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.
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Catching Guitar Companies Lying About Guitar Specs
Why PRS Is Changing The SE Guitars Again
Reverb Is Hiding Some Listings From You
Did Fender?s Affordable Guitar Work Or Backfire
The Harsh Truth About Selling Your Gear Right Now
Fender Buys G&L And Changes Already Started
Another Large Guitar Company does Lay offs
Know Your Gear Podcast Episode #435
The Internets Reaction To The 2k PRS SE Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt Leaves Washburn
How Brands Keep Retailers From Lowering Prices
The end of the economy brands
They Don?t Want Affordable USA Guitars To Come Back
Whats Going On With Used Guitar Prices
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
The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange
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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
The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange
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The Most Hated Guitar On The Internet & The Gear Market Is In Free Fall
The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange
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PRS Is Now The House John Mayer Built
he KYG Shop on Gear Exchange
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4th of July Deals At Sweetwater
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Appointment Only Guitar Stores, The End Of Retail?
Outdated Thoughts On Cheap Guitars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
00:30 We have a Winner for the USA Limited Edition Fender Tele! Congratulations to Rick Shandley from New Mexico. Thank you to everyone who entered.
01:55 No Gravy On My Tone Shirt
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04:20 The Sound of gear on You Tube vs being in the room
12:57 Another Big guitar Store closed what is the state of the industry
28:50 The not so much update on the USA Nuno N4 Padauk Guitar
33:50 You buy and and I will pay double
38:00 Why Fender Rumble are better than their price
48:20 Kiesel Is Making USA Guitar Kits Again!
58:58 Guitar Of The Week
1:06:58 The Jack Butler Jackson Guitar from the Britney Spear Movie
1:16:51 Being elitist with guitars and the country of origin.
1:36:50 Guitar Center Not trading unless you have an appointment
2:00:40 The Patreon levels and the stuff I do
2:03:20 Changing bridge height changes the sustain??
2:06:00 If you only learn one thing learn this
2:06:48 Thank you
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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
You Can Enter to win one of these Fender Limited Edition Teles
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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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Guitar Center?s CEO Reacts To My Criticism
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Reverb sending everyone 1099 tax forms
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Why Fender's New Guitar Line Failed / Building A Brand Vs Destroying It
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Fenders Now Being Made In Indonesia / What?s New From NAMM 2025
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NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!!
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More Guitar Companies Merging And 2025 NAMM Gear
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Why Players Think 50s, 60s, and 70s, Gear Is Better
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