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Tonight's fun is with George Metropoulos of Metropoulos Amplification. Jump to the following sections in our discussion
5:37 - Dr. McGillicuddy's Medicinal Needs
8:13 - Scotch Unboxing
9:24 - Scotch Details
15:23 - How did George get started building amps?
27:27 - NAMM stories
32:57 - Bogner Story
35:07 - George Pranks Dave at the Amp Show
37:46 - Chat Review
38:50 - George's Amp Room Rundown
45:51 - Audio Precision Analyzer discussion
48:20 - Do transformers make the biggest impact on tone?
50:38 - TUBES! What do we like?
1:05:56 - EVH Tube shoot out story by Dave
1:10:00 - EVH Brown Sound Talk
1:15:00 - Hiwatt amps
1:23:00 - George's Favorite Marshall to Play?
1:23:16 - Opinions of Divided by 13 Amps
1:24:00 - Attenuators? Power Station by Fryette, Dave's Prototype
1:30:15 - Granger Amps?
1:31:16 - How does Steve Stevens use his Rockaway pedal by J Rockett
1:32:23 - George discusses the 10,000 series amps
1:34:55 - Van Halen and Metropoulos Amps for best tone
1:38:31 - New Metal Zone mod? :) Amp mistakes that sound good
1:41:40 - Using Variac's, Steve Stevens, AC/DC, Van Halen
1:46:19 - Van Halen and his use of a Variac, and Dave working with him on tube selection for the 5150 III amps
1:53:30 - New pedals by Friedman and Metropoulos
1:59:14 - What is your favorite Van Halen recorded guitar tone?
2:04:41 - Friedman Buffer Bay and Pedalboard's released
2:05:05 - What is closest to mustard caps?
2:07:14 - Checking in on our drinking progress
2:10:04 - Why do old amps sound so good?
2:17:07 - Why do amps of the same era sound different?
2:21:00 - Different players make an amp sound different
2:23:24 - Food!
2:25:39 - Slash and Lunch SIR Amps
2:29:34 - Best solid state amps and Boss Katana
2:36:51 - Dumble!
2:45:00 - What do we do in downtime? TV, George's guest room mattress, Online reviews
2:57:35 - Favorite Audio Switcher
2:58:52 - Pickups and impact on sound
3:06:35 - Will Friedman be coming out with their own pickups to sell? Yes
3:08:04 - What causes Marshall hiss?
3:09:56 - Rich mod, LarMar Mod and PPIMV discussion
3:20:50 - Closing thoughts where to find George Metropoulos, Marc and Dave Friedman
Metropoulos Amplification - www.metopoulos.net
Friedman Amplification - www.friedmanamplification.com
Tone-Talk - www.tone-talk.com
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