Welcome to GTN

At the Guitar Tone Network our aim is to provide you, our podcast listeners, with unbiased information about guitars, amplifiers, and everything in the signal chain. This information will help you develop educated opinions and make informed decisions when considering components for your guitar rig.
We value the 'N' in GTN greatly, and hope to network with experts in various fields related to Guitar Tone. The GTN podcast & website is our way to share their knowledge with you.

There are many choices when considering the gear for your rig. However, the combinations become nearly infinite when dialing your tone with any rig configuration; ranging from subtle to profound. Each guitar player's search for tone is a personal one. The bottom line is; we all want to sound good whether it's Blues, Country, Jazz, Rock, or Metal.

Latest Podcasts

Podcast : 011 Les Paul vs. Les Paul

This week We check out two very nice Gibson Les Pauls. One that is 100% stock, and the other has been customized to ‘Holy Smoke on the Water’...

Podcast : 010 - V1 Preamp Tubes, What have you got to Gain?

Podcast 010, All about the V1 premap tube’s magic, we’ll take a listen to a few different preamp tubes and of course shoot them out. We’ll swap...

Podcast - 009 : Power Cables and Conditioners

In this podcast we take a listen to a few different power cables and a couple of different power conditioners to see if and how they affect tone...

Podcast 008 : The Strat Goes Quack, Quack, Quak...

In Podcat 8 we compare 2 "S" style guitars in the interest of illustrating how two very similar designs can sound different. This is a 101 type...

Podcast 007 : Vintage vs Modern, Stock vs Custom LP Wiring, Can new vintage make your used historic modern ax seem new again?

In this podcast we take a Gibson Les Paul and swap out the electronics only. We’ll leave the pickups, switch, and jack the same, but will switch...

Podcast 006 : Instrument Cable Shootout #2, Is there a monster in the house?

This Podcast will be our second shootout and listen to the tonal differences between Instrument Cables and will include some more common cable...

Podcast 005 : True Bypass vs. Non-True Bypass Effects / TB or not TB, that is the question?

In this podcast we focus on Analog (non-digital) Stomp Box type FX that are and are not "true bypass" and how they effect the signal when...

Podcast 004 : Telecaster Shootout 01 / It's not the size of your TWANG, it's what you do with it

We compare and contrast the Fender American Standard Telecaster with a Nash T-63 Custom, A brief history of the Telecaster, And 'Listener Feedback...

Podcast 003 : Single Coil (Bridge) Pickups 01 / Hum, Quack... What about attack?

We welcome our first GTN Shootout guest for a comparison and contrast between 3 different and fairly common guitars with a variation on the "...

Podcast 002 : Guitar Cables / A patch cord by any other name, would it sound as sweet?

We compare guitar cords of various types, thicknesses, shielding, marketing and so on. What was used historically and the hard question; if there...

Podcast 001 : Introductions / Who do you think you are?

GTN host introductions and GTN podcast overview. Electric guitar tone relative to practicing, live sound and recording. Guitar/Pickup and Amp...

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