The Bad Guitarist

In this week's episode we cover the release of several new pedals under $200, including the CopperSound Pedals Ion Fuzz, the limited edition JHS Overdrive Preamp, Oneder Effects' Burn Pile and the Catalinbread CB Paint! We also cover the release of Ibanez' new semi-hollow Artcore Baritone and the Fender John Osbourne Signature Telecaster!
News stories from this episode include the Fender Lawsuit in Germany, Behringer's parent company suing Boss over alleged use of their Polytune tuner in the GT and GX series pedals. And of course, we had to cover the recent auction of the Jim Irsay guitar collection.

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This week we talk about the latest from EarthQuaker Devices, Eastwood Guitars, IK Multimedia, Laney amps, and the 30th Anniversary Fender Hot Rod Deluxe! We also talk about the upcoming limited release from Summer School Electronics and how we missed the drop last year. Maybe this is our year?
Our topic this week is "What makes a fair trade?"
Special thanks to Justus over at FuzzImp FX for helping us out with information on the Gibson Memphis ES-339 Studio as part of our topic.
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This week we discuss the latest and weirdest effects from Dazatronyx, JHS, Red Witch, and Alexander Pedals! We also discuss the 50th anniversary editions of the Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray bass, the Browne Alkene release, new Gretsch models and the limited edition Orangewood Guitars Del Sol!Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastHelp us hit 1000 YouTube subs and we will host a giveaway!

This week we discuss new releases from Wampler with the Golden Jubilee, EHX put out a bass version of the Big Muff 2, Coffee Shop Pedals dropped the Cold Brew Chorus/Vibrato, OC Pedal Co. dips their toes into reverb, and Behringer did what they do best, clone other people's designs. Eastwood Guitars teamed up with Michael Weber to release a 35 fret "baritone guitarlin". Gibson released (and sold out of) a limited edition Gary Clark Jr. ES-355, and both Jackson and Charvel announced new models for 2026. Benson also released the Redland amplifier!Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcast

This week was a slow one for gear releases, but we highlighted our favorite three of the week. Sunn released the Beta Mini Head, Jordan Wav teamed up with FruitFX to make a production model of his infamous Frog Pedal and Hungry Robot released an updated version of the Moby Dick delay! Our topic today comes from a Facebook group post in which a user pointed out yet another price increase on Squier instruments. This comes right after Fender just dropped the price of the Vintera II series and before the release of this year's Fender and Squier lineups. We discuss the market of affordable guitars in whole and compare the business strategy of Squier vs. Epiphone and speculate perhaps Squier is headed toward a full pricing spectrum of everything from low end, low price guitars all the way up to premium quality instruments that may soon cost over $1000?Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastHelp us get to 1000 YouTube channel subscribers and we will host an awesome giveaway. Maybe we should give away a Squier before prices go up again?