Chairmen of the Boards - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Definitely listen to this show if you're working on bettering your guitar tone or improving your pedalboard. The breadth and depth of experience that the hosts share make this show a pretty valuable resource for anyone looking to step up the quality of their guitar rig. If you don't want to dig through the whole back catalogue, scroll through until you see a title that piques your interest and add it to your queue. I promise you're gonna learn something important by the end of that episode.

Over the last year, I’ve listened to every episode of Chairmen of the Boards as well as a decent number of the ‘Rig Doctor’ episodes earlier in the feed. And the big takeaway is that I wish I’d listened to the whole thing before buying any pedals, because the info here would have prevented every mis-step I’ve made so far. It’s plenty of fun, the hosts are knowledgeable without coming off as ‘know-it-all’s’, and even the ad codes are actually super helpful for anyone like me putting a dream rig together. Pedals, guitars, amps, cables, power, and everything else you can think of is covered really well here.

The tone of the show is mellow and easy going. Its an easy listen filled with super helpful advice. Even for topics I am less interested in, there are tidbits of super helpful info sprinkled in. I have learned a lot about basic boring yet really important stuff not really discussed elsewhere like cabling connectors impedances buffers etc. thank you.

These guys are really thorough in their rig building skills and go into some really good details on rig building. Through this show I’ve found several pieces of gear that have improved my rig.

I’ve listened to several of these episodes now and really wanted to like them. I like the things that Mason does in particular with Vertex but the content of these podcasts continues to be lackluster. All three members of the group continue to offer opinions about pedals and devices that they freely admit they have never tried. If you are looking for a podcast, where information is conveyed about petals and devices that you’re interested in and you’re looking for informed opinions about the way that these pedals might work with your rig you will want to look elsewhere. I would really love for them to focus on talking about the pedals and the rigs that they put together and have experience with.