Episode 2
Nothing Matters
March 14th, 2022
51 mins 35 secs
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About this Episode
2 cats, 3 dogs, 5 children, and 13 guitars.
Brian and Kalimar are old elementary school buddies who have come back to start Grade 43. Listen in on what they are learning about guitar gear, practice habits, and family life. In today's episode Brian and Kalimar get into a discussion on "Dark" tone, strings (again), and there's a new ax on the horizon for someone.
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Kalimar's dark tone
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Brian's Dark tone
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Episode Links
- On Trajectory Financial Planning — Thanks to On Trajectory for being our sponsor! Figure out how much ramen you have to eat so you can afford your next guitar. All kidding aside, On trajectory is an easy to use, high fidelity financial planning tool that maps your income, investments and expenses in a friendly graphical display. OT captures dozens of data points so that you understand how your decisions affect your finances - now, two months from now, when your kid starts applying to college in another decade or so?
- GFS "Metal Foil" Dual Coil Ferrite Humbucker Shell, Chrome-G — Kalimar outfitted his Ibanez Gio with Guitar Fetish Kwik Plugs and used these metal foil pick upsto record the dark tone.
- HX Stomp — An amazing amp and effect modeler. The center of Kalimar's rig.
- PRS Custom 24 — Brian's main axe, the Custom 24 08 has S2 Custom 24-08's upgraded 85/15 "S" humbuckers, made even more versatile with a pair of mini toggles for independent coil-splitting at the flick of a switch.
- Ibanez GAX75 mid-2000s — Kalimar's budget guitar used for learning about modding. Don't tell anyone but it's an outstanding guitar. The neck is silky smooth.
- Blessed Mother Drive — Brian's main dirt pedal. The Blessed Mother™ V2 births a classic OD sound with power from the Most High. Her supernatural combination of germanium and silicon diodes generates a uniquely raw, yet velvety tone. She features an adjustable transparency function: The Immaculator. This lets you preserve or purify the sound's original grit to your liking. The Mother is a splendid first stage OD or clean boost.
- Phill Mcknight - Know Your Gear — Amazing YouTube Channel for understanding guitar gear.
- Darrell Braun Guitar You Tube Channel — Great gear reviews and tips
- Kalimar's Dark Tone — Cinema-Inspired dark tone created using the HX Stomp and the Ibanez GIO with Metal Foils.
- Spurious Correlations — Hilarious website that allows you to create random correlations
- Postive Grid Bias FX 2 — Brian uses Bias FX when he wants to produce guitar sounds directly in a digital audio workstation (DAW).
- Jack Ruch TrueFire Course — Jack Ruch is an amazing teacher with such a soulful smooth sound. We highly recommend his course on TrueFire
- D'Addario .008-.038 Extra Super Light — These are great - and supposedly BB King played 8s. Don't you want to sound like BB?
- How Do Guitar Pickups Work? — Interesting article on how guitar pickups work.
- Japanese Theremin Orchestra — The orchestra is attempting to break the record for the most theremins played together