Best Guitar Nerds Podcasts (2025)

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Bass VI Basics 1:00:57

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Hello dear listener, Welcome back to another episode of Guitar Nerds. This week we've got a new guest host in the form of Matt Parker. Matt is a session bassist who specialises in Bass VI. He constantly buys and sells Squier Bass VI's which he mods to a ludicrous degree with an ease that I can only dream of. His taste in gear is eccentric, but func…

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Episode 8 - Lost in Thought 17:42

12h ago17:42

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Flow Into Your Mind is back with another episode! This time, I'm excited to give you details about the progressive metal band Lost in Thought. Show Lost in Thought some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eaEhax0Mj4NNXxvWEtnUF Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lit_band/# Follow the podcast to discover more underground artists: L…

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#450 At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling 32:55

2d ago32:55

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Topics covered in this episode: * pandas is getting pd.col expressions* * Cline, At-Cost Agentic IDE Tooling* * uv cheatsheet* Ducky Network UI Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mken…

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#449 Suggestive Trove Classifiers 31:29

9d ago31:29

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Topics covered in this episode: * Mozilla’s Lifeline is Safe After Judge’s Google Antitrust Ruling* * troml - suggests or fills in trove classifiers for your projects* * pqrs: Command line tool for inspecting Parquet files* * Testing for Python 3.14* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses …

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Northern Guitar Shows 1:06:16

9d ago1:06:16

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Hello dear listener, This week JD and I are taking a look at all the brands heading to this year's London International Guitar Show! We love a classic US style tabletop show. It's always such a great place to get a deal, find weird gear, and make bad decisions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#448 I'm Getting the BIOS Flavor 39:14

16d ago39:14

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Topics covered in this episode: * prek* * tinyio* * The power of Python’s print function* * Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with …

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Visiting Denmark Street 1:01:51

16d ago1:01:51

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Hello dear listener, This week I'm joined by the wonderful Phillip Carter of The 40 Watt Podcast! We're talking all about our favourite guitar shops with especial focus on my recent trip to Denmark Street in London to check out some of their weirdest guitars! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#447 Going down a rat hole 35:46

22d ago35:46

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Topics covered in this episode: * rathole* * pre-commit: install with uv* A good example of what functools.Placeholder from Python 3.14 allows Converted 160 old blog posts with AI Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by DigitalOcean: pythonbytes.fm/digitalocean-gen-ai Use code DO4BYTES and get $200 in free credit Connect with the h…

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Plugin Pedals 57:48

25d ago57:48

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Hello dear listener, This week, we're starting the episode with a short commemoration for our dear friend, Eric Hemmer, who passed away last week at the age of 44. I'm very glad to have got the chance to meet Eric and to have had him on this podcast, he was a true guitar nerd. This week, Matt and I are taking a look at the new BOSS PX-1 Plugin/plug…

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#446 State of Python 2025 31:24

1M ago31:24

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Topics covered in this episode: * pypistats.org was down, is now back, and there’s a CLI* * State of Python 2025* * wrapt: A Python module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching.* pysentry Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patre…

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Top 20 Best Selling Pedal Builders! 1:00:26

1M ago1:00:26

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Hello dear listener, This week Matt's back, and we're continuing with our little look back at the top 20 best selling brands on Reverb.com. This week we're looking at pedal builders/brands, and seeing who from the boutique world rivalled the leviathans of BOSS, MXR and Electro Harmonix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#445 Auto-activate Python virtual environments for any project 29:46

1M ago29:46

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Topics covered in this episode: pyx - optimized backend for uv * Litestar is worth a look* * Django remake migrations* * django-chronos* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Python Bytes 445 Sponsored by Sentry: pythonbytes.fm/sentry - Python Error and Performance Monitoring Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy…

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Top 20 Best Selling Guitar Brands! 1:08:13

1M ago1:08:13

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Hello dear listener, This week, I'm joined by both JD Short and Maarten Cox, and we're talking all about Reverb's best selling brands of 2024! We'll be counting down the most successful guitar brands both from new and preowned sales, and we'll be looking into each brand and what they offer that makes them so successful! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c…

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#444 Begone Python of Yore! 25:44

1M ago25:44

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Topics covered in this episode: Coverage.py regex pragmas * Python of Yore* * nox-uv* * A couple Django items* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by DigitalOcean: pythonbytes.fm/digitalocean-gen-ai Use code DO4BYTES and get $200 in free credit Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian:…

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Great Guitars of the 70s & 80s! 1:02:30

2M ago1:02:30

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Hello dear listener, Welcome to another episode of Guitar Nerds. This week, JD and I are talking all about our favourite wild guitar brands from the 70's and 80's. With especial focus on Kramer and Steinberger, we'll be going through all our favourite bits, and trying not to talk about bass too much! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …

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#443 Patching Multiprocessing 26:13

2M ago26:13

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Topics covered in this episode: rumdl - A Markdown Linter written in Rust * Coverage 7.10.0: patch* * aioboto3* * You might not need a Python class* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian: @[email protected] / @brianokken.bsky.social Show: @pythonbyte…

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The Marvellous Eric Hemmer! 1:01:57

2M ago1:01:57

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Hello dear listener, Welcome to a rather special episode of The Guitar Nerds Podcast. This week, Matt and I are joined by longtime Patreon supporter, and all-round wonderful bloke, dialling in to join us from Dubuque, Iowa, Eric Hemmer! Eric was recently diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer, but he's not about to let that stop him filling his time …

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Episode 7 - Fourth Circle 14:17

2M ago14:17

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More symphonic metal awesomeness! Today we're taking a look at the French symphonic metal band Fourth Circle! Give Fourth Circle some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BwJ4rUxt1w8iIt2bCajCK Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4th_circle/?hl=en Website - https://www.darktunes.com/en/releases/F/70-fourth-circle Follow the podcast …

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#442 Cloud bills in scientific notation 22:34

2M ago22:34

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Topics covered in this episode: * Open Source Security work isn't “Special”* * uv v0.8* * Extra, Extra, Extra* Announcing Toad - a universal UI for agentic coding in the terminal Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Co…

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Peavey Trending 59:07

2M ago59:07

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Hello dear listener, Welcome back! This week I'm joined by the wonderful Phillip Carter from The 40 Watt Podcast! We'll be talking all about my purchase from the Juan Alderete Reverb shop (it's a good one), and also discussing the current guitar community trend for old Peavey amps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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#441 It's Michaels All the Way Down 27:48

2M ago27:48

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Topics covered in this episode: * Distributed sqlite follow up: Turso and Litestream* * PEP 792 – Project status markers in the simple index* Run coverage on tests docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Digital Ocean: pythonbytes.fm/digitalocean-gen-ai Use code DO4BYTES and get $…

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#440 Can't Register for VibeCon 25:20

2M ago25:20

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Topics covered in this episode: * Switching to direnv, Starship, and uv* * rqlite - Distributed SQLite DB* * Some Markdown Stuff* Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by PropelAuth: pythonbytes.fm/propelauth77 Connect with the hosts Michael: @[email protected] / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian: @[email protected] / @briano…

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The Brighton Guitar Show 2025 1:01:49

3M ago1:01:49

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Hello dear listener, This week I'm joined by both Matt Knight and JD Short, and we're chatting all about our favourite things at this year's Brighton Guitar Show! This year we were all forced to work on booths, so we saw a lot less than usual, but that certainly didn't stop us from spending loads of money on gear that we talked each other into buyi…

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#439 That Astral Episode 26:36

3M ago26:36

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Topics covered in this episode: * ty documentation site and uv migration guide* * uv build backend is now stable + other Astral news* * Refactoring long boolean expressions* * fastapi-ml-skeleton* Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/439By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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New BOSS Plugins & The Gear of Glastonbury 1:01:17

3M ago1:01:17

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Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are counting down the 8 new wonderful BOSS stompbox plugins now available through the Roland Cloud. They've gone for a rather retro range of 1 series pedals from 1977 and a bit after. We'll be going through each stompbox and building a track using the bulk of the collection! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…

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#438 Motivation time 33:28

3M ago33:28

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Topics covered in this episode: * Python Cheat Sheets from Trey Hunner* * Automatisch* * mureq-typed* * My CLI World* Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/438By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Hellfest 1:04:58

3M ago1:04:58

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Hello dear listener, Welcome back! This week, Matt and I are talking all about Hellfest - a wonderful Heavy Metal festival in the heart of France! I got to go along with Ashdown, ESP and Ernie Ball, and I spent a bunch of time chatting with artists, watching bands, and getting to stand side-of-stage for a few performances, just so I could get a rea…

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Episode 6 - Madison Galloway 12:53

3M ago12:53

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"Pure energy and rootsy-blues sass!" is how MusicOntario described up and coming blues rock singer-songwriter Madison Galloway. Show Madison Galloway some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/50J27BeJLo8Roh6QepeJBR Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/madisongallowaymusic/?hl=en Website - https://www.madisongalloway.com/ Follow the p…

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#437 Python Language Summit 2025 Highlights 34:28

3M ago34:28

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Topics covered in this episode: * The Python Language Summit 2025* Fixing Python Properties * complexipy* * juvio* Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/437By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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In The Pocket 1:04:48

3M ago1:04:48

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Hello dear listener, This week, I'm joined by the wonderful Jonny Dibble of In The Pocket Podcast - the World's leading bass podcast! We're having a bit of a bass deep dive, and discussing all of the many interesting basses that Jonny has showcased on YouTube over the past few years. If you're partial to a bit of low end, and you're not already a l…

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#436 Slow tests go last 36:43

3M ago36:43

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Topics covered in this episode: * Free-threaded Python no longer “experimental” as of Python 3.14* typed-ffmpeg pyleak * Optimizing Test Execution: Running live_server Tests Last with pytest* Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/436By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Gigging Accessories 1:01:31

3M ago1:01:31

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Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are sort of continuing the discussion from the previous week with Phillip, where we looked at all the little bits and bobs you need to build a pedalboard. This week, Matt and I are running down all the best gigging accessories you need from gigbag to straplocks! Don't forget you get 10% off of the new Shaf…

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#435 Stop with .folders in my ~/ 25:34

4M ago25:34

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Topics covered in this episode: platformdirs poethepoet - “Poe the Poet is a batteries included task runner that works well with poetry or with uv.” Python Pandas Ditches NumPy for Speedier PyArrow pointblank: Data validation made beautiful and powerful Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/435…

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The Gear We Gig 1:06:42

4M ago1:06:42

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Hello dear listener, Welcome to another episode of Guitar Nerds! This week, I'm joined by The 40 Watt Podcast's Phillip Carter for a rather nerdy discussion all about pedalboards! From patch cables to power supplies we'll be counting down all our favourite bits and bobs that make up our effects control stations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva…

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Episode 5 - Cartagena 16:02

4M ago16:02

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Symphonic metal that sounds like a documentary about a historic conflict? Today I'll be telling you about Cartagena, an underrated band from Tunisia. Show Cartagena some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iHtfYCrI0e5yOHd6xZVld Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CartagenaBand Follow the podcast to discover more underground artists:…

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Episode 4 - Borealis 18:38

4M ago18:38

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On this episode, I am thrilled to bring Borealis to the table! A progressive/power metal band from Ontario, Canada! Give Borealis some support: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WorcXKb2PFutcaYEFjBWq Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/officialborealis/ Website - https://officialborealis.com/ Follow the podcast to discover more undergrou…

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#434 Most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python 29:01

4M ago29:01

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Topics covered in this episode: Making PyPI’s test suite 81% faster People aren’t talking enough about how most of OpenAI’s tech stack runs on Python PyCon Talks on YouTube Optimizing Python Import Performance Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/434By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Top 3's 1:05:45

4M ago1:05:45

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Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are talking about our Top 3 favourite things in a whole bunch of categories from Top 3 MXR Pedals, Fender guitars, things to do with a courgette! You name it, we're top 3ing it! If you think we've missed out any essentials make sure you let us know... I'm already regretting no mentioning the Gibson Melody …

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#433 Dev in the Arena 28:40

4M ago28:40

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Topics covered in this episode: git-flight-rules Uravelling t-strings neohtop Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/433By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Shaftesbury are BACK!!! 1:02:47

4M ago1:02:47

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Hello dear listener, This week, Matt and I are taking a look at two new Duo Fuzz options from the legendary Rose Morris, Denmark Street brand, SHAFTSBURY! Designed by the wonderful Adrian Thorpe of Thorpy FX, these two classic velco fuzzes are absolute sonic wonder-machines! And to top it all off, you can get 10% off either of the Shaftsbury Duo Fu…

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Episode 3 - Stream of Passion 14:27

4M ago14:27

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Today I put the spotlight on the gothic, symphonic metal band Stream of Passion! Check out Stream of Passion here: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WbWjYpDshKxCyN7KOrDyz Website - https://streamofpassion.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stream.of.passion/ Follow the podcast to discover more underground artists: Website - https:/…

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#432 How To Fix Your Computer 25:48

4M ago25:48

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Topics covered in this episode: pre-commit: install with uv PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted) Changes for Textual The Best Programmers I Know Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/432By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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Dan Explains Guitar Nerds 1:05:13

4M ago1:05:13

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Hello dear listener, Welcome back to another episode of Guitar Nerds! This week, I'm joined by the wonderful Dan Pechacek from Old Blood Noise Endeavors! It's been a few years, but this wonderful man mountain is back! And we're discussing everything from digital multi-effects to analogue fuzz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa…

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Episode 2 - KOIAI 11:13

4M ago11:13

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In this episode, I am very excited to share with everyone KOIAI, a progressive pop/rock band from Japan! Help give KOIAI some much deserved attention: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/56UYZgXX0OhED6luK2vgSf Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/koiai_official/ Follow the podcast to discover more underground artists: Website - https://flowi…

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Episode 1 - Conception 11:56

5M ago11:56

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This episode we’ll be looking at Conception! One of the bands that helped inspire this podcast. Conception is a Norwegian hard rock and progressive metal band. Their music derives influences from classical, jazz, blues, and FLAMENCO? Help give Conception the attention they deserve: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/25612xyhRN1JRqXVlmghpr In…

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TWS Amplification 1:13:13

5M ago1:13:13

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Hello dear listener, Welcome to another episode of Guitar Nerds! This week is rather special because Matt and I are going to be live demoing Matt's new amplifier, the TWS 2864-S! We'll be taking this incredible slice of 1947 inspired retroness through its paces all thanks to the BOSS Tube Amp Expander. We'll also be chatting about Vintage Bass Room…

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Show Information: Pre-Launch 2:07

5M ago2:07

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Prior to the official launch of Flow Into Your Mind, here are a few things that listeners should know.By Matt Dobrosky

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Trailer - Flow Into Your Mind 1:18

5M ago1:18

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The official trailer for Flow Into Your Mind! Flow Into Your Mind will take listeners on a journey to explore lesser-known bands and music artists, with a focus on rock and metal. Each episode will put the spotlight a unique band or musician who deserves worldwide attention. Flow Into Your Mind is joyfully hosted by Matt Dobrosky, a guitar nerd and…

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#431 Nerd Gas 29:27

5M ago29:27

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Topics covered in this episode: pirel: Python release cycle in your terminal FastAPI Cloud Python's new t-strings Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/431By Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

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The Amplification Situation 1:12:49

5M ago1:12:49

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Hello dear listener, Welcome back to another episode of Guitar Nerds! This week, I'm joined by JD Short and The 40 Watt Podcast's Phillip Carter. We're talking all about the Tube Amp Expander and new Two Notes offering and how these products are helping to breath life back into valve amplification at a time when digital gear is so convenient and so…