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My guest this week is Philip Graham from Ear Trumpet Labs!

Ear Trumpet Labs is a Portland, Oregon-based boutique manufacturer specializing in hand-built, uniquely designed condenser microphones for live and studio use. Founded in 2011, the company crafts visually distinct mics—often featuring salvaged, industrial materials—that deliver studio-quality, natural sound with high feedback resistance, popular among folk, bluegrass, and Americana artists.

To find out more about Ear Trumpet Labs or to purchase your own, head over to their website….HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

No songs but here is the link to the video Philip mentioned during the episode!

As Always a HUGE thank you to all of my sponsor’s that make this podcast possible each week!

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Ear Trumpet Labs

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Tone Traveller**

**Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!

Happy New Year everyone! I’m pretty excited to kick the new year off with the legendary musician Todd Phillips!

Todd (a two time Grammy award winner) is not only the bass player on some of the most legendary and influential bluegrass recordings of all time (Manzanita, TBAG, JD Crowe and many, many more) his is also a founding member and rhythm mandolin player of The David Grisman Quintet! Amazing!

To find out more about Todd and more importantly to purchase his recordings, head over HERE to his website!

Songs featured in this episode:

“Released” by Todd Phillips (Released) (out of print)

“Fat Kid” by Todd Phillips (Released) (out of print) Youtube link

“Rye Straw” by Todd Phillips (In the Pines)

“Daniel’s Dream” by Todd Phillips (Released)

“I Want You, She’s so Heavy” by Phillips, Grier, Flinner (Looking Back)

“It’s Too Early” Todd Phillips (Timeframe)

As Always a HUGE thank you to all of my sponsor’s that make this podcast possible each week!

Mandolin Cafe

Peghead Nation promo code mandolinbeer

Northfiled Mandolins

Ear Trumpet Labs

Ellis Mandolins

Pava Mandolins

Tone Slabs

Elderly Instruments

String Joy Strings promo code mandolinbeer

Tone Traveller**

**Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!

My guest this week is luthier Tyler White. Tyler is based in Indiana and I have been following his Instagram and admiring his beautiful finish work for years now! I finally got in on his wait list a while back and in May I got my F5 and I’ve barely put it down! Tyler is a great guy and a fantastic builder, you should definitely follow him on his Instagram HERE and head over to his website HERE to find out more about Tyler!

Songs featured in this episode:

As Always a HUGE thank you to all of my sponsor’s that make this podcast possible each week!

Mandolin Cafe

Peghead Nation promo code mandolinbeer

Northfiled Mandolins

Ear Trumpet Labs

Ellis Mandolins

Pava Mandolins

Tone Slabs

Elderly Instruments

String Joy Strings promo code mandolinbeer

Tone Traveller