smolder acous…
00:17:47 |
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Episode 12 - 1956 Silvertone 1377, Drug Barf, & a Guest Named Paul
The hunks have guest hunk Paul join the crew, talking about his many vintage guitars, problematic Pantera, and trying to put one over on all-around douche Ryan Adams.
00:59:27 |
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Episode 11b - Testing if Brad will Notice His Name in the Title of the Episode
The hunks and Hembree boys finish their talk around drums, pedalboards, when you have to file the wavefile, and a bottle of mezcal and a knife.
00:48:19 |
Wed 24 Jul 2019
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