Beats Working

This week we revisit the theme of Episode 8 to see what gear obsession is like in the Far East.  We're joined by Chris Roscoe of Rockso Music (and formerly of pop-punk veterans The Unknown) to talk about the vast differences between gear shopping and hoarding in the USA, Japan, and Europe as well as some reminiscing about buying music gear in Cleveland many years ago.   Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

How much is too much to spend on gear? At what point does more dollars translate into meaningless pixie dust and possibly haunting mids?  This week's guest, Ted Bizon of Orphaned seemed like the perfect person to dig up this rabbit hole with.  Enjoy! Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

Stan Simon returns to discuss the news that sent gear heads into a tizzy last week.  Following the announcement that Bill Finnegan will begin again to produce his officially sanctioned mass produced KTR pedals, we weigh in on how the changes to the original circuit affect the mystique of the original "magic" transparent overdrive pedal.  Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

We recently saw 5 Things I Hate About Teles on Robert Baker's YouTube channel, and boy oh boy did we have some thoughts about it.  No guest this week as Ron and Pete expound upon the greatness of Leo Fender's game changing electric guitar.  Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

RA Washington has just about as many creative pursuits and outlets as he does names.   We talk to the mastermind behind Mourning [A] BlkStar this week about the gear and inspiration behind the beats he creates.   Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

This week we have a weird and wonderful conversation with Billy Cardigan of guitarpedalsonline.com and Shy Boyz about his children's book "My Daddy Has 100 Pedals".  It's a weird and wonderful conversation and it was a lot of fun.  Check out his stuff and buy a copy of the book for your favorite children's book lover while you're at it.  Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

This week we're excited to bring you the first of our Meet the Makers episodes.  Lance Giles of Dogman Devices joins us to discuss his journey from experimental musician to being the owner/operator of one of the most interesting up and coming effects companies out there.  Lance's unique sounding (and even more unique looking) pedals have made their way onto some pretty renowned pedalboards, and the story of how he went from being an English teacher in Japan to agent of sonic chaos is a great one! Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

We're back! This week we're delighted to have Christa Ebert, better known as Uno Lady, on the show to talk about the gear and creative process behind her unique one woman vocal orchestra compositions.  Christa uses, loopers, effects, DAW tools, unusual instruments, and a whole lot of creativity to create her ethereal and haunting music, and this was a fun and fascinating discussion. Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

No guest this week as we go full-on Siskel and Ebert to discuss Reverb.com's the Pedal Movie and 2007's Fuzz: The Sound that Changed the World.  This one ties in nicely with a lot of the discussion we had in Episode 15.  If you want some frivolous opinions about frivolous things, man oh man are you in for a treat! Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram

Has your GAS gotten worse over the years?  Does the ever present and non-stop feed of gear-based content make you salivate like Pavlov's dog?  This week we talk with Darrell Branch of the late, lamented, Heights Guitars about what triggered our desires for gear way back when and what we would have to go through to find it.  Lots of great stories in this one! Check out our Spotify and YouTube playlists featuring our guests! Contact us at: [email protected] or find us online at: 12stompprogram.com facebook.com/12stompprogram @12stompprogram on Twitter @12stompprogram on Instagram Copyright 2021 12stompprogram