The Riffs, Beards & Gear Podcast
Join Ryan "Fluff" Bruce and Mike Squires for an unfiltered, deep-dive look into the world of professional music, content creation, and the gear that powers it all. Building on the legacy of the Riffs, Beards & Gear YouTube channel, Ryan and Mike skip the marketing fluff to bring you honest conversations about gear, guitars, the Music Industry and more!
The Riffs, Beards & Gear Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 14: High Gain Doc, Travel Nightmares & New Gear Days
This week, we go behind the scenes of making The History of High Gain, share the travel nightmare that was getting to and from Sweetwater to make it happen, and celebrate a new guitar day for Fluff.From high-gain history to trav...
Episode 13 - Zakk Wylde, sixstringTV Gets Cancelled & The Darkglass Anagram
On this episode, we dig into SixStringTV getting cancelled, take the Darkglass Anagram on tour and talk all things Zakk Wylde. Plus, what’s it like jamming with powerhouse drummer Kenny Aronoff? Guitar talk, gear deep dives, and stories from th...
Episode 12 - GASing For Gear, Social Media For Bands & Nightmare Tours
This week on the podcast, Mike and I talk about the gear we’re currently GASing for, whether big social media numbers actually translate to people showing up to your shows, and some of the absolute nightmare tours we’ve experienced over the yea...
Episode 11 - The D'Addario Debacle, Everything Is Expensive & Dream Guitars
This week on the podcast, Mike and I dig into the recent D’Addario AI disaster, talk about why seemingly EVERYTHING in the guitar world has gotten so expensive, and ask an important question: if Mike could design his own signature guitar from s...
Episode 10 - Bobby Landgraf (Corrosion Of Conformity, DOWN, Honky)
Bobby Landgraf joins the Riffs, Beards & Gear Podcast!As the newest member and bassist of Corrosion of Conformity—and a former guitarist for DOWN—Bobby shares stories from his life in music, including hauling heavy Marshall amps aro...
