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. Join us each week by subscribing to the ThroBak Guitar Loun ...
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Chinese vs American Telecaster Magnets -- Can YOU Hear the Difference?
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1:24:16Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Chinese vs American Telecaster Magnets -- Can YOU Hear the Difference? Get ready for the ONLY Chinese vs USA guitar pickup magnet comparison on youtube! Watch episode 021 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! In today's Guitargument and Cool Down Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of Thro…
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The #1 Mistake That's Ruining Your Guitar Tone: Playing Too Hard!
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1:06:22Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ The #1 Mistake That's Ruining Your Guitar Tone: Playing Too Hard! This important topic will be debated in the Guitargument of episode #020 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. Are you guilty of picking too hard and fretting strings with too much force? Would more nuanced playing im…
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AI Taking Over My Band in 3 Years? Guitar Players BEWARE!
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1:21:20Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Is AI going to takeover my Blues band in 3 years? Will AI takeover your band? This and other important questions are answered in episode #019 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate what coming AI developments will mean when it come to how we play guitar an…
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STOP Wasting Time on Guitar Intonation and Focus on TONE
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1:19:58Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ STOP Wasting Time on Guitar Intonation and Focus on TONE! Are guitar players paying too much attention to intonation? Find out today in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Guitargument! Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether or not accurate guitar intonation matters for playability and t…
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Noiseless vs Single-Coil Pickups - Which Has Better Tone?
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1:02:13Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Noiseless vs Single-Coil Pickups - Which Has Better Tone? Find out today in the ThroBak Podcast Guitargument! Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether the classic single coil Fender Stratocaster pickup is superior or lacking when put up against the Fender noiseless pickup alterna…
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Tube Amp Gain vs Pedal Gain - The Dirt Debate!
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1:07:08Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Tube amp gain vs. pedal gain! Find which tone is best for you with a side by side comparison in today's ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast 015. In the Guitargument Matthew Quail and Jon Gundry determine once and for all whether pedal gain is the perfect choice for most players or if the …
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Twang Telecaster Pickup vs Fat Telecaster - WHICH TONE IS BEST?
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1:02:32Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Twang Telecaster Pickups vs Fat Telecaster Pickups. Which tone is best for you? Listen to Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail compare Telecaster guitars with Fat ThroBak Broadcaster-A3 Classic pickups and Twangy ThroBak T-54 MXV pickups in the Cool Down of this episode's Guitargument. Firs…
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The REAL Difference Between High and Low Output P-90's
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59:57Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ High output P-90's vs low output P-90's, which is better? In episode 014 Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate whether a hot P-90 electric guitar pickup or a low output P-90 pickup is best in a P90 pickups comparison. In the Guitargument viewers see and hear the hotter ThroBak Special…
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Why do Guitar Heroes trash their guitars - Is it okay for you too?
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59:23Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Do your guitar heroes trash their guitars? Is there a double standard when when it comes to customizing a guitar when you are a celebrity or an average guitar player? Watch Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate this in the guitargument in episode 013 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podca…
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Expert P.A.F. Pickup Winder Reveals Insider Secrets
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1:20:22Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Sit down with ThroBak's master P.A.F. pickup winder Paul Hudson and hear him reveal the inside secret details of P.A.F. pickup winding through a series 20 questions asked by Jon Gundry. All in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Episode 012. The show starts with an introduction of Thr…
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Can PERFECT Guitar Tone RUIN Your Marriage?
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52:02Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Can the quest for perfect guitar tone create fallout that affects your relationships? Is the pursuit of all things guitar a pointless waste of time? Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail deal with these hard questions in ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast Episode 011. Hear ThroBak SLE-101 MXV pic…
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Vintage Guitars DESTROY New Ones in Tone?!
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1:08:40Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Are vintage guitars and amps better than new guitars and amps? Find out in today's Guitargument! All ahead in episode 010 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. See and hear a vintage 1964 Gibson Sg through a 1979 Fender Deluxe Reverb and a vintage 1964 Epiphone Newport Deluxe bass a…
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1959 P.A.F. Impossible? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 009)
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1:15:42Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Is it impossible to reproduce the 1959 Vintage P.A.F. guitar pickup today in 2025? Did Collings just improve the Telecaster with the new Collings 71 guitar? Find out in episode 009 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. See and hear the new Collings 71 guitar with factory upgrade Thr…
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Too Many Guitar Effect Pedals? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 008)
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1:00:37Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Can you have too many guitar effect pedals? Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail discuss if too many guitar pedals can ultimately ruin your tone and distract from advancing your guitar skills in this episode 008 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast. Jon shows his first edition Matchless Hot…
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Too Many Guitars? Is it even possible? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 007)
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1:00:33Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge for Podcast episode 007. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak debate whether it is possible to have too many guitars in this episode's guitargument. Also learn about a great choice for a complete guitar nut file set. Matthew shows and interest…
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Tube Amps vs Solid State - Guitar Tone Myths (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 006)
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1:17:16Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups. https://www.throbak.com/ Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 006. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak questions the myth that tube guitar amplifiers are superior to their solid state guitar amplifier counterpart in this episodes guitargument. Also learn about the perfect ruler for measu…
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I Found A STOLEN Guitar and Here's What Happened Next. (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 005)
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1:07:02Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 005. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak explore the dark side of vintage guitar collecting, STOLEN GUITARS. Ethics, celebrity owned stolen guitars and much more revealed in a heated guitar argument. Announcements: First live stream ask ThroBak Thursday Coming soon! Phillip McKnight unedited …
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Boutique Pickups Scam?! (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 004)
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57:34Join us in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 004. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail of ThroBak point the finger back at themselves when they debate whether or not boutique guitar pickups are a scam. Follow along with the conversation that starts with news about the 10 year anniversary of the historic ThroBak KZ/LP-115 pickup winder. A machine on…
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Is Your 80's Guitar Actually Vintage? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 003)
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1:10:28Join us on the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast episode 003 as we discuss whether guitars made in the 1980s are now considered vintage. Tune in to learn more about this new wave of vintage guitars in the Guitargument segment of episode 003. See the new Epiphone 1960 Les Paul Reissue unboxing. Plus a Victoria Amps 35115 guitar amplifier unboxing. Five …
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Broken Guitar Necks: Tone Heaven or Trash? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 002)
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1:18:37Learn the shocking truth about broken guitar necks and why some claim guitars sound better than ever after a broken guitar neck is repaired. Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail debate this controversial topic in the Guitargument followed by the Cool Down segment where they delve into the origins on this guitar myth. Preview of the new Epiphone Les Paul Gi…
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Vintage Les Pauls: The Ultimate Money Trap? (ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast - Episode: 001)
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1:15:32Join Jon Gundry and Matthew Quail in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge for our debut podcast episode, where we dive into the tone debate of the century: are vintage Les Pauls and vintage P.A.F. pickups really worth the hefty price tag? We're talking tone, playability, and the real value of these iconic guitars and pickups. If you're a guitarist on the hunt…
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