Episodes
Hello dear listener, In the wake of the arrival of the new Tom Delonge signature Starcaster from Fender, I hooked up with Tom from House 95 Guitars (a guitar builder who exclusively builds copies of the instruments Blink 182 have played throughout the years) to discuss all things Starcaster, Tom Delonge, and custom shop! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 05/02/24
Published 05/02/24
Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are taking a look at this gorgeous new Reverend Double Agent that we're going to be giving away to one lucky listener in the coming weeks. We're also revisiting the BOSS ME-90B, and Matt Knight's success participating in a Guitar Gear Giveaway! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 05/01/24
Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are discussing the small slew of new bass products released by none other than the wonderful BOSS!!! We'll be deep diving with a live demo of the ME-90B, which is ABSOLUTELY my gear of the year for 2024 so far! Don't forget to enter our competition to giveaway the listener designed Vintage Pro Shop Guitar! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 04/24/24
Hello dear listener, Welcome back to another episode of Guitar Nerds. This week, Matt and I are talking all about the new Grez Bass VI that I recently acquired, and Matt's new Eventide H90! We'll also be reviewing your entires into the Vintage Guitars Pro Shop Giveaway, and demoing the wonderful giveaway guitar!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 04/17/24
Hello dear listener, This week I'm joined by Matt Knight, and we're going to tell you about how you can win the listener built Vintage Pro Shop guitar! Look out for the competition post on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Patreon. We're also talking about Matt's new gear acquisition... that he didn't even tell me about, and answering some questions from the Guitar Nerds Facebook Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 04/10/24
Hello dear listener, This week, I'm joined by the one and only Phillip Carter from The 40 Watt Podcast! We'll be chatting all about the Nashville Guitar Show and all the brilliant vintage instruments that Phillip saw there. We'll also be taking a look at the new KMA Machines ENDGAME - a stereo Doubler with an awful lot of cool features packed in under the hood! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 04/03/24
Hello dear listener, This week, I'm joined by Matt Knight AND JD Short for some Guitar Show recapping! Plus, we're discussing Matt's new Chapman, JD's new BOSS pedalboard, and why the GT-1000 is an extremely good modelling solution! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/27/24
Hello dearest of listeners,  This week on Guitar Nerds, I'm joined by The Tone Mob's, Blake Wyland. We'll be discussing a handful of the wonderful pedals that I've been checking out at this year's Stompbox Deli in London. We're also delving deep on two pedals in particular; firstly, the Meris Mercury X, which Blake has been a huge fan of since its release, but I didn't realise just how good it really is until this week. Secondly, we're having another look at the Great eastern FX Co. XO...
Published 03/20/24
Hello dear listener,  This week on the podcast, JD and I are running down all his best bits from this year's Birmingham Guitar Show! We'll be discussing Fredric Effects, Thorpy FX, Ritual Devices, and a new, currently unreleased wonderbox from Great Eastern FX Co. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/13/24
Hello dear listener,  Welcome to another episode of Guitar Nerds! This week, Matt and I are recounting our escapades from this year's The Guitar Show in Birmingham, UK!  We had an amazing time, the show was packed, and there was so much great gear! We're splitting this one into a two parter with the conclusion on next week's episode with JD Short. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/06/24
Hello dear listener,  This week, Matt and I are discussing the art of downsizing one's guitar rig/collection to the essentials! We'll be reviewing the Guitar Nerds Group Facebook Poll to see what ONE guitar you would keep over everything else, and we'll be discussing how Matt can downsize his pedalboard to a selection of essential tones! (On a side note; apologies for any sync issues between Matt's audio and my own this week. We were trialling a new platform that was so bad we had to abandon...
Published 02/28/24
Hello dear listener,  This week, Matt Knight is back from his fortnight long hiatus, and we're talking all about our favourite little effects pedal builders and all the wonderful gear that they make!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 02/21/24
Hello dear listener,  Welcome to this week's episode of the Guitar Nerds Podcast! This week, I'm joined by 40 Watt Podcast's Phillip Carter, marking his return to the podcast for 2024!  We'll be discussing his favourite amplifiers from The NAMM Show 2024, as well as my recent hunt for a cool new pedalboard. Our Sound Sample for this week is the Diamond Pedals Tremolo and Bass Compressor, and I think they sound extremely lovely!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 02/14/24
Hello dear listener,  This week on Guitar Nerds, I'm joined by JD Short! We'll be discussing all our favourite clones and copies, from Tube Screamers, to Mutron Octavers! Inspired by the release of the new Behringer Eurorack Reverb unit, we're taking a look at all their cool copies, as well as Warm Audio's range of awesome clones, and a little audio demo from the Earthquaker Devices BLUMES! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 02/07/24
Hello dear listener,  This week, on Guitar Nerds, Matt and I are taking another look at this year's NAMM Show releases!  We'll be discussing the new Game Changer Audio Mod pedal series, the Dave Grohl Epiphone, Rabea's new Music Man, and the rather random slew of Jack White pedals.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 01/31/24
Hello dear listener,  Welcome back to another episode of The Guitar Nerds Podcast! This week, Matt and I are discussing all the big announcements ahead of this year's NAMM Show. We'll be talking about all the new Fender and Squier releases, the big news around Gibson's first amplifier range since the 1960's, and PRS' new tuner buttons... I know, that last one sounds well boring, and it is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 01/24/24
Hello dear listener and welcome back!  It''s Season 5 of The Guitar Nerds Podcast, and Matt and I are kicking things off this week with a little look back at 2023, and the gear that we loved most. We'll take another look at our GOTY picks now that the dust has settled, and work out whether we made the right choices.  We'll be looking at the gear you've bought over Christmas (if you've shared it with us on The Guitar Nerds Group on Facebook), and we'll take a look at some of the hottest new...
Published 01/17/24
Hello and welcome to another year (the 10th year) of Gear of the Year Podcasts! This year, Guitar Nerds have teamed up with Blake Wyland from The Tone Mob Podcast, and Phillip Carter from 40 Watt Podcast! Together, we will be debating 4 categories: Best Guitar, Best Effects Pedal, Best Amplifier/Modeller, and Best Overall Guitar Product of 2023. We’ll also be discussing the Listeners' Choice awards for each category as voted for on the Guitar Nerds Patreon and Facebook Group. We have a...
Published 12/23/23
Hello and welcome to another year (the 10th year) of Gear of the Year Podcasts! This year, Guitar Nerds have teamed up with Blake Wyland from The Tone Mob Podcast, and Phillip Carter from 40 Watt Podcast! Together, we will be debating 4 categories: Best Guitar, Best Effects Pedal, Best Amplifier/Modeller, and Best Overall Guitar Product of 2023. We’ll also be discussing the Listeners' Choice awards for each category as voted for on the Guitar Nerds Patreon and Facebook Group. We have a...
Published 12/22/23
Hello and welcome to another year (the 10th year) of Gear of the Year Podcasts! This year, Guitar Nerds have teamed up with Blake Wyland from The Tone Mob Podcast, and Phillip Carter from 40 Watt Podcast! Together, we will be debating 4 categories: Best Guitar, Best Effects Pedal, Best Amplifier/Modeller, and Best Overall Guitar Product of 2023. We’ll also be discussing the Listeners' Choice awards for each category as voted for on the Guitar Nerds Patreon and Facebook Group. We have a...
Published 12/21/23
Hello and welcome to another year (the 10th year) of Gear of the Year Podcasts!  This year, Guitar Nerds have teamed up with Blake Wyland from The Tone Mob Podcast, and Phillip Carter from 40 Watt Podcast!  Together, we will be debating 4 categories: Best Guitar, Best Effects Pedal, Best Amplifier/Modeller, and Best Overall Guitar Product of 2023.  We’ll also be discussing the Listeners' Choice awards for each category as voted for on the Guitar Nerds Patreon and Facebook Group.  We have a...
Published 12/20/23
Hello dearest of dear listeners!  Apologies for the late release of this week's episode, but we're finally here!  This is the season finale of Season 4 of The Guitar Nerds Podcast, and Matt and I are going to top off the year by discussing all the Reverb.com best sellers of 2023! From the incredibly popular Strymon Cloudburst, to the Fender killing PRS SE Silver Sky! We'll also be discussing the Lewitt LCT-440 Pure VIDA microphone, which I personally believe to be the best microphone for the...
Published 12/14/23
Hello dear wonderful listeners!  Welcome back to another episode of the Guitar Nerds Podcast! This week, JD and I are talking all about the perfect stocking fillers for guitarists... ...we'll be covering Music Nomad Guitar Maintenance Kits, Honey Picks, String Joy Strings, Openhagen Guitar Hangers, G7th Capos, and Peterson Clip-on Tuners! Plus, a whole bunch more in this week's Patreon Episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/06/23
Hello dear listener,  This week, Matt and I are putting the final touches on our LISTENER BUILT  Vintage Guitars Pro-Shop Custom build! You've chosen all the features so far, and frankly, you've made a right Homer of the whole thing! So, for this final episode Matt and I are taking back control!  We'll be deciding on all the finer points, such as matching headstock, relic'ing, plate, controls, bridge, hardware etc. Matt and I will also be discussing the lates HELIX update, and all the...
Published 11/29/23