Ep. 63: JHS x Third Man Hardware Troika, Early Black Friday Deals, Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar
This week we are talking about some of the early Black Friday deals coming out, as well as new releases from Fender, Gibson, Marshall and more! JHS and Third Man Hardware have teamed up to release the Troika Delay, Benson Amps finally released their take on the 424 preamp, and Vox introduced the Micro Superbeetle!Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast
This week we are discussing the 2025 edition Blacked Out releases from Reverb in collaboration with Walrus Audio, Earthquaker Devices, Daredevil Pedals, Way Huge, and Death By Audio. We also talk about the all-in-one DFX-1 drum effects unit from Walrus, Heather Brown Electronicals dropped the Darlene Compression, TWA partnered with the creator of the Tube Screamer for a fresh take on a classic, and IK Multimedia has entered the headphone amp modeling game with the Tonex Plug. Other gear releases include Ernie Ball rechargeable batteries and La Bella putting out a new set of Ella Feingold signature inverted strings.Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast Help us get to 1000 Subscribers on YouTube so we can host a giveaway!
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Ep. 61: ANOTHER Behringer Clone, Gibson & Epiphone Oasis Signature Guitars, ONE CENT Pickups?!?
This week we are discussing the latest Behringer Moog clone, signature Oasis models from Epiphone and Gibson, and a Kirk Hammett signature acoustic guitar. PRS released 50 and 100 watt models of an amp that promises to deliver the best features of Fender, Marshall and Dumble style amps all in one package, LPD dropped the latest competitor in the dual overdrive world, and Positive Grid simplified the headphone amp by putting their Spark technology directly in the headphones themselves. Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast
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Ep. 60: Testing Kat's Gear Knowledge, Gibson Back To The Future Guitar, Keeley OAXA!
After over a year of doing this podcast, it is time to test Kat's knowledge of guitar gear and ability to identify different brands and models of guitars, pedals, amps and well known guitarists and influencers! From Fender to Gibson, Phillip McKnight to John Mayer, join us for some quick trivia before jumping into this week's gear news. We are talking about the Gibson and Epiphone Back to the Future ES-345 guitars, another batch of Fender Hello Kitty Stratocasters, and some awesome new pedals including the Diamond Memory Lane, Keeley Oaxa, OBNE Sunlight and more!
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Ep. 59: Coffee Shop Pedals Portafilter, Kinotone Ghosts, Fender American Professional Classic Series
This week we are talking about a lot of big releases! From Fender launching the American Professional Classic lineup to Gretsch releasing a new set of four super affordable models, to new and innovative pedals from Kinotone with the Ghosts pedal and Coffee Shop pedals with a brand new take on the dual overdrive genre. This week also saw the launch of new mini pedals from Wampler with the Ego 76 Mini, two pedals from Catalinbread and Earthquaker's second mini release with the Hizumitas Jr. available only at the merch booth on the upcoming Boris tour. After much hype last week, Strymon announced the Olivera oil can delay and JHS put out two limited colorways of the Notaklon.
Married couple Andrew and Kat break down all the latest and greatest guitar, pedal and amp releases. The catch? Kat is new to the gear world and will try to convince Andrew not to buy more equipment while he teaches her about the community and convince her why they NEED to buy more!