BIG SHINY TONES with JAY LEONARD J and JONATHAN LINDSAY

Five Martin acoustics, one test, and a whole lot of confident guessing. We try to hear the difference between tonewoods… and immediately start second-guessing everything. Things get competitive, logic goes out the window, and somehow the “obvious” answers get harder the longer we listen. Who actually knows their ears… and who’s just talking?

Does bolting a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece onto a Fender Telecaster ruin it… or unlock its secret alter ego?

Norm’s Rare Guitars is turning the page, and the vintage guitar world is buzzing! From the sale to NAMM 2026 buzz, we’re spilling the riffs, rumors, and rare-gear chaos you didn’t know you needed. 🎸⚡YOUTUBE: @tapestrymusicshopTAPESTRYMUSIC.COM

✨ That’s a wrap on Big Shiny Tones for the year! ✨This season was all about experimenting, finding the groove, leveling up, and chasing the shine. Huge thanks to everyone who tuned in, turned it up, and took a ride with us. Straight into 2026—new ideas, fresh tones, and even bigger energy on the way. This isn’t the end… we're just getting started. Stick around, stay shiny, and we’ll see you in 2026.▶️ Like, subscribe, and keep those tones big.

Crank the amps and grab your favorite mug ☕🎸—today we’re putting Browne Ethane vs Browne Protein OD head-to-head in a no-nonsense, no-solder-sniffing overdrive showdown. Same family, different flavors… but which one actually earns pedalboard real estate and which one politely gets benched?We also hit some pedal news and tip our hats to a legend, Steve Cropper. On the board:Browne Ethane OD – tight, punchy, and ready to scrapBrowne Protein OD – the crowd favorite with multiple personalitiesPlus, tube Screamer of the Day – love it, hate it, argue about it.No cork-sniffing. No bedroom volume heroics. Just guitars, pedals, opinions, and a little rock ’n’ roll chaos.Drop a comment, pick a side, and tell us which OD survives the night.

Welcome back to Big Shiny Tones, where Jonathan Lindsay and Jay Leonard J plug in, turn up, and refuse to play it safe.This week we unleash the EVH 5150iii Hypersonic—the brand-new digital 5150 that everyone will be arguing about. Hype? Heresy? Hidden genius?We crank it, shred through it, and break down what’s actually going on under the hood.Dropped Dec 3. Prepare your volume knobs.Then it’s time for an Unpopular Opinion:To relic or not to relic?Fake wear, real wear, or don’t-care? Jonathan and Jay dive headfirst into one of guitar culture’s spiciest debates… and yeah, they definitely have opinions.Loud tones. Hot takes. Zero apologies.Let’s get shiny.

Big Shiny Tones tears into the week with a trifecta of guitar-nerd mayhem: the shimmering swagger of the Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar, built for jangly arpeggios and clean lines sharp enough to shave with; the unhinged sonic chaos of Jack White’s Troika pedal, a three-headed fuzz monster that sounds like it was wired together in a thunderstorm; and John Mayer, calmly dropping bombs from the tone-guru throne, declaring that radius doesn’t matter while the internet collectively flips its lid.It’s guitars, it’s opinions, it’s glorious noise — Big Shiny Tones style.

Hop in the DeLorean and crank the flux capacitor to “tone.” In this episode of BIG SHINY TONES, Jay Leonard J and Jonathan Lindsay time-travel through the legend of the Gibson Back to the Future guitar — a six-string straight outta 1985 and into your dreams. We’re talking chrome and flux with a little Huey Lewis energy.Joining the ride: the Benson Amp that could charm Doc Brown himself and the King Comp, the crown jewel of squish and swagger.

Do 5-watt amps suck? In the latest gearpocalypse, Catalinbread's Mini Fuzz is out here shrinking the Mosrite Fuzzrite's splattery '60s psych-freakery into a pedalboard bullet that turns your riffs into incense-scented chaos—because who needs room for nuance when you've got garage-rock napalm? Meanwhile, G&L Guitars just slammed the factory doors shut, auctioning off Leo Fender's late-life toys to the corporate overlords at Fender, proving once again that even guitar gods get swallowed by the beast for a quick buck. And if that's not enough existential whiplash, Strymon drops the Olivera in Big Shiny Tones episode 8, that oil-can delay wizardry slinging modulated echoes so oily and organic, it'll make your tones shimmer like a '50s lounge lizard's greased-back regrets. On top of all that, we need to know... do 5-watt amps suck?

Episode 6 of Big Shiny Tones, where hosts Jay Leonard J and Jonathan Lindsay (the dynamic duo who make gear reviews feel like a rock 'n' roll therapy session) summon the ghost of Extreme coolness: Nuno Bettencourt himself. We're diving headfirst into Positive Grid's BIAS X, the AI wizard that's basically Skynet for your guitar rig—whisper "that crunchy Edge vibe from 'Where the Streets Have No Name'" and boom, it'll spit out a preset so spot-on, your amp might file for divorce.Expect zero politics, all gear—Jay's probably mid-rant about why AI won't steal his soul. Will the AI out-shred the humans? Does Nuno secretly use it to compose ballads about his cat? Tune in for big shiny chaos that'll leave your ears grinning and your DAW begging for mercy. If your tone game's been stuck in the '90s, this ep's the portal gun you need. Shred responsibly—or don't. We won't judge. (Much.)👉 Shop Online: https://www.tapestrymusic.com/?affiliateID=10059

Welcome to Big Shiny Tones, where we dive headfirst into the glittering abyss of guitar gear that'll make your axe sound like it's auditioning for a UFO sighting (They’re in the oceans 🛸 😉). Today, let's talk Floyd Rose tremolos—oh baby, these bad boys aren't just bridges, they're the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti of whammy bars, locking down your strings tighter than a conspiracy theorist's tin-foil hat. The Floyd Rose is the unyielding overlord of sustain and stability, turning every riff into a seismic event. Now bow before my harmonic perfection!" And hot off the cosmic presses, the new Source Audio Encounter pedal? It's not just a delay-reverb duo; it's a psychedelic warp drive for your signal, blending swirling, otherworldly echoes and reverbs into soundscapes so trippy, you'll swear your Strat's channeling interdimensional squirrels (They’re in the trees!).👉 Shop Online: https://www.tapestrymusic.com/?affiliateID=10059

Big Shiny Tones Episode 2: The Norlin Era Gibson Guitar Fiasco - A Comedy of Frets and Regrets. Welcome to Big Shiny Tones, where we polish the tarnished tales of music history with a side of snark! In Episode 2, we dive headstock-first into the infamous Norlin Era of Gibson guitars, a time when "quality control" was more of a suggestion than a rule. Picture this: heavier bodies, wonky headstocks, and guitars that some say sounded like they were strung with wet noodles. Join your hosts, Jay Leonard J and Jonathan Lindsay, tone-chasing troubadours with a knack for finding humor in the clunkiest of chords, as we explore how Norlin’s "innovations" made guitarists weep but gave us plenty to riff on. Were Norlin Gibsons really that bad, or just misunderstood? Tune in, turn up, and let’s shred through the controversy.