Dipped In Tone6 Okt 2025

Crafting Feel w/ James Santiago of Universal Audio

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On this episode of Dipped in Tone, Rhett, Zach and Addison chat with James Santiago of UA about all creating pedals that capture the nuance of classic amps. We also dive into the secrets of circuits, tone of picks and more!

Huge Thanks to sponsor of this episode, Universal Audio.

UAD Showtime ’64 (FREE for the month of October):

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November):

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Dipped in Tone is:

Rhett Shull https://www.rhettshull.com/

Zach Broyles / Mythos Pedals https://mythospedals.com & https://highvoltageguitars.com/

Edited by Addison! https://www.instagram.com/addisonsauvan/

Timestamps

00:28 - High Voltage is 1 year old!

00:44 - Rhett thought High Voltage was a bad idea

00:55 - He was wrong

01:22 - Zach is exercising again

03:14 - Addison is tired, but promises he hasn’t been crying

03:41 - He listens to books, a lot

04:21 - The Shull family’s last road trip of 2025

05:17 - Gen Z brain rot shorts, brought to you by Will

05:59 - HOT TAKE

12:18 - Submit your HOT TAKE - dippedintone@gmail.com

12:24 - Today’s Sponsor - Universal Audio!

12:32 - FREE STUFF - The Showtime ‘64

14:22 - Our Conversation with James Santiago

23:41 - What James has been up to

28:52 - Main Topic (UA Amp Pedals)

34:55 - James’ crazy tone-chasing behavior

37:40 - You have to do the homework

40:26 - “Amp in the room” vs “amp on the record”

51:38 - The tonal difference between two different picks

55:32 - James is truly a musical anthropologist

57:24 - There are no bad tones

1:00:30 - How UA decides on features

1:02:12 - Another shout out to the Showtime ’64

1:05:40 - Guitar should be fun

1:12:36 - A common thread among the greats

1:19:30 - Zach’s Shill

1:21:13 - Rhett’s Shill

1:24:53 - Thank you Universal Audio!

1:24:58 - Download the Showtime ’64 for FREE

1:25:13 - Thank you James!

1:25:27 - Check out our merch - www.dippedintone.com

AFFILIATE LINKS

Universal Audio Enigmatic: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qzdyxj

Universal Audio Knuckles: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/radXDy

Universal Audio Anti: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7agMOd

Universal Audio Ruby: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xLdZ5R

Universal Audio Dream: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LKk2mo

Universal Audio Woodrow: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/55JnZ3

Universal Audio Lion: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xLdZ5d

Kirk Wah: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKP227

Strandberg Boden NX6 Standard: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6yZEdb

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