The Fretwire Podcast

Interview's with the people making and distributing the coolest guitar related gear today, as well as commentary and reports on the state of the industry and other stuff that guitar and bass fanatics might find interesting.

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 10 06/24/2017

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 10 Welcome back for the relaunch of The Fretwire Podcast. For the first couple of minutes I cover little bit of podcast business and then I get onto a great interview with one of the coolest new amp builders in the US right now, Kyle Rhodes from KSR amps. Kyle has an amazingly advanced facility small facility in Ohio with all of the hi-tech machines that a manufacture needs but his amps still have the attention to detail that small builders lavish on their creations. They also have switching and programmability beyond what most amps provide due to Kyle's background in electronic design. Kyle is also a real down to earth guy who has a work ethic that should inspire anyone who wants to build anything. He was a "Maker" long before the term was coined and the amps he turns out are really special. I hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much I enjoyed recording it! JT /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/5476691

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 9 06/02/2016

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 9 Hi again! Today's guest is Ben Hinz of Dwarfcraft Devices. Ben is a fellow Wisconsinite who makes really weird, cool, crazy... musical "Devices" that bend and break your sound in a musical way. Ben is a your classic "Midwestern" I need something so I'll build it myself kind of person, but he took that idea and made it into an extremely cool little company with some awesome pedals and Eurorack devices. Please remember to rate The Fretwire Podcast on iTunes IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO A LITTLE PODCAST!!! And please send me any feedback at Thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4412540

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 8 05/15/2016

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 8 This week we are talking to Dean Birdsong From Warehouse Guitar Speaker aka WGS. Dean is a speaker industry veteran with a passion for helping guitarist find "their" speaker. Dean even braves the guitar gear forums to learn and discuss speakers with guitarists even though he's not a player himself. He share a vast amount of information about speakers and how they are manufactured and shared some details on a new "ala cart" custom order speaker project that he's helped bring to market at WGS. Thanks again for listening and please remember to rate us on iTunes as it really helps us to get the word out to new listeners! Also, you can send any emails with feedback to or find me on facebook or twitter. /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4369333

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 7 04/29/2016

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 7 The man, the myth... The Doctor. Not Who, but Z! /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4332003

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 6 04/15/2016

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 6 Welcome back again! /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4297848

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 5 03/12/2016

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 5 This episode is a in informative interview with Daniel Klein of Port City Amps. Daniel and his staff make Amps, Pedals and highly engineered ported cabs that defy your expectations that so much great tone can come from such small rigs. Daniel is a real gentleman and was a lot of fun to chat with before, during and after the recording. /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4214394

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 4 12/08/2015

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 4 Welcome back for Episode 4, Chris Van Tassel of J Rocket Audio Designs. Chris starts by announcing a charitable drive that he is starting for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and then we get into talking gear, covering an amazing amount of ground and learning about product design and development, how things change as company grows and how big a part collaboration plays in Rockett Pedals Designs. (Hint... A lot.) /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/4002800

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 3 11/19/2015

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 3 Sorry about the delay but real life gets in the way sometimes. We're back with a really fun episode focusing on one of the coolest small guitar companies out there, Ronin Guitars. John and Izzy were a lot of fun to talk with, in fact we talked for a good hour without recording and I wish I had that on here too! /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/3961733

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 2 10/23/2015

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 2 Welcome back for another full episode of The Fretwire Podcast! This episode is an interview with Joe Knaggs of Knaggs Guitars. We cover Joe's views on what gives a guitar its character and sound, his years at PRS, guitars as works of art and guitars that just plain work too. /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/3882529

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 1 10/10/2015

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 1 Welcome to the first show a fun and informative interview with Greg and Barry from Xact Tone Solutions, or XTS for short. /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/3853946

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 0 10/10/2015

The Fretwire Podcast Episode 0 This is just a short introduction so you know how and why behind the podcast. /episode/index/show/thefretwirepodcast/id/3853934

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