Know Your Gear Podcast

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Why Fender & Gibson Will Never Make A Headless Guitar Dec 16, 2023

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Stew Mac KYG Deal is BACK!!! (Get 10% off and 50% Off Stew Max Free Shipping for 1 YEAR!)
https://stewmac.sjv.io/RyQ2nX
Im giving away a set of Blackstock Northern Lights Humbuckers.
https://kingsumo.com/g/occ2zh/blackstock-northern-lights-humbucker-set
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Cheap Vs. Expensive Gear: What Do Working Musicians Really Use? Dec 10, 2023

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Solar Guitars Takes On Harley Benton Price Points! Nov 30, 2023

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Subject index
00:00 Intro
01:48 Any updates on modular guitar like relish gyrock, Somnium others.
05:40 How hard is it to drop fill on a guitar?
10:38 Status on Stew Mac discounts
13:10 Solar Guitars Takes On Harley Benton Price Points!
20:00 Used gear on Reverb is getting harder to trust
23:00 My first mistake I made when opening a business
27:50 Dean Guitars Are Back To Making Vs After Losing Lawsuit With Gibson
38:05 Artist endorsing multiple products, is this the future?
48:55 Is it a tube amp if it only has preamp tubes?
51:30 True temperament frets
55:38 Thoughts on selling a music store
1:04:00 Fender hiring a 100 people, but not to build guitars
1:09:28 Should you change your tubes?
1:21:15 Kiesel Guitar event
1:23:00 Should A Retailer be responsible for a guitar to play correctly?
1:34:00 Sweetwater sending discounts if you leave items in your cart
1:36:45 It is not a good time to try and sell your gear
1:58:26 The Fender Prosonic?
2:00:00 What is the perfect guitar for a 5 year old?
PRS Is Blowing Out guitars
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoj7o
and
https://reverb.partnerlinks.io/PRSE
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Why The Guitar Resale Market Is A Total Disaster Nov 28, 2023

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Subject index
00:00 Thank you Veterans
03:40 I took my guitar on the plan and what I did
06:80 Thank you to Bounty Music
10:40 The guitar resale market is a mess?
21:00 discount for True Temperament necks
https://truetemperamentshop.com/produkt-kategori/necks/
Just4u is the discount code.
23:49 Thank you if you check out CMA You Tube channel
https://countrymusicassociation.link/ITBPhillipMcKnight
25:00 Intonation and the must frustrating customer I ever had
40:30 When should a guitar be re-fretted?
45:40 Cheap Guitar Videos
54:20 Finish crack issue?
55:40 RWRP Pickup Swap
58:30 The hardest music I ever tried to learn
1:05:25 16, 8 ,or 4 ohm cabinets
1:16:39 Slash’s new Magnatone amp.
1:35:48 Can you keep a Squier in tune?
1:42:50 Thank you to the winners of the Snarks!!!!
1:44:00 Who Makes The NEW PRS MT100 and why it might be better than there MT15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrT9FynkAuQ
1:55:50 The future of tube amps is the future of tubes
2:08:40 High E sticking under your fret
PRS Is Blowing Out guitars
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and
https://reverb.partnerlinks.io/PRSE
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I was called out for saying PRS took care of their dealers, Did I Get It Wrong? Nov 06, 2023

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Subject Index
00:00 Intro
00:40 What Happened to the Fender Super Champ XD and X2?
03:13 My oldest tool?
04:09 Fret pullers and what you need to know
08:37 Do I use any of my military training to work on guitars?
12:02 I was called out for saying PRS took care of their dealers, Did I Get It Wrong?
22:09 My favorite Headless guitar and things to think about when getting your first one
28:39 Sharp edge on the Floyd Rose nut?
31:28 The pit falls of siting to 7 gauge strings?
35:56 What Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio could learn from GFS pickups
46:13 The forseable issues with putting P90s in a humbucker guitar
49:49 I wish guitar manufactures would think about making forever guitars, Because they can
58:45 Installing phase switches in a guitar
1:02:07 What do techs say the nut is the issue with Gibson?
1:05:55 The UA Ox and The Two Notes Captor X
1:09:25 The before and after of a Plekd guitar
1:13:48 Some honest talk about cheap vs expensive guitar pickups
1:26:51 Will Ibanez and other drop prices like Fender and PRS?
1:33:08 Why Scale length is so important to me and average players

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Rolling Stone Best Guitar Player List Is Ridiculous On Purpose Oct 30, 2023

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Guitar Pickups Are Not Magic, They Are Math. Why I’m Sick Of The Snake Oil Oct 27, 2023

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PRS Is Blowing Out Their guitars (if you use these links it helps the channel)
https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoj7o
and
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Kiesel Website
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KYG Logo Wooden Zither Stand
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Why PRS Is Blowing Out Guitars And What Fender Should Learn From It Oct 19, 2023

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Viewers Questions, Buying Harley Benton Vs Finder? Oct 16, 2023

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Are we ready for 2k Mim Fender Strats? Oct 04, 2023

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