What It's Like Being Digital John @paulbradshawguitar

Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here's my interview with John Connearn on all things Guitar, Life, Youtube, music , Andertons, Neural DSP and more

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Interview with John Connearn
00:42 Digital John
01:47 Guitar Trade Shows : NAMM , Guitar Summit, UK Guitar show
03:59 Multiple Hats at Trade Shows : Andertons, Neural DSP
06:33 The start of things with Andertons , Neural DSP, Chapman
12:44 Was the goal always a career in guitar / music ?
14:43 How old are you?
15:20 What made you want to learn guitar?
18:28 Music education, producing and dialing in tones
20:43 The John Mayer X track
24:50 Neural DSP plugin release videos tracks (Nolly, Misha and more)
27:18 Writing Tracks with the artist plugins
28:12 Music production, plugins , drum plugins
32:24 The Ellipsis - what rig were you using back then? music production
35:03 Solo music
36:54 Starting out on Youtube in 2014
39:17 Recording / early days - gear history
41:40 Digital modelling / tones
47:15 Audio engineering and modern digital gear
50:12 Importance of ears
52:12 Studying music
54:04 When did you get your first endorsement and endorsements in general
56:32 Neural DSP : development / beta testing
57:28 Small world, other brands, guitar industry
59:36 Line6 , Paul Hindmarsh
1:01:24 Dario , G66 / Fractal Audio
1:03:08 QC mini , functions gigs, the Apollo Neural DSP video
1:07:56 Sweet child of mine
1:10:10 The right guitar for the job
1:13:43 What's coming next?
1:16:05 Thanks John!
1:16:55 Camera mishaps

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