Know Your Gear Podcast
The Know Your Gear Podcast with Phillip McKnight is a weekly show where he answers about 30 to 40 guitar related questions while keeping it fun and informative.
Another Large Guitar Company does Lay offs
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Know Your Gear Podcast Episode #435
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The Internets Reaction To The 2k PRS SE Guitar
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Nuno Bettencourt Leaves Washburn
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How Brands Keep Retailers From Lowering Prices
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The end of the economy brands
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They Don’t Want Affordable USA Guitars To Come Back
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Whats Going On With Used Guitar Prices
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Boss's New Plug Out Pedal Has Players Divided
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Sweetwater CEO Reacts To The Industry’s Decline
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Another Guitar Brand Closing After 60 years
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What no one tells you about stainless steel frets
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Squier & Epiphone Are No Longer Affordable, So Things Will Change
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The End Of The Iconic Guitars
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Gibson Stops Someone From Selling Their Harley Benton Online
Moon Pi shirts for a limited time
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The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange
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Cash Grab Products Guitar Players Are Sick Of
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The Most Hated Guitar On The Internet & The Gear Market Is In Free Fall
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PRS Is Now The House John Mayer Built
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4th of July Deals At Sweetwater
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Appointment Only Guitar Stores, The End Of Retail?
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Outdated Thoughts On Cheap Guitars
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No Gravy On My Tone Shirt
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Another Big Guitar Store Closed, What Is The State Of The Industry
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No Gravy On My Tone Shirt
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Subject Index
00:00 Intro...
Behringer Went To Far With The Klon Clone (The Klon Scam)
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Why doesn't Sweetwater and GC have a Harley Benton Type Brand
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The hard opinions on gear in 2025
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The Largest Guitar Retailer Buys A Amp Company / The Used Market Summed up right now
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What Everyone Gets Wrong With Cheap vs expensive guitars
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Fender Buys Reverb The Largest Used Website
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Boss Katana The Best Amp Ever, Fight ME!
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What Reverb Did About The Fraud Guitar / Boutique Guitar Builder Starts Import Line
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The Gibson ES335 Body Shape Is No longer Trademarked
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Why Gibson And Fender Make It Hard To get These Guitars
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Fretboard Conditioner Destroying Fretboards
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The Guitar Market in 2025
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Buying Expensive Gear Because Of How It Makes You look Vs Sound
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Why They Do Not Use USA Parts In USA Made Guitar Pickups
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Guitar Modding Mistakes / The Fake Guitar Problem
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PRS Challenges Builders To Make A Guitar At Home Depot
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They Said My Gibson Is Fake / Why Fender Standards Could Have Been Great!
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Reverb sending everyone 1099 tax forms
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