Academy Of Tone 253: The Jude Gold Story - From NAMM to the Big Stage

Special guest: Jude Gold

00:00 Intro 00:40 Funkytown by Jude Gold 04:22 Introducing Jude Gold and the "Strat Mastery" story 08:39 Jude’s first encounter with the Amp1 and touring 09:49 Jefferson Starship: The successor to Jefferson Airplane 11:34 Jude’s experimental Wet-Dry-Wet system 12:29 Discovering the Fatcab and the BlueGuitar universe 14:08 Performance skills: Slap guitar and taste 18:47 Meeting in Los Angeles: The "Guitar Cave" 19:15 Improvising on the road: Keyboards through clock radios 20:32 Professionalism vs. Rehearsals: Learning on the fly 21:28 Looking back at NAMM 2007 and feedback techniques 22:55 The BlueGuitar "Masterbuilt" Strat #47 24:42 Weather in LA: Santa Ana winds and wildfires 25:30 Jeff Beck tribute: Discussing his legendary catalog 27:11 Memories of the band Saga and Ian Crichton 28:18 Uli Jon Roth and his massive stage volume 29:41 Exploring Wet-Dry vs. Stereo setups 31:31 The importance of attack and bite on big stages 32:40 Simplifying the rig: Using volume pedals for effects 35:42 Jude’s story from the North American Guitar Festival 37:23 Guest appearance by George Lynch: A guitar lesson 39:06 Technical setup: Using Amp1 as a power amp 39:36 Demonstration: The "Spank Guitar" (Slap technique) 42:16 Funky Town in Drop D 43:42 Pedalboard talk: Boss DD-5 and Keeley Halo 48:42 The Keeley Monterey and fuzz/octave sounds 55:19 Digitech Synthwah and vintage synth influences 59:58 Influences: From Disco to Nile Rodgers and The Beatles 1:08:51 Thomas’ story: Opening for Michael Jackson 1:11:41 From electronics hobbyist to amp designer 1:17:33 Classical guitar recital nerves vs. stadium gigs 1:23:50 Trading guitars: Thomas plays Jude’s Music Man 1:32:54 Discussing Deep Purple’s "Child in Time" and "Highway Star" 1:36:15 Wrapping up and future travel plans 1:37:38 Final words and "Auf Wiedersehen"