Porter Pickups Tone-Cast

The Gear Industry And The Economy

Episode 120 is finally here! Brian shares some updates on what we've been up to since the last tone-cast and talks about the topic of the gear industry and the economy. How have things been around the gear world? It has been a challenge for many. We also talk about our excitement for where we're going!

 

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What are YourGuitar Gear Biases?

Marco and Brian Discuss gear Biases we have. How did they come about? What influenced them and what are some we've changed our minds on? 

 

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Teasing 3 New Most Excellent Guitar Things from Porter Pickups

Episode 118 is all about 3 new things coming from the Shop. New projects, videos and the creation of a new pickup set. find out more what we have up our sleeves in this latest episode of the ToneCast.

As always thanks for your support!

 

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Mike from Pedal Of The Day

Mike from Pedal Of The Day joins us for episode 117!

Pedal Of The Day is a youtube channel, website and more dedicated to great demos and guitar content, mostly focused on the world of pedal reviews.

Hear how Mike got started in the review business, his favorite gear and his thoughts on the industry as a whole in this fun and informative interview. 

 

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So you want to start your own gear business?

Episode 116 is a fun one for us as we address a question we get asked often which is: "How do you get started with a gear business?"

 

Brian dives into some things to keep in mind when starting with your idea and moving into the phase of selling the product. We cover how to get honest feedback on your products, focusing on WHY you do what you do and putting the right people around you. We're by no means experts, but we want to share our experiences in hopes it helps others along the way.

 

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Chasing New Guitar Gear or Just Enjoying What You Have

For todays show, we share experiences chasing new gear vs just enjoying what you have and how certain things can spur either one of those quests on. Marco and Brian share some personal "New Gear" experiences and talk about the importance of finding the right tools for the job. We also share the challenges of working in the guitar business and remaining inspired with the gear we often use as tools to promote our products. 

 

Let's face it....We're all guitar nerds just nerding out

 

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Talking about our new distortion pedal release!

Episode 114 is here! We discuss the new Gatekeeper Drive pedal we recently released. We talk about WHY we released a pedal, what it does and how you might want to incorporate it on your board. 

YouTube demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3IG3rTJEmY

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Talking Strings!

Tone-cast 113 is all about guitar strings! We talk about what strings we like, the reasons for it and some of our favorite brands. We get into our history with strings and how we've been recently experimenting with gauges and other string related things. 

 

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Meet The Porter Pickups Crew: Winder and Tech Manager Ben Eden

Ben Eden, Master Winder and multi-talented builder at Porter joins the show so we can get to know him better! Ben talks about all things winding pickups, his average weekly roles in the shop and what else he does when not working at Porter. 

 

Ben and Brian share stories of the early Porter shop and more in this "get to know you" episode. 

 

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YouTube Guitar Recording and Demo Making with Derek Paul

Derek Paul, a Youtube reviewer joins us for episode 111 to cover a wide range of topics including:

• What makes a good guitar video?
• His favorite Gear
• Youtube Trolls
• His Desert Island Rig

Derek Ends the show asking us how we got started and Brian shares some of the early stories of Porter Pickups

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