This time on dipped the guys dive into the sale of Reverb.com and the future of Brick & Mortar guitar stores. What will it take for guitar stores to survive moving forward? Leave us your comment and let us know what you think. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dippedintone Dippe…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Rhett and Zach dive into all things fuzz! Let's discuss the different types of circuits; Fuzz Face, Tonebender, BMP, and more. Advice on using fuzz with your setup or learning how to play a fuzz pedal. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/di…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Rhett, Zach, and Addison answer Guitar Hot Takes from our Patreon community! We talk about why Boss pedals are the best, Gibson guitars being overrated, and more. Join in on the fun over at the Dipped in Tone Patreon page. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: htt…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Rhett and Zach sit down with Fender Master Builder Paul Waller. We talk about what it takes to capture the mojo in vintage instruments. The guys dive into how Paul and fellow craftsmen create in the Fender Custom Shop. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https:/…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! BUCKLE UP! Zach and Rhett dive into how we see the new tariffs impacting the guitar space. It's not fun, but it's a convo worth having. Especially from a builders perspective. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dippedintone Dipped in Tone …

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Rhett schools Zach on some Modern Classics in the pedal world. The Dipped boys talk about some of their favorite "Modern" pedals. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dippedintone Dipped in Tone is: Rhett Shull https://www.rhettshull.com/ Za…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Rhett and Zach have Corey Congilio on the show! We talk about Corey's new music and making your guitar career work in the modern world. Huge thanks to Reverb for sponsoring this episode! Submit your Reverb Listings and shop for the gear we talk about in this episode here https://reverb.com/dippedintone Suppo…

Rhett and Zach are recovered from NAMM 2025 and on this episode we find a wacky vintage guitar on reverb, talk about the Wood Wire Volts Event Mythos did, What NAMM was like and were we think the show should go in the future. Huge thanks to Reverb for sponsoring this episode! Submit your Reverb Listings and shop for the gear we talk about in this e…

Rhett and Zach find a cool piece of Fender accessory history, dip a really fun rig and discuss the madness that is buying more gear than you actually need. How many guitars does one player ACTUALLY need? A topic for the ages? We think so. Huge thanks to Reverb for sponsoring this episode! Submit your Reverb Listings and shop for the gear we talk ab…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Zach and Rhett dive into the ins and outs of modding your guitar. We look at set of original PAF pickups on Reverb and discuss the price and mystique of PAFs. We touch on the comment backlash from one of Rhett's videos and dive into why you should mod your guitars. For the rig, we dove into some of collectio…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! Zach and Rhett dive into their gear of the year for 2024! As always there are disagreements and discussion galore. Come hang with us while we hit some of the highlights and let us know what gear you got this year that would make your top five list! Submit your Reverb Listings and shop for the gear we talk ab…

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment Rhett and Zach dive into the top selling gear of 2024 on Reverb.com with special guest Cyril Nigg of Reverb. Cyril helps us take a look behind the curtain so to speak of what gear sold and we get some details on top sellers that didn't get posted to the site. Buckle up, things get wild on this one. Special th…

Rhett and Zach cat about some of the must have gear for musicians during the holidays. We discuss the ODR-S pedal on our Reverb segment and dip a killer little rig. Support us on Patreon for access to our discord server and other perks! https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dippedintone Dipped in Tone is…

Rhett and Zach are back in the same room for a special episode of Dipped in Tone recorded at High Voltage Guitars! We talk about a wacky guitar on reverb, our guitar hero obsessions and the ethics clones and cloning. Support us on Patreon for access to our discord server and other perks! https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: …

Rhett and Zach are back! We discuss the state of the podcast, High Voltage Guitars, why Zach hates Jack White's amps aesthetic, and more! Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment Support us on Patreon for access to our discord server and other perks! https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/dipped-in-tone Follow us on…

Huge shocker incoming: Zach Broyles made a Tube Screamer. The Mythos Envy Pro Overdrive is Zach’s take on the green apple of his eye, with some special tweaks including increased output, more drive sounds, and a low-end boost option. Does this mean he can clear out his collection of TS-9s? Of course not. This time on Dipped in Tone, Rhett and Zach …

In the annals of Gibson Les Paul players, Charlie Starr is an under-the-radar aficionado. Starr’s stable over the course of his career with southern-rock group Blackberry Smoke has been stocked with some of the sharpest old-school LPs on earth, and he’s got a particular predilection for Juniors. But what sets one Paul apart from another? Starr, Rhe…

This outing of Dipped In Tone kicks off with an exciting update from Zach Broyles’ camp: He’s opening a brick-and-mortar guitar shop in Nashville, called High Voltage Guitars. Opening on October 8, the store will carry gear from Two-Rock, Divided By 13, Dr. Z, Castedosa, Fano, Novo, and of course Mythos Pedals. Zach hints that there might be some h…

Dipped In Tone has touched on the Great Amplification Wars before, but this episode is dedicated to the conflict, and to one nagging question: Do tube amps still matter? Rhett and Zach have plenty of experience with modelers and profilers, from DI floor units to head-and-cab rigs to combos. They both readily admit that they sound killer in many con…

Rhett and Zach are joined on this Dipped In Tone by country and bluegrass aficionado Andy Wood. Wood grew up in Knoxville with Appalachian bluegrass musics shaping his view of the world, and even though he’s celebrated for his guitar playing, he reveals that he didn’t pick up an electric until he was 17. Mandolin was his home turf, where lightning-…

This time on Dipped In Tone, Rhett and Zach chat with Los Angeles-based trio troubadour Molly Miller, known for her work with her own Moller Miller Trio and pop star Jason Mraz. Miller’s virtuosic playing, chameleon-like genre flexibility, and uncommonly deep knowledge of the guitar and music theory—courtesy of her nine years spent at USC attaining…

First off, let’s be thankful for this episode of Dipped In Tone. Rhett survived a close brush with a tornado while on the road in Arkansas, and returns to the pod to analyze all things signature guitars with Zach, who continues his dogged campaign to own a ridiculous number of Tube Screamers. (They didn’t plan their near-matching shirts.) The conve…

Rhett and Zach are back with special guest Bridget Kearney, who plays upright bass in the experimental Brooklyn-based indie-folk-soul band Lake Street Dive. The band, formed 20 years ago in Boston, was looking for ways to keep their songwriting fresh when their mutual love of Dungeons and Dragons presented a unique challenge: Could they write a son…

This week’s episode is a state of the union on brick-and-mortar guitar retail stores. With news of the family-owned chain Sam Ash shutting down its operations and filing for bankruptcy, and Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto’s recent comments indicating a giant shift for the company, it’s a touchy time for IRL guitar sales. Rhett and Zach agree that a…

Rhett and Zach end almost every episode of Dipped In Tone with a rig dip—where they discuss and rate a guitar, amp, and pedal setup submitted by a listener—but this time, they’re assembling and critiquing dream rigs of their own, on a budget. They each get to brainstorm a $1000 rig followed by a $10,000 rig, using toys and prices found on Reverb. W…

On this episode of Dipped in Tone, Rhett and Zack are joined by Wales-born guitarist Chris Buck. Buck is gearing up for a string of US tour dates with his fast-rising rock band Cardinal Black, including a date at Nashville’s Basement East after the original venue sold-out within a few hours. Buck starts off digging into the details of his custom Ya…

This time on Dipped In Tone, Rhett and Zach are digging into today’s best nitty-gritty gear news. Tired of trawling Reddit and forums to figure out what’s going on? Tune in for some authoritative takes from your two favorite tone fiends. First up are the new Line 6 modeling offerings, including the compact, affordable stompbox that’s making waves a…

Rhett and Zach are joined on this episode of Dipped In Tone by soft-spoken jazz guitar master Julian Lage. After Zach shares some last-minute production headaches with Mythos’ new Herculean Deluxe, Lage sits in for fascinating, spirited dive into how he thinks about tone, composition, and his new record, Speak To Me. The gang unpacks just about eve…

Our battle-weary hosts have returned from the scorched trenches and badge-strewn wastelands in Anaheim, California, and they’re ready to recount what they saw. Welcome to the NAMM 2024 airing of the grievances. Zach and Rhett are coming at this from two different angles: Zach as a vendor with Mythos Pedals, and Rhett as an attendee and noted YouTub…

Rhett and Zach kick off the new year with renewed commitment to an old habit: making a daily to-do list, or as Rhett calls it, “the shit list.” The guys debate the finer points of which stationary makes the best to-do list backdrop before they’re joined by Tom Murphy, the preeminent craftsman of guitar-aging and namesake of Gibson’s high-end Murphy…

Intervals bandleader Aaron Marshall joins Rhett and Zach for this installment of Dipped In Tone, which is essentially a crash-course in touring, merch design, road-ready rig planning, and keeping your head above water as an unsigned act. The trio start off with a deep dive into Intervals’ focus on high-quality merch, and Marshall outlines his desig…

It’s the most wonderful time of year: the “year in gear” season is finally upon us, and we’re celebrating with this special in-person episode of Dipped In Tone. Zach and Rhett gang up at Zach’s place to rundown the best of the best of musical excellence and oddities in 2023. The guys start in with their favorite stompboxes. Rhett tips his hat to Ol…

This episode of Dipped In Tone features Rhett flying solo with veteran jazz guitarist Oz Noy. Born in Israel, Noy started gigging at age 13, and 37 years later, he’s still going strong as a celebrated live musician—including a 17-year run at New York City club The Bitter End. Noy explains that he grew up with a foot in both jazz and rock music worl…

On this week’s Dipped In Tone, Rhett and Zack are joined by contemporary jazz guitar legend Adam Levy, the thoughtful, soft-spoken accompanist known for his work with Norah Jones and his own jazz trios. Levy’s new book, String Theories, which he co-authored with fellow sideman-to-the-stars Ethan Sherman, collects a series of tips, challenges, and r…

Zach goes it alone on this episode to interview session guitarist, 6-string storyteller, and prominent YouTuber and online guitar instructor Tim Pierce. As a player, Pierce’s guitar has spent decades at the top of the charts by way of songs by Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls, Phil Collins, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band, Bob Dylan—whose recent Shadow Kingdom …

Rhett and Zack kick off the episode with a chat about which video games they’re loving and Rhett’s cross-country adventures with his wife before Eli Lester, owner of Two-Rock Amplification, joins them for an in-depth exploration of his amp-building philosophies. Lester walks Rhett and Zack through his origins in amp-building, repairing instruments …

Josh Scott drops in to chat about all things JHS, going back to his early days doing debunking deep-dives into vintage gear—“I love the mythbusting element of this stuff,” he says. “I love telling people … this is not witchcraft…. The tech of a Big Muff is from the ’50s.” He continues: “I know that we need to feel magic. I like it too.… But I love …

Zach and Rhett kick things off with a catch-up on recent projects. Rhett celebrates his new 100 watt Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature, which recently terrorized a couple sitting in the front row of one of his gigs. Then guitarist Ariel Posen logs on to, first and foremost, clear up how to pronounce his name. He gives a quick tutorial: just say gui…

On this episode of Dipped In Tone, Rhett and Zach chat with special guest Warren Haynes. The Gov’t Mule leader talks about the band’s latest, Peace… Like a River. This record of originals was recorded simultaneously with 2021’s Heavy Load Blues, in the same studio, using a completely different set of gear. “We setup all our normal Mule toys in the …

This episode starts off with Zach and Rhett catching each other up on their 4th of July festivities. Rhett’s was classic: he treated some visiting European friends to fireworks off a dock, barbecue, smoked wings, more fireworks, and a bunch of beer. Zach, meanwhile, was knocking on doors to tell neighbors to knock off the mortar shelling in the mid…

After Rhett shares his childhood trauma of riding an immersive horror coaster at Tomorrowland and Zach recovers from the emotional experience of viewing the Millennium Falcon in person on a family vacation, Texas-born guitarist Eric Johnson joins them for a revelatory discussion on tone, gear, and the never-ending hunt for creative inspiration. Rhe…

On this episode, Rhett and Zach discuss the relationship that they each have with the guitar at this point in their careers. Making a living doing the thing you love is great—in fact, it’s something that so many players aspire to. But it changes the relationship between player and instrument when the instrument is a source of work. How do they stay…

The new DIT episode kicks off as Rhett and Zack celebrate Zack’s close encounter with special effects mogul Adam Savage, of Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Matrix, and Tested fame. (Nerd alert: Zack and his wife have Ghostbusters uniforms—which they wore that day. There’s a photo. Take a screenshot it in case you need to blackmail him later.) Rhett talks …

Rhett and Zach are rolling old school. No guests today, just our two hosts, chatting about all things gear and tone. Today, the guys are talking about modern pedals. These days, pedals are getting weirder and more complicated than we could have ever imagined, even just a few years ago, as loads of new models draw inspiration from modular synthesis,…

"There's no money in non-diatonic notes!"—a validating cheeky word to the minor-pentatonic shredder guests at NAMM. In this ep, Rhett and Zach sit down with "Danish Pete" Honoré to talk NAMM highlights, geek out on Pete's new Chapman T-style signature guitar—it has a neck profile based on a 3D scan of his favorite—and discuss maintaining integrity …

Rhett returns from Europe to chat with “guitar player’s guitar player” Sadler Vaden of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. The trio jump right into their takes on the whole Bad Monkey saga, then dig into a detailed interview about how a Crazy Horse concert changed Sadler’s life, some tips for guitarists (spoiler alert: rhythm guitar is important!), and …

Mick Taylor, cohost of That Pedal Show, joins Zach on this episode, where they cover a whole lot of ground talking pedals, mental health, and more. The two discuss what it's like to have Mick's level of influence on the industry and how to overcome various forms of stage fright, before dipping a rig where some "shots" are fired. Thanks to Sweetwate…

Zach flies Rhett-less on this episode that features an interview with Joey Landreth. Joey shares on his Grammy award-winning success with Bonnie Raitt, how the amp he released with Two-Rock came about, and how parenting has informed his guitar playing. You'll also hear about a rig that gets quite a high Shoyles rating, thanks in part to its envelop…

One of the guitarists of "little-known" jazz-fusion outfit Snarky Puppy, Mark Lettieri, joins the guys on this episode of Dipped in Tone. They talk scheduling committed creative time for songwriting, Lettieri's basic preferences on setting up baritone tones, and how he approaches dirt as a mostly clean player. Win Zach's or Rhett's Rig! Go here to …

Wondering how to join a band and get some sweet gigs? Then this ep’s for you. Rhett and Zach share their advice, from how to get in front of audiences and make more connections—if it’s all about who you know, how do you get to know the right people? And how do you impress them enough to hire you?—to the skills you’ll need to hone to get the job don…