The Cultured Guitarist

We’re back! After taking a break for a few months Kasper & Al sit down to chat about 6 strings, wood, and other ways to spend all of the money you have. Joining them on the endless quest for tone is good friend of the show, Eric Merrow to talk about strange guitar mods, Al’s new website and so much more. Hey, we wouldn’t bring anything but the best (and weirdest) guitar content! Enjoy! https://instagram.com/ericmerrow?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.youtube.com/c/EricMerrow

This week the best looking boys in guitar podcasting visit with someone local to them, the incredible Shea from Woodbine Guitars! Woodbine is a killer boutique custom outfit that does some of the most interesting hybrid axes out there, there’s a lot of influence from Gibson but a lot of straight up surprises await you here. They also run Woodrite Guitars to give folks a chance to get the flavour at a friendly price range while still being show stoppers. Shea is an excellent guy with excellent, fresh ideas on what guitars can be. Enjoy! https://instagram.com/woodbineguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/woodriteguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.woodbineguitars.com

The brief hiatus is over and it’s back talking about our two host’s favourite guitar; the Gibson SG! The boys had the chance thanks to a friend of the show (shoutout to Connor!) to borrow a 1963 SG Junior, so of course they were all over that! And of course that meant another excuse to break out Al & Kasper’s personal SG’s to humble brag about those too. Hey, if ya got it flaunt it, right? There’s some catching up and some strange tales because of course there is, so listen in and enjoy!

Chris Nielubowicz describes himself as Florida Swamp Goblin but he’s also a tone wizard. Wether it’s the searing drive tones of the Silver Birch or the fuzzy goodness of the Rattle Bones he’s got unique sounds on tap. We had a blast talking with him and you’ll have a blast listening so get in there and enjoy our chat with the Swamp Witch! https://www.swampwitchpedals.com/product-page/rattle-bones https://instagram.com/swampwitchpedals?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/almaelaineshoafart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/sunfox_arts?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/joshua352?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Chris Swope has been a lot of things in the guitar industry, an apprentice, a master luthier, a salesman, a corporate management member and now the maker of the most innovative vibrato to hit the vintage leaning guitar market in years. I’m fact the Descendant Vibrato has taken off so much that he rarely makes guitars anymore. Hear the full story and so much more now! https://instagram.com/descendantvibrato?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/swopeguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= http://www.swopeguitars.com

Kasper & Al are joined by one of the coolest builders out there, Sam Evans from Cardinal Instruments. Sam is a very cool luthier hailing from Austen, Texas and since running one custom brand wasn’t enough for his side gig he loves a double life under the banner Old Redbird Guitars. It’s a blast of a chat and we can’t recommend it enough! Listen in! https://instagram.com/oldredbirdguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://oldredbirdguitars.com/ https://cardinalinstruments.com

We’re hopping back across the pond this week to chat with a luthier who’s account is one of our favourites to follow on Instagram, Maybury Guitars. Jason Snelling makes gorgeous and vivid guitars from his workshop/home in England and loves to experiment with colors, patina and even comic books. It makes sense when you listen in, so get listening! https://instagram.com/mayburyguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.mayburyguitars.co.uk/

This week the boys are visited form their old pal Scott Strange from Templo Devices. Scott makes a little of everything from effects pedals to guitars but what he’s really building his temple on is solutions. He’s building a premiere battery powered professional level amplifier that can runs for hours upon hours, as well as power your pedalboard. Add to that his clever Splyce pedal which is a mixer/boost/solution device and you’ve got a unique approach to an often tired guitar products market, plus he’s a funny as heck dude! Enjoy! https://instagram.com/templodevices?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.templodevices.com/

This week we get a visit from afar thanks to the absolutely delightful Glyn from Mr Glyn’s Pickups. He joins the boys from all the soy over in New Zealand to talk about pickups, wether a strat is a great guitar or a terrible one and so, so much more. It’s a ton of fun and we loved every minute of it. Enjoy! https://instagram.com/mrglynspickups?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instabio.cc/3101822kThG8W

Our final episode of the Victoria Guitar Show Recap Series see the boys chatting it up with Caleb Pennington from Wood to Works, a rad Canadian woodworking and luthiery supply brand that is a one stop shop for anything you might need to build guitars. And we had to have a sit down with the founders of the VGS, Trevor of Vigilant Guitars and Reuben of Joi Guitars, to talk about the crazy day and reveal one last surprise. Enjoy! https://instagram.com/woodtoworks?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.woodtoworks.com/ https://instagram.com/vigilantguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.vigilantguitars.com https://instagram.com/joiguitars?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.joiguitars.com There we go!