Know Your Gear Podcast

Highlighted question 
20:45 Did Every Company Make A Super Start In 2021?

Question Index
00:00 Intro
01:20 Giving a Tune Ninja away
Tuninja (Tuner for 6 in line guitars)
https://reverb.grsm.io/tuninja
9:06 Is stuff on Reverb over priced?
9:08 How I find deals on Reverb?
11:30 Do You like painted headstocks on Fenders?
15:40 The John Mayer Big Dipper pickups. 
19:00 The 2021 PRS guitars
20:45 Did Every Company Make A Super Start In 2021?
26:20 Guitars have souls??
30:43 I play guitar for the emotional feeling 
33:25 Why I make some tools for working on guitars
37:20 Working for the win win in a gear review
40:30   Acoustic amp vs electric amp?
45:59 PRS Discontinued the Custom 22 and I am not shocked
49:50 Guitar companies reading your comments and making guitars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QohQgD3ZLZ0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVc9f1qIORs&feature=youtu.be
56:45  I had a emotional reaction to the release of the 2021 Dime Razorback
1:00:40 Fender Tone Master thoughts?
1:03:20 What was the most I ever spent on a guitar?
1:10:10 Trading for a Gibson LP when I could not afford it
1:18:30 The Jazz bass is the recording standard
1:20:20 Narrow field pickups?
1:25:40  I should buy a Epiphone, but I want A Dave The Snake Sabo Kramer
1:34:00 We sold out the Behringer pedals on Sweetwater. lol 
1:38:46 Thoughts on Ultra Strat and pickups
1:41:40 What should a professional set up include?
1:49:10 Left your tube amp on all night. So did the company who built it. So you should be ok
1:50:00 Why do players like Les Pauls?

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 The moderators rock and my poor wife. lol 
  I never talk to my Sweetwater rep and I feel bad
 Glarry's cost less than shipping
 Guests on the show. You are the guests 
 Mesa Goobie amps? Pre and Post Gibson era Mesa Boogie amp
 The lesson my wife and I learned about why you need the right teacher (Cran?)
 Guitar Center Buys Paul Reed Smith?????
 Is teaching is your business then students are your product. 
 Caption Lee Anderson and being on the show
 Musicians Friend selling demo and used gear as new?? WTF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps7mcu8nZnw
 Long vs short legs on pickups
 Why don't low end guitar companies just put better electronics in the guitar?
 Which Friedman amp has the best clean tone?
0 What is the future of gear post Covid? 
 Buying Behringer pedals to AB vs my personal pedal rig
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 What I figured out about my wife and all I needed to know
 It started with five of us. It is a great community
 Casino guitars
https://www.youtube.com/c/CasinoGuitars/videos
 You have to practice. Playing is more important than gear. 
 Marshall DSL vs Origin?
 Are you lame for playing basic gear?
 Why I suck at tubes

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Question Index

00:00 Intro
01:50 Gibson buys Mesa Boogie amps
Mike Soldano interview video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tO74bckisE&t=31s
13:48 Am I working With Guitar Center and Sharpen Your Axe 
18:50 Reverb Shutting down their websites and sales taxes issues 
23:17 PRS SE Hollow-body standard or Piezo model? The Real Thing?
24:30 PRS S2 594 Thinline or Gibson Sg?
27:20 Made In Mexico Squier guitar? Gear Lord?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kai-EIs1Qwc
28:30 Viewer sending me a Reverend guitar for review?
31:00 Guitar with a dark sound that can not be fixed?
37:00 The problem with Sterling guitars when you need locking tuners
40:15 One strap to rule them all
41:50 Should you upgrade your pickups if you use a modeling amp?
43:50 Drinking water 
44:50 What is the best PAF pick ups I have ever heard?
https://www.wizz-pickups.net
47:19 Two Note Cab M ( The important piece of gear?)
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49:20 mounting  Tele neck pickup direct mount vs top mount?
52:11 What would I do to a Epiphone LP to improve tuning stability?
53:20 if you have a HSS are you missing out not having a single coil in the bridge?
55:20  The virtual NAMM???
57:30 NGD PRS McCarty
58:30  Can you run  a bass into a guitar amp?
1:01:00 The Fender Highway One USA series of guitars and basses
1:04:38 Getting wiring diagrams when there isn't any?
1:06:20 If you don't like a guitar do not mod it. You can't make a bad guitar great?
1:11:10  No shipments from Ernie Ball strings in two months
1:13:50 These no propane?

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Highlighted Question 
21:49 Whats is the best way to support your local mom & pop and store?


Question Index

00:00 Intro 
02:40 The Koloss guitar video and what happened next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy2pj7FLdgQ&feature=youtu.be
08:20 Has a company ever got mad at a review?
Aaron Short Music
https://www.youtube.com/user/aaronshort
15:40 The Guitar Center is empty and so is Sam Ash
21:49 Whats is the best way to support your local mom & pop and store?
27:20 Why don't I talk about collings guitars?
29:58 Is the Fender Ultra Tele worth buying and is the price going down?
33:00 Thoughts on Carvin?
34:20 FGN guitars thoughts?
36:12 Do I still like my Bognor Burnley pedal?
37:40 Whats in my cup and what it takes to talk for two and half hours
42:20 Missing live shows and missing playing with others. 
43:30 My dogs and New Years Eve and Tucson burns down every July
51:40 Keeping guitars stock?
53:30 The Ibanez 2021 catalog
56:00 There is not Internet deal as good as a face to face or a on the phone deal
1:02:00 Will I ever by a PIA?
1:03:20 Solo Dallas
https://solodallas.com
1:03:50 Stew Mac kits
1:07:48  Why I use my personal guitars to do the repair videos
1:17:00 What do you do with a neck that the truss rod is al the way and still needs more?
1:21:20 The trade up strategy ?
1:25:09 Thoughts on the Nureal Dsp Quad Cortex?
1:36:40 Thoughts on Heritage guitars?
1:41:30 McKnight mini guitar that is over priced
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1:45:20 Doing older gear on channels
1:52:50 Fender does not make strings anymore
1:56:58 Why you need to talk to reverb when a seller is not taking care of you
2:0120 Losing people you love 
2:03:00 You never put baby blue Strat in the corner?
2:04:50 Solid acoustics vs laminate acoustics
2:10:00 Does a retailer selling a discounted return item have to tell you why it was returned?
2:14:00 Music Nomad fret files
2:25:45 Why buying a guitar of your birth year doesn't work. 
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Highlighted Questions
1:21:57 Performing With Cheap Gear?
01:48 Is it ethical to show off how "Great" cheap guitars Are?

Question Index

00:00 Intro
01:48 Is it ethical to show off how "Great" cheap guitars Are?
11:40 What did I get for Christmas?
15:25 Do Import guitar companies put pressure on US manufactures to lower their price?
22:18 Swapping the piezo bridge on your PRS
24:00 Strandberg guitars? 
27:45 My interactions with companies on the channel
32:05 Thoughts on the Ibanez RG550 reissues?
36:20 Greco, Edwards, Tokai and MIJ Epiphone?
40:20 Do I get approached by none guitar companies for videos?
46:30 Does Hand sanitizer affect a guitars finish?
51:00 Copying pedals. Is it wrong?
1:01:59 The Hot Ones Challenge I did with my Friends and Kids
1:08:18 Studio quality gear??
1:15:58 Should contact the retailer or manufacture when you have a defective guitar?
1:21:57 Performing With Cheap Gear?
1:28:10 You do not have to kid glove gear in  reviews
1:41:10 Asking for Stew Mac tools for Christmas?
1:45:30 My journey with pedals on You Tube. 
1:52:25 Should you buy the EVH gear or what for prices to come down?
1:59:20 Best way to donate a guitar?
2:02:50 True Temperament frets?
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2:08:00 Does AZ have cows?
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Highlighted question of the week
18:25 Behringer, Tc Electronics Stops Selling To Mom & Pops

Question Index
00:00 Intro 
01:28 My wife thoughts on the show?
06:40 This is our time!
08:10 Neck flexing?
10:30 Will Pleking a PRS make it play better?
15:30 Friedman vs LPD and Princeton?
18:25 Behringer, Tc Electronics Stops Selling To Mom & Pops
28:52  Why won't my used Kiesel sell?
32:00 Chipped paint?
35:00 Harmony guitars from the 70s
37:50 Looking for a Strat for $250 not made in China
41:39 Graph-tech saddles vs regular ones?
43:40 Whats my method for adjusting a pedal or amp? MY parachute will not open!!!!!!!!!
46:25  How many fret level and crowns can you do on a guitar?
48:24 Have you been drinking Sir?
49:00 Reverend and the brands I have not done on the channel
52:00 Buying from Mom and pops when you can 
57:38 What Princeton do I like? 68 or 65?
58:57 Lowering the Floyd Rose nut?
1:03:08 My Patreon live stream 
1:05:15 What % does shielding paint and copper tape reduce 60 cycle hum?
1:07:38 The Hot Ones wing challenge
1:09:00 Why lower price guitars are exciting!
1:12:35 Did I ever relate the criteria for my lists videos? What FU emails mean?
1:16:16 Fret bender and why I love it
1:17:40 I know how freaking expensive Stew Mac tools are!
1:22:17 Would I ever want to tech for a touring band?
1:26:15 Douchebags?
1:28:00 Engl Ironball tube issue?
1:30:58 Good parlor or travel acoustic guitars under $1000?
1:34:10 Tom Morello signature Strat?
1:36:40 Discounts at Stew Mac and why Im sick of Apps and yearly programs
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1:40:50 Stew Mac vs Snap on? Light weight. LOL
1:43:20 focusing on making money when working on guitars. Fast and good! 
You don't want to RUSH you want to be FAST
1:46:20 If I could only keep one guitar what would it be?
1:48:20  fretting compound radius
1:50:00 I drink when watching the show. LOL Adult beverage?
1:50:45 Guitar joke
1:51: doing videos with Dan Erlewine?
1:53:53 Ending on a joke

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Question Index

00:00 Cool intro Thumb nail! Thank you for sending it
02:00 Vega Trem winners
04:00 Did I buy a FAKE EVH Wolfgang Guitar?
10:30 Fake Seymour Duncan pickups 
Seymour Duncan Official dealer list
https://www.seymourduncan.com/find-a-dealers
16:58 Upgrade pickups or bridge?
18:18 For $4000 get what you want and do not compromise
22:40 Why do I think ESP is not doing stainless steal frets?
27:50 What is that custom blue guitars behind me?
29:52 LTD or Harley Benton?
32:19 My personal policy is NDA until I know it is not. 
36:08 Solar vs PRS baritone?
38:08 String Joy coated strings and Elixirs strings out of stock?
42:30 Elixir has the most dedicated customers I have ever seen
47:55 What is my best advise when starting with guitar lessons or repair?
54:20 Prayers and thoughts for Music Therapy Laz dad
56:20 The new shop videos and Patreon
58:00 My Floyd Rose video and my humor 
1:03:30 Epiphone, Epiphone, Epiphone
1:05:27 What Duncans would I pick for Ibanez hard Tail?
1:06:40 Power Tubes are kinda important
1:10:55 Every guitar company makes a bad guitar, but the trick is to keep them from us
1:20:00 Chorus effect on guitar when playing low E string?
1:28:40 Status on EVH super strat build photos
1:29:40 Buying and selling a guitar 3 times! My crazy Gretsch story. lol 

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Question Index
00:00 Intro
01:10 The Hot Ones challenge didn't work out so good. 
03:48 Do I still have the Red Strat with Rosewood neck?
04:43 Is the Guitar Market Starting to Soften?
06:10 7 String Jackson or Ibanez?
06:57 Is there a “best” guitar body shape for beginner, I .e. Strat, tele, etc.
09:09  What makes an amp good or bad at taking pedals?
12:19 LPD Eighty 7 Deluxe Overdrive Pedal
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13:24 Tash Signature Fender Stratocaster
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13:38 Dunlop CBJ95 Cry Baby Junior Wah Pedal
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16:38 Buying Epiphones
18:19 You watching this now but in the future
19:50 What pots do you use for HSS?
23:12 Thoughts on Ritchlite Fretboards on $4000 guitars?
25:20 Shims?
27:12 Thank you moderators!
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33:00 This is for my wife to watch 
34:00 Best cab emulation pedal?
38:00 Guitars Are tools, But They Are Also Ingredients 
43:40 Deals Of The Week
Engl Fireball 25 Mint 
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Engl Metal Master 
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Engl Gigmaster 15 
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45:29 Selling New gear as used or B stock.
48:30 Is it advisable to buy a B stock amp?
50:08 Guitar Center will focus on things that flip the most
54:17 Guitar Center was the king of cheap prices 
56:00 The best deals are at smaller stores like Flipside and Chuck Levins
59:10 My real first grasp of the GC buying power
1:01:40 Sweetwater is a rip off?
1:03:06 Guitar finishes fading?
1:07:28 Ever have pains playing guitar?
 1:11:20 my favorite Volume pedal 
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1:16:00 Unplayable $1800 PRS Guitar
1:19:50  G&L vs Fender and why the G&L marketing sucks 
1:23:18  The Fender Guitar Pricing logic
1:27:10 PT vs Dirty Shirley?
1:29:40 PRS 59,57 and 85/15 pickups
1:32:00 Why used G&L Guitars do not hold value
1:39:38 Active vs passive and a boost pedal
1:42:00 PRS SE pauls guitar vs PRS SE hollowbody?



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Highlighted Question 
1:20:38 Why Don't Two Identical Guitars Sound The Same
1:38:05 Phil With Hair? The Time I played bass in a Pentecostal Band ( you asked for it) 
21:24 Buying A Guitar To Stop Yourself From Buying A Guitar?


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00:20 The 2020SUCKS2 Sale is extended to year end!
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03:42 Whats going on with DiMarzio?
05:50 What acoustic preamp pedals do I like?
08:30 Have I ever had a happy accendents modding guitars?
10:29 Vega Trem giveaway 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMguB23B1A&feature=youtu.be
13:35 How to fix loose switch tip?
16:15 The shop studio
19:05 Who makes Grestch Electromatic guitars?
21:24 Buying A Guitar To Stop Yourself From Buying A Guitar?
25:30 Companies who do and do not get You Tube Channels
30:20 What am I grateful for?
33:20 What products should I buy and review?
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40:12 Thoughts on Peavey HP2?
44:40 Grumpy Mikes Brother made a cool guitar 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ZNrd5vM1M&t=576s
47:00 How long does its take to sell a $1000 guitar?
51:30 Unboxing a Guitar Crate
1:04:07 Do I still like my Kiesel guitars?
1:06:04  The Boss Waza air headphones?
1:20:38 Why Two Of The Same Guitars Do Not Sound The Same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOVzUR6tsI
1:29:30 Vega Trem Giveaway!
1:32:45 We now what that red and black thing is!!
1:34:00 Will the Wolfgang basses happen?
1:35:20 Only Mod A Guitar You Like
1:37:20 Good guitar to get with Floyd Rose under $250?
1:38:05 Phil With Hair? The Time I played bass in a Pentecostal Band ( you asked for it) 
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