The Practical Guitarist

Martin is planning to reach out to young people via Tik Tok, Does this mean the industry is starting to look to the future?

David and Jim reflect on their life choices. Jim talks about Gibson price increases and the findings of their lawsuit with Dean. David talks about Namm coverage and the recording process for his last EP. Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/wwcWubjn

David and Jim Discuss guitar news, The AmpX Pre-Namm Launch Announcement, Selling your gear to Reverb, and guitar goals for 2022. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/wwcWubjn

Jim and David discuss various music business related topics and the launch of the Blackstar St. James line of amplifiers. 

David and Jim discuss a plethora of current guitar related events.

David and Jim discuss the absence of Gibson at Coachella, The big four guitar companies, Digitech and recent gigs.

Jim and Discuss vintage guitars and whether you even really want one. David and Jim also discuss what may have been happening to Digitech. Jim files his taxes.

Jim and David discuss recent tonewood experiments. David gives the Amp1 a thorough discussion.

David, Jim and special guest DylanTalksTone (Dylan Mckerchie) discuss Jim Lill's guitar tone test video and various other topics.

David and Jim discuss the continuing news on the tube shortage and how it will effect guitar players. David has bought an Amp1 Mercury Edition, and Jim and David discuss the Gibson Theodore.

David and Jim discuss the closure of Sino and the end of EHX's importation of tubes from Nu-Sensor.

David and Jim talk about the missing Namm show.

David and Jim discuss an impending PRS guitar that wound up being the Silver Sky SE.

David and Jim discuss the Orange Burst Overdrive from Caline, 'Get Back' and Reverb's new Tax requirement changes.

David and Jim discuss Reverb's top sellers lists, playing outside (theoretically and philosophically) and a personal tragedy.

David complains about issues with his Paul Reed Smith finish. Jim discusses comments that John Petrucci made about his signature guitar sales. David and Jim look at some Hard Truths.

David and Jim discuss the Fender to Presonus transition, products supported by walled gardens and Cheapo Guitar Salesman Estaban. 

David and Jim talk 'Unlabeled Guitars', A Line In the Sand and Jim describes some interesting things about Doug Pinnick's interview with Phil McKnight.

Jim and David discuss Social Media Toxicity, Eric Clapton's recent behavior, and Mike Rutherford's recent appearance in Guitar World online articles.

David and Jim discuss the sale of Sweetwater Sound to an investment firm, Fender's new line (again) and the price-creep facing PRS. 

Jim and David talk about artificially inflated prices, and 3 pedals you need.

David and Jim talk about Map/Sales prices. New news from Mesa Boogie & Guitar center, and NFTs and what they actually are.

David and Jim discuss Custom Shop guitars and who they are for. David talks about his crimes against guitar.

David and Jim discuss city gigs, Summer Namm 2021 coverage, and the Boss Euros guitar. David talks about the Golden Boy overdrive (with a demonstration)

David and Jim talk about birds, perfection, Tonebenders, and Klons.

David and Jim talk about birds, perfection, tonebenders, and klons.

David and Jim discuss the massive recent heist, how to protect yourself from stolen gear, what they would do if they had to replace their equipment and so much more.

Jim and David discuss the Boutique Amp Distribution fire, a wood crisis, a bad purchase decision, and what exactly is going on with Mesa Boogie and it's dealers.

David and Jim talk about the subjective nature of commenting on the Wampler Gearbox, David has a pedalboardplosion and it leads to hearing loss.

Jim and David talk about budget guitars, Vince Neil and some of Jim's past purchases.

David gives a gig report, and Jim brings up a discussion about cheap guitars.

Jim receives an old guitar. David talks about the post-covid guitar economy. Topics also include, the Fender Modshop, Seymour Duncan Antiquity Pickups and relic'd guitars. [Content] Podcast: http://podcast.practicalguitarist.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/practicalguitarist Twitter: @practguitarist  Instagram: practicalguitarist [Support The Show] Donate monthly to support the show in $1 increments @ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Practicalguitarist/

Jim and David chat with Anthony Rosano about the Acoustasonic.

David and Jim talk about going down the looping gear rabbit hole and the Acoustasonic Jazzmaster blitz campaign from Fender.

Jim and David discuss EVH and steam consciousness in a previously unreleased episode from February.

David and Jim discuss throwaway culture, Twitch streaming and licensing, Blues Music.

Jim has bought two new pedals, but vows to stay minimal.

We complete our discussion with Robert from Robert's guitar dungeon.

Robert Jackson joins us for a long discussion, so long, in fact that we broke it up into 2 episodes.

Jim's weekly rant goes to technology and how it can make life more difficult than easy.

Jim rants about how he's tired of people asking stupid questions. Is there such a thing as a stupid question? Yes, yes there is, many of them.

We've got a new theme and improved logo. We've also got new ideas and directions coming.

Virtual NAMM or just a big ole Zoom call. What was exciting? If the color of a guitar is what drives you, sure, but if you're looking for real changes, nah.

Jim quit his part time job at Guitar Center and rants about crappy customers. One rant was moved to Patreon only to protect sensitive ears. Now that his discount no longer applies, he has vowed a year of no gear. No pedals, wires, batteries, or even strings. Can he make it with all the new gear dropping?

Jim got a new Captor X from Torpedo, but more importantly, Gibson has acquired Boogie and do you care?

Rick Beato gets a signature Les Paul and Axe Body Spray? Is online music good or bad for the artists? What neck/fingerboard combination is your fav and why?

This week, Jim makes a heart breaking change in the right direction for his playing but not necessarily where his heart lies. David tries out a new Mesa and falls deeply in love. The cat nearly topples David's condo while Jim literally takes micro-naps indistinguishable to the human eye. 

Don't ask me why I chose that title. We talk about so much crap, it was hard for me to remember. 

We talk Captors and jazz infused popular music.

Back to talking after a 3 week hiatus, we're talking about a bunch of crap and I'm sure we left some stuff out.

Amazon has it's own pedals! Do we care? Should you? David demos the P90's a bit. Watch for more of that on a further video.