Crafting Feel w/ James Santiago of Universal Audio

Subscribe, like, and leave us a comment! 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): https://www.uaudio.com/products/showtime-64-tube-amp? srsltid=AfmBOooE8PGtJDv93PPu1qs52Pan63QqGMU2vLdBuh3BZkUC7KKOs0Im Enter below for your chance to win any UA Amp Simulator Pedal (Winner will be announced in November): https://kingsumo.com/g/m7ggklm Check out our new site & merch https://www.dippedintone.com Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dippedintone Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dippedintone 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 - [email protected] 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