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155 - Brian Ranks (Collecting Loud History) Feb 28, 2025

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155 - Brian Ranks (Collecting Loud History)

In episode 155 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks with Author, guitar tech, Marshall amplifier collector and guitarist Brian Ranks. In their conversation Brian tells us about his new project, a book documenting his and his business partner Peter Margolis collection of vintage Marshall amplifiers titled “Collecting Loud History”. Brian also tells us about when he started his business restoring vintage Marshall’s in the early ’80’s and how he became an authorized repair person from Jim Marshall. Brian talks about growing up in Western New York working for bands and what brought him to LA. Brian talks about doing tech work on the road with (Carmine Appice’s) King Cobra, Richard Marx and REO Speedwagon and his experiences with Gary Richrath and Dave Amato and how he got Dave hooked on vintage gear. He also tells us about working for David Lee Roth. Brian describes his collection of guitars and amps and his rental business renting Marshall’s for studio work and Marshall prop gear for music videos and tv shows. Brian tells us about who he uses to service the electronic parts of his Marshall’s, Bob Bradshaw, Roy Blankenship and Doug Anderson. Brian describes the Marshall amp he’s still looking for… and he also describes the Marshall serial number code and how that relates to the age of the amp. Brian tells us about the copious notes he took along the way that helps him identify the true age and whether or not the amp has been tampered with. Brian discusses the tribulations with reconing old Celestion speakers. Brian tells us about how he ended up with a bunch of celebrity owned Marshalls. And Brian talks about his favorite case companies. R and R cases and Encore cases and where people go wrong when buying cases. Brian tells us about his other passion, drag racing and why he misses spending his time on a tour bus. To find out about how to get the book you can go to the books website: collectingloudhistory.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #BrianRanks #CollectingLoudHistory #MarshallAmps #Marshall #MarshallAmplifiers #KingCobra #REOSpeedwagon #DavidLeeRoth #RichardMarx #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . .

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154 - Peter Margolis (Collecting Loud History) Feb 26, 2025

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154 - Peter Margolis (Collecting Loud History)

In episode 154 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Author, Director and Marshall amplifier collector as well as guitarist, Peter Margolis. In their conversation Peter tells us about his new project, a book documenting his and his business partner Brian Ranks collection of vintage Marshall amplifiers titled “Collecting Loud History”. Peter describes how his small collection of vintage Marshall’s was destroyed in the ’94 LA earthquake and that led him to his partner in the collection Brian Ranks through pedal board manufacturer Bob Bradshaw and from there the collection grew. Peter tells us about his early collection and his band in the ‘80’s and what Hollywood and the greater LA area were like at that time. Peter tells us about his tv and film career starting on the Young and the Restless, Soap, the Voice and eventually doing a documentary on his friend and teacher Randy Rhodes. Peter talks about his very first concert Quiet Riot and how that led to taking lessons and becoming friends with Randy Rhodes. Peter tells us about purchasing guitar parts from Grover Jackson and his collection of Charvels as well as his other guitars within his collection. Peter tells us about Randy Rhodes before Ozzy and his tapes of his lessons and note books of Randy’s notes to him and describes a bit of the documentary he made of the pre Ozzy relationship between Randy and singer Kevin Dubrow from Quiet Riot. Peter describes the pre “hair band” era of Hollywood was like. Finally Peter tells us how the LA fires changed his outlook on keeping his collection in the LA area there and where he’s planning on taking it and plans for a volume two of the book. To find out about how to get the book you can go to the books website: collectingloudhistory.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #PeterMargolis #CollectingLoudHistory #MarshallAmps #Marshall #MarshallAmplifiers #RandyRhodes #QuietRiot #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . .

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153 - Paul Pigat Feb 20, 2025

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153 - Paul Pigat

In episode 153 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with the amazing guitarist, singer and guitar builder Paul Pigat. In their conversation Paul discusses comparing the new Fender Tone Master amps to his 1964 Fender Deluxe… Paul tells us about his tour schedule and the rigors of touring his Canadian homeland both solo and with his band Cousin Harley he also describes what it’s like booking himself. Paul talks about his guitar building business most of which he sells on Facebook and Instagram. Paul describes his guitar collection including a few highlights: a Wandre Bridget Bardot, a 1931 Gibson L5, a Larrivee Nylon string, and a Gibson 350 and ES 125 TDC. Paul talks about growing up in Toronto playing in bars starting at age 13 and going to the university of Toronto to study classical music with a degree in theory and composition and what brought him to the West Coast of Canada. Paul tells us about his rockabilly instructional dvds which are legendary, he also talks about his current Patreon lessons and his private lessons. Paul describes when he decided to start singing and his love for swing music and his love for Tony Bennet and the era of the crooners. Paul talks about Cousin Harley’s new record “Cousin Harley Plays the Blues Volume 1” which is late ‘40’s jump swing music. Paul tells about living in China and what it’s like to play to a Chinese audience. You can find out all you want to know about Paul at his website paulpigat.com And Paul is very active on the socials Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #PaulPigat #Rockabilly #RockabillyMusic #CousinHarley#FenderCustomShop #GretschGuitars #BoxcarCampfire #GibsonGuitar #GuitarHero #Shredder #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . .

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152 - Brad Kahabka (Ohana Ukulele Custom Shop Builder) Feb 17, 2025

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152 - Brad Kahabka (Ohana Ukulele Custom Shop Builder)

In episode 152 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with Ohana Ukulele Custom Shop Builder, Brad Kahabka. In their conversation Brad tells us about his path to working with ukulele’s, working in a music store, the military, getting a fine arts degree and eventually doing set up’s on ukuleles at Ohana. Brad explains what it takes to make custom ukuleles, a C&C machine a laser engraver and a lot of hand work sanding and glueing and putting together the fine details. Brad talks about his musical history going to GIT in Hollywood playing in punk bands and following the Warped Tour. Brad talks about how he learned to build ukuleles by reverse engineering the defective ones that came through the shop as well as doing repairs on vintage Kamaka and Martin ukuleles. Brad tells us about the woods he works with and the qualities of the different woods as well as the difficulties of working with certain types of woods and he explains the “Bubble” ukulele… which you need to see to understand. Brad walks us through the ordering process of the custom shop and the cost of the instruments he builds. You can find out all you want to know about custom Ohana Ukuleles and see photos of Brad’s work at their website: ohanacustomshop.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #BradKahabka #OhanaUkuleleCustomShop #OhanaUkuleles #ukulele #ukuleles #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . .

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151 - Paul Thorn Feb 13, 2025

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151 - Paul Thorn

151 - Paul Thorn Hi Vintage Guitar people! welcome to “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine! With your host, me, James Patrick Regan. Today I’m speaking with singer/guitarist Paul Thorn, in our conversation Paul discusses his favorite guitar, the Telecaster. Paul tells us about his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi and growing up in the Pentecostal church and community where secular music wasn’t allowed. Paul talks about his new album “Life is Just a Vapor” which comes out on February 21st and tells about two of the guest guitarists that play on the album, Luther Dickinson and Joe Bonamassa… and the deal he made with Joe to get him to play on the album. Paul discusses his first concert he ever attended… it was when he opened for Sting in Nashville. Paul talks gear, Gibson’s, Fenders, Ovation’s, Carbon Fiber and Johnny Gray. To find out everything you want to know about Paul, you can go to his website: paulthorn.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #PaulThorn #CountryMusic #LifeisJustAVapor #FenderCustomShop #OvationGuitar #Tupelo #GuitarHero #Shredder #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . . .

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150 - John McCutcheon Feb 10, 2025

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150 - John McCutcheon

in episode 150 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon. In their conversation John talks a little about the Hammered Dulcimer one of the many instruments John plays. He talks about its tuning, its construction, its history and how he moves it around to gigs. John tells us about his new album “A Field of Stars” and the musicians he works with on his albums, Steuart Smith (from the Eagles) and Stuart Duncan and how he encourages them to collaborate. John talks gear including his Huss and Dalton acoustic guitars and the Silvertone guitar he started on. John discusses one of his mentors, Pete Seeger. John describes the instruments he plays and what he would take to a gig. He also talks about the venues he’s playing and his touring and songwriting camp schedule. He also tells us about a musical cruise down the Danube he’s planning for 2026. John tells us about his plans for the future: an album celebrating 100 years since the Bristol sessions apart from the cruise down the Danube. John describes his role in the musicians union and how he made changes to suit the traveling musician. Finally John tells us about his pastimes… taking a 500 mile walk in Europe and baseball, major, minor and little league baseball as well as his family, gardening and bee keeping. You can find out all you want to know about John at his website: folkmusic.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #JohnMcCutcheon #AFieldofStars #HussandDalton #steuartsmith #stuartduncan #FolkMusic #SilvertoneGuitar #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . . .

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149 - Sean Thompson Feb 05, 2025

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149 - Sean Thompson

In episode 149 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and band leader Sean Thompson. In their conversation Sean tells us about his new album “Head in the Sand” and his influences while making the album… stuff you wouldn’t think of for an album out of Nashville. Sean tells us about his early music education and his early bands and the Nashville clubs he grew up playing in. Sean discusses touring with Daniel Pujol’s band and what it was like to put together his own band for his album release. Sean tells us about his gear and his methods for getting good gear on a budget. Sean tells about his release party in Nashville on February 6th at the Blue Room. Finally Sean reflects on being a full time musician and making ends meet. To find out all you want to know about Sean he’s active on the socials his instagram handle is @Seansweirdears Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #SeanThompson #Seansweirdears #GibsonGuitar #HeadintheSand #FenderCustomShop #GuitarHero #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . . .

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148 - Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas Feb 03, 2025

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148 - Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas

In episode 148 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks with Grammy winner Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas, in their conversation they discuss: The name of their band “Effie Zilch”, coined by columnist Herb Cain in the San Francisco Chronicle. Steve discusses his guitar collection and his guitar hunting adventures. Steve and Evanne discuss their how they met in high school in the Silicon Valley area of California and Steve tells us about his musical upbringing. Steve and Evanne tell us how they have contributed to albums by Richard Ashcroft from the Verve (whom Steve tours with) and Miko Marks (who they both tour with in support of Little Feat and Tedeschi Trucks Band) Steve tells us about his disdain for acoustic pickups and di’s and the gear he uses with Richard Ashcroft as well as the project with Evanne. The two discuss the venues they’re playing although they prefer to record at this point. Steve will be playing with Richard in support of Oasis this summer. They tell us about their record label Redtone records which is a non-profit. The two describe the players and gear on their new album “Multitudes” The two are active on the socials and you can find out more about them on their record label’s website: redtonerecords.bandcamp.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #SteveWyreman #EvanneBarcenas #GibsonGuitar #RichardAshcroft #Multitudes #EffieZilch #FenderCustomShop #GuitarHero #MikoMarks #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . . .

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147 - Peter Holsapple (the db’s, REM, Hootie and the Blowfish) Jan 31, 2025

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147 - Peter Holsapple (the db’s, REM, Hootie and the Blowfish)

In episode“ 147 of Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Peter Holsapple. In their conversation Peter discusses: Playing in the db’s and being a utility player in both REM and Hootie and the Blowfish for a number of years as well as playing solo. Peter also discusses his day job in a theater in North Carolina. Peter tells us about his new album “The Face of 68” and the gear the band and the studio he used to record it. Peter describes what brought him to guitar and his early musical experiences and living in Memphis, New York and back in North Carolina. Peter talks about his gear and what he does that helps him enjoy life. To find out all you want to know about Peter and where he’ll be playing in the future you can go to his website: peterholsapple.com And he’s also very active on the socials. Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #PeterHolsapple #thedbs #GibsonGuitar #REM #GretschGuitars #HootieandtheBlowfish #FenderCustomShop #GuitarHero #thefaceof68 #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . .

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146 Mike Clark - Final Gravity Jan 27, 2025

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146 Mike Clark - Final Gravity

In episode 146 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist Mike Clark from the Los Angeles progressive rock band Final Gravity. In their conversation Mike talks briefly about the fires in the Pacific Palisades which were close to him living in Santa Monica and unfortunately while preparing to evacuate his car was broken into and his PRS guitar was stolen. Mike discusses the bands new album “Stormchaser” and the gear used to record it. Mike talks about growing up in Southern California and going to GIT and Cal State Notrthridge studying Jazz at GIT and classical guitar at Northridge. Mike talks about studying with guitarist Gary Hoey. Mike tells us about his gear throughout the years and what the music stores in the greater LA area were like in the 90’s. Mike talks about the challenges of booking shows in the Southern California area, with a lot of pay to play. Mike discusses the future of the band and what lies ahead for them. Mike talks about a bit about his day job and how he supports his musical habit… and he discusses beer, another one of his passions. Final Gravity is active on the socials and they have a bandcamp page: https://finalgravity.bandcamp.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #MikeClark #FinalGravity #PRS #PaulReedSmith #progrock #theDeadlies #progressiverock #stormchaser #GIT #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . .

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