Episode 107: The Tone Microscope

Episode 107: The Tone Microscope

 

PT gets ready to mods his Epiphone Jr, and Pipes has some soldering tips. 

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/docs/solder.pdf

Pipes is selling his midi controller and focusing on a certain fretted instrument of note. 

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

Pipes presents the news… no wait, he does not. 

Instead Pipes and PT pay tribute to one of the founding fathers of rock and roll:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/arts/music/03diddley.html?ex=1228104000&en=d8a32f77ec74c2e6&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNbodiddley&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=GN-S-E-GG-NA-S-bo_diddley#

An interesting study raises some basic questions about tone, what effects it and what it means to us. 

Middle Song:

Pierre Journal – Bo Diddley Groove

http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=cd54dce1b1739d8ab3dc115aa631eafa

Steve Benford (www.benfordguitars.com) joins Pipes and PT for the next installment in the Guitars Defined series:  Intonation. 

Benford also fills us in on the latest happenings with Guitar For Vets and how we can help. 

http://guitarsforvets.org