ThroBak Guitar Lounge
Guitar players, sit back in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge and be part of the internet's most informative guitar hang! Fun takes on tone, guitar collecting, repair and installation tips, guitar news of the day and much more.
ThroBak Electronics owner Jon Gundry and co-host Matthew Quail draw upon decades of guitar expertise and insights from their work at ThroBak Electronics making the finest reproductions guitar pickups available today.
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Guitar Center is a making a comeback?! Find out more during the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Guitargument.
In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak Electronics argue whether or not Guitar Center is staging a comeback that is resulting in higher store traffic, a larger selection of used gear, higher prices for used gear and a storewide effort to acquire and sell used guitars.
The podcast starts with ThroBak viewer mail comments about the previous episode's comparison of USA made Alnico magnets vs Chinese made Alnico magnets.
In the Player Grade Vintage segment Jon Gundry shows a 1967 Gibson J50 acoustic guitar and explains the details that make the guitar fall in to the collectable player grade vintage guitar category.
Following the Guitargument ThroBak's own Paul Hudson quizzes Matthew and Jon about their guitar knowledge.
In the Rorschach Riffs segment Matthew plays four bass guitar riffs that Jon Gundry and the rest of the audience must identify.
Then Paul Hudson gives a Top 10 List of complaints wife's have about their guitar playing husband.
Following this Matthew muses musical about recent concert he attended and also talks about the appearance of ThroBak pickups on a major event stage.
Guitars:
1963 Epiphone Newport Deluxe bass
1967 Gibson J50 Guitar
Amp:
1979 Fender Deluxe Reverb
Pedal: Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive
ThroBak Electronics, located in Grand Rapids Michigan, was established in 2002 to bring the best of vintage tone back to the guitar player of today.ThroBak Electronics, located in Grand Rapids Michigan, was established in 2002 to bring the best of vintage tone back to the guitar player of today.