The Tone-Shaping Course will be available on this page, August 1st

August 1

Course Topics

Gain, EQ, Compression

  • Navigating the tone spectrum with Gain, EQ & Compression

  • Tone Terms: Defining the most important tone terms to know

Amp Modelers

  • Amps: Using Fender, Vox, Marshall in modelers

  • Pairing IR cabinets with amps

  • Finding Edge of Breakup with Gain, EQ & Comp

Pedals

  • Compression Pedal: Demystify compression settings

  • EQ Pedal: the ultimate tone-shaper

  • Clean Boosts: “pushing” your amp the right way

  • Pre-Amps: “Always-on” pedals and Tone-Shapers

  • Overdrive: Coloring your tone without burying it

  • Gain-Staging: How to order and layer pedals for maximum impact


    (Includes pedal demos for: JHS MorningGlory, JHS Kilt X, Schnobel Daily Driver, Greer Lightspeed and more!)

Pickups

  • Neck/Middle/Bridge: Getting the most out your pickups

  • Tone-Shaping for Single Coil / P-90’s / Humbuckers

Chords

  • Open Chords, Triads, Dyads, Melodies:
    Shaping ideal tone for various chord types

  • Wet Effects: Survey the role delay and reverb have on gain and core tone

    (Reverb, Delay & Modulation will be covered in depth in Part II of this course. Release date TBD)

CJ’s Gear, May ‘26

CJ’s Pedal Chain, May ‘26

Tuner
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Wampler Mini Comp
(Previously Cali 76)
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JHS Kilt X
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JHS Morning Glory
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Boost
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Boss EQ-200
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Boss DD-200 Delay
(Previously Meris LVX)
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Strymon Big Sky Reverb
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L R
Strymon Iridium
(Fender/Vox)

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