Know Your Gear Podcast

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Highlighted Questions
17:39 Is The Zager EZ Play Guitar A Real Thing?
02:16 What Company Has The Best Marketing BS?
Question Index00:00 Intro
02:16 What Company Has The Best Marketing?
07:08 Is the New Fender Wide Range pickups hype?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKDal51f5LU
17:04 The Positive Autism Vlogs
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI1H_3cwZ-mL3ALf5dhfakw
17:39 Is The Zager EZ Play Guitar A Real Thing?
32:23 Disclosing where something is made?
38:33 Is Fender Custom Shop really Fender Semi-custom Shop?
42:05 Why Custom Shop necks are better
46:00 Is it worth it to buy vintage guitar pickups?
49:00 Parking your money into a guitars
51:40 Hiss on Princeton past volume 4
54:32 The Soldano SLO30 and Mike Soldano
58:40 Gear that doesn't get attention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCMPHgJ-rdg&feature=youtu.be
1:00:30 Its my fault!
1:01:28 Why I try and make myself do the harder to make videos
1:10:00 Why no Engl on the channel?
1:13:00 Feeling the difference between 12 inch and 9 1/2 inch radius on Strats
1:16:05 Is buying 9 guitars when you have only been playing 14 months a problem?
1:23:00 Grumpy Mike and Thirty Pedals on Thursday 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbA21upo-fE
1:25:15 I need to add a shred guitar!!!
1:27:39 What are the most over hyped products in out industry?
1:31:25 What I would do if I could not play guitar anymore?
1:34:52 My favorite non traditional guitar right now?
1:35:41 Having a beer in honor of your new guitar
1:40:10 CP4205s 

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My Reverb Shop to see what Im selling 
https://reverb.grsm.io/kygshop

The wall hangers I use
https://imp.i114863.net/aErjN

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Highlighted Question
08:00 Why The Guitar Industry Can't Fake Demand

Question Index

00:00 technical issues
03:50 Show Starts
04:20 update and thoughts from last weeks show

08:00 Why The Guitar Industry Can't Fake Demand

17:10 Tricks to setting intonation
23:00 Opening a cool care packages from Justin and Brad
32:04 Friedman JJjr vs Runt which do I like more?
34:18 Why your pickups are muddy issue
36:20 How to make you tuning machines feel the same 
41:47 The Mystery Guitar Nathan made and sent to me. Im still in shock!
Who is Nathan? Watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLQNXNYFcJ8&feature=youtu.be
54:54  Fender Players Strat vs Performer. 
59:50 What mini Humbuckers do I like?
1:01:40 Eastman guitars and where guitars are made
1:16:00 What is my fave riot JHS pedal?
1:17:00 Why do player hate on EMGS?
1:18:22 Prices for guitar repairs?
1:21:15 Can a guitar tech make a six figure salary?
1:34:00 Working on guitars or having someone do it
 Check out ER Websters channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_KE-g3Yqd-dcK3efryjsgA
1:35:48 What is my easyiest playing guitar and what makes guitars play easy?
1:41:58 Need a Strat style guitar and do not want to worry about it. What do you get?
1:42:00 The Guitar pit PRS stand review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUBc_BRTths
1:44:14 Where can you find good guitar tools?
1:50:25 Thoughts on making guitars look better than they are in photos when selling?
1:54:50 Thoughts on the types of finishes on guitars

My Reverb Shop to see what Im selling 
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The only wall hangers I have ever used
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Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
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The wall hangers I use 
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This is were I buy my used gear online
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Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
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Herco Picks? This is the pick I ended up switching back to
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Klotz 15ft Cable with breaker ( You will never go back) 
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Dava Picks
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Single wall hanger metal
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My Reverb Shop to see what Im selling 
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Highlighted question 
03:03 Is Guitar Center Running Out Of Guitars?

Question Index
00:00 Intro
01:00 Merch sale 
New Shirts 10% discount code BLUESKY ( good till Monday)
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01:28 New Friedman Twin Sister
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03:03 Is Guitar Center Running Out Of Guitars?

19:30 What will make good Mom and Pop shops in the future. IMHO
24:00 Customers who supported my store by buying when they didn't need to
25:05 My H&K amp, why I sold one and kept one
31:58 I feel most good and bad experiences are because of people not policies 
34:45 Why I bought a Crate over a Marshall 
37:50 The time I tried to buy a Jem and the store had a different idea.
42:20 What I paid for my Jem and the buy back deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAEomxw2DGQ&feature=youtu.be
49:50 Phil Jones amps?
47:34 Ovation guitars are like a Sumo match for me
49:28 The Church of gear?
51:28 How do you maintain and track all the guitars?
56:40 Selling your gear on reverb and setting prices
59:48 The Covid diet???
1:03:00 Issues with Fender push in term bar?
1:07:00 Great guitar build off and releasing content
1:11:10 Did I go to the basement at Bizarre guitar in Reno??
1:12:58 Most electronics on guitars can be done
1:15:00 Spark amps 
1:17:00 No Honeymoon and other stuff. 
1:18:00 Repairs and shipping?
1:21:20 Sg with P90s?
1:22:10 Building a kit and why better kits are the way to go! Buy nuts and throw them out!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8f6AK6nPQ5PM9O4V5h7oQQ
1:25:41  Guitar Center employee's telling customers to not buy Mitchells?
1:28:38 The Guitar business is a return customer business
1:32:50 New Pick up videos 
1:37:08 Fixing a push pull pot with the coil split wrong
1:39:30 What guitar would I start collecting if I had to start today?
1:44:10 Why I think everyone should have amp software now

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The wall hangers I use 
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Interview with Robert Godin of Godin guitars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IucL8Wv0m5k

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String Swing Wall Hangers. The only Stands and Hanger I use 
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Herco Picks? This is the pick I ended up switching back to
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Klotz 15ft Cable with breaker ( You will never go back) 
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Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
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Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
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Cole Clark Acoustics 
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Tagima Guitars
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Rondo Music 
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Suhr PT15 amp
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Import Guitar Brands Under $1000 Video
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My Favorite Sub $300 Gretsch
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My Favorite sub $300 Epiphone
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My favorite sub $300 Jackson
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My Favorite sub $300 Traveler guitar
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My favorite sub $300  Yamaha
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My favorite sub $300 Harley Benton
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My favorite sub $300 C&G 
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My favorite sub $300 Tagima guitars
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My favorite sub $300 Ibanez 
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This is were I buy my used gear online
https://reverb.grsm.io/PhillipMcKnight

Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
https://imp.i114863.net/c/2224555/791999/11319

 This is the pick I use
https://amzn.to/3e3NhH5

These are the cables I use Klotz 15ft Cable with breaker ( You will never go back) 
https://amzn.to/2YilLQS

String Swing Wall Hangers. The only Stands and Hanger I use 
https://imp.i114863.net/aErjN

Know Your Gear T shirts 
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The straps I use are  Dimarzio straps and I've been using them since 1992
https://imp.i114863.net/NMYAV

D Addario Fret Polish Kit
https://imp.i114863.net/LMYvY

Support the show

29:10 Why don't players collect amps like they do guitars?
01:50 Why Is Phillip McKnight Selling all his gear?

Question Index

00:00 Intro
01:50 Why Is Phillip McKnight Selling all his gear?
My Reverb Shop to see what Im selling 
https://reverb.grsm.io/kygshop
08:55 It is a 115 today
13:25 I have big hands. Should I have a big guitar neck?
24:10 Thought soN Fender FMT HH Tele?
26:15 Jem Jr vs Jem 
29:10 Why don't players collect amps like they do guitars?
31:30 The Pedal boom
35:00 buying a guitar that cost more than you are comfortable spending
39:20 My Guitar Dad joke I told at the store everyday 
41:40 Fender discontinuing the Fender American Professional
Check out Guitar hacks channel 
https://www.youtube.com/c/GuitarHack66/videos
49:10 Buying  a lower price Gibson and Why I get grief everyday. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQqJKsgtPM&feature=youtu.be
51:57 Hoarding vs collecting?
53:54 I would sell every guitar I own with no problem
56:18 Can I wire 4 wire pick ups like 2 wire ones?
57:18 Katana vs Spark Which one do I like more?
58:30 Sidegrade Ibanez to PRS SE
59:50 Compound Radius necks, Thoughts
1:00:30 Big Wave Dave Is Dude You want at Your Party!
1:03:14 Is Thin Skin finish a gimmick?
1:03:50 I believe everything matters to the tone of a guitar, but wait!




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Here are some other products from a dealer I trust and buy from online
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The wall hangers I use 
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