Academy Of Tone 222: 8-String Guitars - How Low Can You Go?

Special guest: Kaylen

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:10 - Thomas and Kaylen play Meshuggah
00:03:24 - Welcome to AOT 222
00:05:31 - Past and upcomming gigs
00:08:41 - RIP Mick Taylor
00:10:46 - Randall Smith's exit from Gibson/Mesa Boogie
00:13:04 - Shnapps
00:14:55 - NAMM
00:15:56 - Clip from last year playing with Kaylen
00:17:02 - Ibanez RGDBS8 and Fishman pickups
00:25:32 - What is the magic of an 8-string vs a drop tuned guitar
00:27:27 - The Keith Richards thing
00:30:16 - The Wes Boland thing
00:31:18 - Special tunings, inspirations and broken strings
00:36:09 - General reactions to chat
00:37:09 - Playing with Greg Koch at Guitar Summit
00:38:45 - Television then and now, and the rise of youtube
00:40:35 - Nita Straus, Phil X and Tosin Abasi are comming to guitar summit
00:44:05 - Using pedals to thighten up the low end with drop tunings
00:46:08 - Using the Amp1 Iridium with the drop tuned guitar
00:50:09 - Time for a studio tour?
00:55:07 - Studio tour and pedal tour with Thomas
01:05:13 - Kaylen's course
01:10:53 - Clickbait
01:13:28 - Honesty about products
01:14:07 - Kaylen asks the AmpX question...
01:17:58 - 42 Gearstreet
01:23:42 - A bit more self promoting from Kaylen's course
01:26:27 - Importance of audio for recording
01:29:32 - General reactions to chat
01:31:17 - Is there a release date for 1Control yet?
01:31:59 - Blubox with ToneX?
01:33:28 - QA Will there be a difference between Amp1 amps and AmpX amps in headroom?
01:36:25 - Serial vs Parralel effects loop
01:37:56 - Thank you all for joining us, see you all next week
01:38:36 - Outro