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The Lipstick Pickup Podcast

Emily Walters and Robert Maché

A lipstick pickup is an electric guitar pickup with a captivating sound and appearance that has a devoted cult following that grows with each passing year. True to their name, they were originally chrome lipstick tubes stuffed with magnets and electronics that were the inspired invention of Nathan Daniel, founder of Danelectro. Born from his genius instinct for innovation as well as his devotion to a "rigid cost control" philosophy, they were an essential component of the guitars that helped stoke an affordable rock-n-roll revolution.

The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is an amateur (but very inspired) unscripted, unedited conversation devoted to the entirety of the subject. Hosted by Emily Walters (a music lover in Nashville) and Robert Maché (a professional guitarist in Memphis), The Lipstick Pickup Podcast is a fan friendly primer on the subject of American music history. The first 19 episodes can be enjoyed sequentially or at random, but we hope you'll take it from the top and enjoy new weekly episodes.

Episodes
Sympathetic String: Emily and Robert talk to John Cowsill about Vinnie Bell, electric sitar and The Family BusinessJuly 03, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Style Lessons from L.A.-based "Recreationist" Julian BailinsonJune 26, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Lipstick Pickup "Gear Talk" with Nashville Singer-Songwriter Ray DuncanJune 18, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Talking SUSTAIN-ability and Masonite guitars with Nashville-based luthier Wade CoferJune 11, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Goin' Greek with DeeOhGee's Matthew Paige and a Danelectro BellzoukiJune 06, 2024
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It Came From Memphis, continued....May 31, 2024
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Philadelphia Story Part 1: Guitarist Bobby EliMay 21, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Travelin' Light to Vermont with Kevin Bloom from The Dead ShakersMay 17, 2024
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Lip Service: Robert Returns From Jazz Fest DutyMay 14, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Getting in the Philly Soul Mood with Ben VaughnMay 08, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Nashville's Patrick Sweany Slides Back with his DanelectroMay 02, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Going Places with Nashville's Matthew Paige and his Silvertone 1457 Amp-in-CaseApril 24, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Celebrating Record Store Day 2024 with drummer Pete Hayes of The FiggsApril 21, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Keeping the Vibration High with Nashville's Matthew Paige and his REAL sitarApril 11, 2024
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Sympathetic String: Putting The DAN in Danelectro! Baritone Guitar Lessons With Dan BairdApril 03, 2024
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Touching Tone with Ultimate Sympathetic String, Howard DanielMarch 26, 2024
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Goin' Crazy for Lipstick Pickup Legend, Nashville's Harold BradleyMarch 19, 2024
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"An Electric Sitar Has 19 strings: Season 1 Wrap Up"March 14, 2024
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"Sympathetic String: Tone Lessons From Patrick Sweany"March 13, 2024
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"Town and Country: A Lipstick Pickup Summit"March 13, 2024
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"Sympathetic String: Peavey Lessons with guitarist Thomas Heyman"March 13, 2024
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"Fourteen-Forty-Eight Fat Tuesday"March 13, 2024
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"Sympathetic String: Bass Lessons Pete Donnelly!"March 13, 2024
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"Emily Adopts a Baby Sitar"March 13, 2024
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"Getting Scratchy with Travis Wammack!"March 13, 2024
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