Today we have Brian Bicknell on our show to talk about selling out, bowing to labels, theft of PCBs, and, of course, cats. Oh, and he talks about his pedal company, including their newest release, The Gale. Emily has one and she adores it.

What makes something collectible? Its rarity? Its flippability? And is it all clever marketing or is there substance in collectible gear? Emily and Andrew ponder these questions and share some embarrassing secrets. Also, Emily’s cat bites her.

So, you get a weird pedal. What do you do? Put it on your board, or stack it on the shelf? Today, Andrew and Emily talk about why you should always put an “unusable” pedal on your board.

Happy new year! Today, Emily and Andrew have Matthew Hoopes from 1981 Inventions and Relient K. They talk about his pedal building journey, favorite guitar shops in Nashville and Cincinnati (shout out to Eastside Music Supply and Mike’s Music), cheeseburgers, pizza, and more.

We’re super excited (I’m sorry, STOKED) for this week’s Christmas episode with Chad Jennings of Jennings Guitars. We talk about how he got started in guitar building, Surf Beach, our holiday guitar gifts of days past, and so much more.

Emily and Andrew talk about leaks (namely the leak of the Chase Bliss Dark World digital reverb) and the idea of spoilers in the gear world and how it compares to the record industry.

This week, Emily and Andrew talk about the Ainsley prototype, a guitar Emily designed with Kevin Equitz of Equitz Guitars. That gets them talking about general dream guitars, including doghair finishes. 

This week’s episode was recorded during a road trip to Richland, WA shortly after Matthews Effects released the Astronomer V2! We talk about the ethics of building, his wildly popular Facebook group, limited runs, and more.

Recently, Greenchild Amps got some flack in some gear groups about their new boost pedal, which looks similar to Thorpy designs. We chat about if Mason is in the clear here, or if he ripped off someone else’s design.

This week on the Get Offset podcast, Emily and Andrew sit down with Canadian guitar builder Leila Sidi of TunaTone Instruments. They talk about cats, guitars, and the guitar building community.