Amps & Axes Podcast

Good day to you AaA fans and welcome to the next chapter in your Amps and Axes Podcast. In this episode the guys bring you a guitarist from Houston, Texas whose fret-board pyrotechnics has achieved him the status of being one of the fastest guitarists around today. He is a Dean Guitar endorsee and has many instructional videos available on YouTube, so please welcome guitarist for Day Of Reckoning, Mr Rusty Cooley. Enjoy!

Guten Tag AaA fans and welcome to another episodic adventure in Amps and Axes Land. In this global installment, the guys speak with a German born and raised guitarist the day before she heads out on an international tour with her female fronted band. In addition to releasing a solo album, she has also opened a music school in Hamm, Germany, so find your happy Podcast place while we do the traveling for you and please welcome guitarist for Evanescense, Ms Jen Majura. Enjoy!

Hello AaA Fans and welcome to the next 'cast in the Amps and Axes continuum. In this installment the guys speak with a guitar builder ,whose acoustic guitars utilize a revolutionary string mounting system, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for this innovator. He has created successful, well known products for some of the biggest players in the music industry, such as Seymour Duncan and Fishman, so fire up the speakers or don the ear buds and please welcome Frank Falbo of Falbo Guitars. Enjoy!!

Welcome back AaA Fans to another chapter in the life of Amps and Axes. In this episode, we welcome back an early guest. He's currently back out on the road, touring behind his new release, Salting Earth. The guys talk about his live rig and new signature amp, as well as his feelings on recording, so insert the ear buds or recline in front of your towers and please welcome back to the show, phenomenal singer and guitarist, Mr Richie Kotzen. Enjoy and don't forget to catch him on his world tour!

Hello 'cast fans and welcome to your weekly dose of the Amps and Axes Podcast. This week's offering brings back an earlier guest and for those of you that have occasionally called for a more technical show, your request has been answered. Our guest is doing some very out-of-the-box prototyping with something that is at times taken for granted... the speaker cabinet. He is also incorporating some unique design concepts when it comes to amplifier design as well. Formerly of Tone King, he is now building his own namesake amps, so enter your 'cast place and please welcome back to the show Mr Mark Bartel of Bartel Amplifiers. Enjoy!

YouTube sensation Rob Scallon stops by to talk about his musical journey. During the discussion the guys find out how the YouTube world works, along with some other notes (no pun intended) that may just surprise you. All that and more on this episode of Amps & Axes!!!

Greetings lovers of all that is cast in Pod and welcome to another installment in the Amps and Axes continuum. In this episode the guys have a great, albeit technically challenging conversation with a player who has been around for quite some time now. He and his band, including the original vocalist, are once again touring and have a new release due out very soon. You might actually recognize his name as half of another very famous band he co-founded with a singer named Axl Rose, so engage your listening device, strap in tight and please welcome guitarist for LA Guns, the one and only Tracii Guns. Enjoy!!

Hello 'Cast Fans and welcome to yet another adventure in Amps and Axes world. In this installment, the guys bring back another former guest. Somebody that we liked and we think you did too. With a new release that sits on the fence between classical and hard rock, we hope you'll appreciate her as well as her new release, so please enter your Podcast enjoyment zone and welcome back the lovely and very talented Ms Gretchen Menn. Enjoy!

Greetings and Happy Easter from your favorite Podcast. In this chapter of your Amps and Axes 'cast, the guys bring you a slice of what some would consider a perfect life; A guitarist on a golf course. So T-up with your earbuds firmly in place, grab a libation from the beverage cart  and welcome guitarist from the band Kickin Valentina, Mr Heber Pampillon. Enjoy!

Fáilte (Hello) A&A Fans and welcome to yet another excursion in the land of Amps and Axes. In this Podcast episode, the guys take a virtual trip to Ireland (via LA) to bring you their guest of the week. Starting her musical journey in her homeland of Ireland, she migrated to LA to begin a career in music. The move seems to have been a good one, so settle in, grab a Guinness (but not while driving) and welcome to the show Ms Tanya O'Callaghan. Enjoy!

Welcome back Amps & Axes friends - we have a great show for you today. We travel all the way to Norway (thank you Skype) to speak with our new friend, YouTube sensation Mr. Leo Moracchioli. As you will hear in the show, Leo is a very talented musician, audio engineer and video producer. So sit back and enjoy this week’s cast!!!  

Welcome back from down under Amps & Axes fanatics. We have a great show for you technical and mechanical appreciators out there today. We all depend on guitars that play in tune and even more, the ability to change a string as quickly as possible. I mean, either your fans are looking at you, or you're a tech and your boss is looking for his guitar now!! Well, our guest today is the son of the engineering mind that made it all possible. So find your appropriate listening environment and help us welcome the son of Mr Locking Tuner himself, Mr Ron Sperzel. Enjoy!!

G'day 'cast followers and welcome to another installment of your and my favorite Podcast; Amps and Axes.In this episode, the guys go down under to bring you a guitarist who does the slide work for the institution known as Rose Tattoo, so make yourself a Vegemite sandwich, or pour a XXXX Gold and give a warm welcome to the man that tries to keep Angry Anderson happy, Mr Dai Pritchard. Enjoy!

Hello 'CastMates and welcome to a new adventure in your Amps and Axes World. The guys have adopted a new policy of less Bro BS, more guest, so find your happy 'cast place and please welcome guitarist for the Indy Rock band Well Known Strangers, Mr Theodore Koth. Enjoy!

Greetings Good people of Podcast Land and welcome to the viral entity know as Amps and Axes. In this offering, the guys begin by asking for a little help for Podcast guest Angeline Saris, who had her prized Number 1 bass stolen. (Just for the record, we all feel that stealing is taking one's sense of entitlement way too far!) And then it's on to the guest of the week. He's been on the scene for a while now and he's a younger player doin' it like the old guys did and he's got a heck of a Summer tour coming up, so find your designated Podcast enlightenment area and please welcome the man with one pickup and no pick, Mr. Jared James Nichols. Enjoy!

Welcome Podcast world to yet another issuance of the adventure we like to call Amps and Axes. In this episode Mick begins with a review of his new Cubase software, which he apparently likes! Then there's mention of the passing of yet another legend and podcast guest, Mr Larry Coryell and then it's on to the guest of the week. A player that has been around for quite some time and played with some notables including Joe Ely and somebody named Mellencamp. He then went on to form his own band, which included a rhythm section with the moniker Double Trouble, so find your Podcast happy place and please welcome, from the band Storyville, Mr David Grissom. Enjoy!

Well good day to you AaA Fans and welcome to another exciting episode. Mick purchased 2 preamps, the Focusrite 2i4 and the Apogee 96K, he gives his honest review of both products. Then it's directly on to the guest of the week. He has been a part of the "Sacred Steel" music scene (a term Jeff and Mick have never heard of) and now he's killing it on social media with his incredible bass playing, so please welcome, Mr Daric Bennett!!!

Hello all you wonderful AaA Fans and welcome to another installment of your favorite Podcast; Amps and Axes. In this episode the guys begin with a first for the 'cast, but it is an unfortunate one. They pay tribute to the passing of one of their guests, Mr Elliott Rubinson, owner of Dean Guitars. Then it's directly on to the guest of the week. He has been proceeded on the Podcast by two members of his band, but now it's his turn, so please place yourself in your proper Podcast enjoyment environment and welcome, of the Neal Morse Band, Mr Neal Morse himself. Enjoy!

Welcome AaA Fans to another journey in the episodic adventure that is your Amps and Axes Podcast. In this installment, the guys start out giving a nod to yet another unfortunate loss in the world of music, bassist and vocalist for Asia, along with a couple other stellar bands in the world of Prog Rock, King Crimson and U.K.,Mr. John Wetton. Next there's mention of the last two Black Sabbath shows, as the band is calling it quits. And then it's on to the guest of the week. Also a Prog Rocker, he is a multi-instrumentalist that currently shreds the six string for the Neal Morse band, so find your preferred Podcast environment and please welcome Mr. Eric Gillette. Enjoy!

Hello AaA Podcast Fans and welcome to another exciting adventure in Amps and Axes land. In this episode, the guys begin with the sad news of not one, but two losses in the musical community. You all probably know the first was a drummer, but the second was a keyboard player named Geoff Nickolls. Then it's on to the guest of the week. A four string slinger that plays with a great and well respected band in the Prog (progressive rock) community, so find your Podcast happy space and please welcome bassist of the Neal Morse band, Mr Randy George. Enjoy!