Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl

Ty Tabor, lead guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of King's X, joined the Gear Gab Podcast to discuss his youth in a family Bluegrass band, pre-King's X, guitars, amps and pedals through his music career.

Jonathan Spangler, founder and CEO of Ciari Guitars, joins Eric Dahl on the Gear Gab Podcast to share his guitar journey, from the musical inspiration of his father to developing innovative guitar prototypes. Discover how advice from renowned guitar expert Joe Glaser helped shape his vision, what it's like seeing A-list artists embrace Ciari Guitars around the world, and the story behind the Ciari name!

Ruvane, owner of The Original Coin Guitar Pick, joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss his own musical journey as a singer/songwriter, the launch of his guitar pick company, how he makes them and the most valuable guitar pick made!

Award winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny Hiland talks about his first instruments and childhood bands, making it in Nashville, TN, Fender and PRS endorsements and his Kiesel guitar endorsement and signature guitar pedals.

Ola Strandberg, founder and CEO of Strandberg Guitars, discusses his musical and guitar creation journey from the beginning through today. The next evolution of headless guitars with a unigue neck and ergnomic body where all of the creative details work in sync for the best Strandberg guitar playing experience.

Al Pitrelli, the Music Director and Lead guitarist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 1995. Discusses his early guitar teachers, playing with Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Asia, Celine Dione, Michael Bolton, Blue Oyster Cult, Dee Snider and Savatage!

Darwin Crabtree, owner & builder at Darwin Audio, joined the Gear Gab Podcast to talk the criteria for the tin cans he uses, finding the right cans to convert to microphones and the wrong ones, why aluminum cans don't work and his most popular and new microphones he is now offering!

Dick Boak, luthier, illustrator, woodworker and Martin Guitar staffer from 1976 to 2018 joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss his earlier career, how Martin signature models started and "The Hateful Eight" guitar incident.

Jim DeCola, Master Luthier at Gibson Guitars joined the Gear Gab Podcast with Eric Dahl to discuss his history of being a musician and skateboarder.  And how this led to him working at his local music store and going on to work with Peavey, Kahler, Fender and now Gibson. Plus, the A-list guitarists that DeCola worked directly with including Eddie Van Halen, Adrian Vandenberg, Randy Rhodes, Rudy Sarzo, Steve Cropper and many others.

Chernwei Mah, CEO of Fender Audio & Riffsound, joined the Rock & Review with Eric Dahl to talk about what got him into music, bass guitar and sound reinforcement, Fender In-Ear- Monitors and new products including MIX Headphones, ELE 6 & ELIE 12 portable speakers!