344 episodes

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. 

Know Your Gear Podcast Phillip Mcknight

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    • 4.8 • 237 Ratings

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. 

    Cheap Vs. Expensive Gear: What Do Working Musicians Really Use?

    Cheap Vs. Expensive Gear: What Do Working Musicians Really Use?

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    KYG Merch 
    https://www.bonfire.com/store/know-your-gear-shop/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=know-your-gear-shop&utm_content=default

    Know Your Gear Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear/
    Support the show

    • 2 hr 21 min
    Solar Guitars Takes On Harley Benton Price Points!

    Solar Guitars Takes On Harley Benton Price Points!

    Subject index
    00:00 Intro
    01:48 Any updates on modular guitar like relish gyrock, Somnium others.
    05:40 How hard is it to drop fill on a guitar?
    10:38 Status on Stew Mac discounts 

    13:10 Solar Guitars Takes On Harley Benton Price Points!

    20:00 Used gear on Reverb is getting harder to trust 
    23:00 My first mistake I made when opening a business
    27:50 Dean Guitars Are Back To Making Vs After Losing Lawsuit With Gibson
    38:05  Artist endorsing multiple products, is this the future?
    48:55 Is it a tube amp if it only has preamp tubes?
    51:30 True temperament frets 
    55:38 Thoughts on selling a music store
    1:04:00 Fender hiring a 100 people, but not to build guitars
    1:09:28 Should you change your tubes?
    1:21:15 Kiesel Guitar event
    1:23:00  Should A Retailer be responsible for a guitar to play correctly?
    1:34:00 Sweetwater sending discounts if you leave items in your cart
    1:36:45 It is not a good time to try and sell your gear
    1:58:26 The Fender Prosonic?
    2:00:00 What is the perfect guitar for a 5 year old?

    PRS Is Blowing Out guitars 
    https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoj7o
    and
    https://reverb.partnerlinks.io/PRSE

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    KYG Merch 
    https://www.bonfire.com/store/know-your-gear-shop/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=know-your-gear-shop&utm_content=default

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    Know Your Gear Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear/

    My guitar set up tools 
    https://stewmac.sjv.io/jWE9W6
    Support the show

    • 2 hr 8 min
    Why The Guitar Resale Market Is A Total Disaster

    Why The Guitar Resale Market Is A Total Disaster

    #knowyourgear #podcast 

    Subject index
    00:00 Thank you Veterans 
    03:40 I took my guitar on the plan and what I did
    06:80 Thank you to Bounty Music 
    10:40 The guitar resale market is a mess?
    21:00 discount for True Temperament necks
    https://truetemperamentshop.com/produkt-kategori/necks/
    Just4u is the discount code. 
    23:49 Thank you if you check out CMA You Tube channel 
    https://countrymusicassociation.link/ITBPhillipMcKnight
    25:00 Intonation and the must frustrating customer I ever had
    40:30  When should a guitar be re-fretted?
    45:40 Cheap Guitar Videos
    54:20 Finish crack issue?
    55:40 RWRP Pickup Swap
    58:30 The hardest music I ever tried to learn 
    1:05:25 16, 8 ,or 4 ohm cabinets 
    1:16:39 Slash’s new Magnatone amp. 
    1:35:48 Can you keep a Squier in tune?
    1:42:50  Thank you to the winners of the Snarks!!!!
    1:44:00  Who Makes The NEW PRS MT100 and why it might be better than there MT15
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrT9FynkAuQ
    1:55:50 The future of tube amps is the future of tubes
    2:08:40 High E sticking under your fret

    PRS Is Blowing Out guitars 
    https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoj7o
    and
    https://reverb.partnerlinks.io/PRSE

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    KYG Merch 
    https://www.bonfire.com/store/know-your-gear-shop/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=know-your-gear-shop&utm_content=default

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    Know Your Gear Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear/

    My guitar set up tools 
    https://stewmac.sjv.io/jWE9W6
    Support the show

    • 2 hr 15 min
    I was called out for saying PRS took care of their dealers, Did I Get It Wrong?

    I was called out for saying PRS took care of their dealers, Did I Get It Wrong?

    #knowyourgear #podcast 

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    Ask questions here
    www.knowyourgearpodcast.com

    Subject Index
    00:00 Intro 
    00:40 What Happened to the Fender Super Champ XD and X2?
    03:13 My oldest tool?
    04:09 Fret pullers and what you need to know
    08:37 Do I use any of my military training to work on guitars?
    12:02 I was called out for saying PRS took care of their dealers, Did I Get It Wrong?
    22:09 My favorite Headless guitar and things to think about when getting your first one
    28:39 Sharp edge on the Floyd Rose nut?
    31:28 The pit falls of siting to 7 gauge strings?
    35:56 What Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio could learn from GFS pickups
    46:13 The forseable issues with putting P90s in a humbucker guitar
    49:49 I wish guitar manufactures would think about making forever guitars, Because they can
    58:45 Installing phase switches in a guitar 
    1:02:07 What do techs say the nut is the issue with Gibson?
    1:05:55 The UA Ox and The Two Notes Captor X
    1:09:25 The before and after of a Plekd guitar
    1:13:48 Some honest talk about cheap vs expensive guitar pickups 
    1:26:51 Will Ibanez and other drop prices like Fender and PRS?
    1:33:08 Why Scale length is so important to me and average players



    Support the show

    • 1 hr 37 min
    Rolling Stone Best Guitar Player List Is Ridiculous On Purpose

    Rolling Stone Best Guitar Player List Is Ridiculous On Purpose

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    Know Your Gear Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear/

    My guitar set up tools 
    https://stewmac.sjv.io/jWE9W6

    Want to have your product on an episode? Contact us here
    https://knowyourgearpodcast.com/want-a-review%3F
    Support the show

    • 1 hr 34 min
    Guitar Pickups Are Not Magic, They Are Math. Why I’m Sick Of The Snake Oil

    Guitar Pickups Are Not Magic, They Are Math. Why I’m Sick Of The Snake Oil

    #knowyourgear #podcast 

    PRS Is Blowing Out Their guitars (if you use these links it helps the channel)
    https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoj7o
    and
    https://reverb.partnerlinks.io/PRSE

    Kiesel Website
    https://www.kieselguitars.com/series/guitar/phillip-mcknight-delos-edition

    KYG Logo Wooden Zither Stand
    https://blackstockpickups.com/ols/products/zither-kyg-neon-logo-solid-mahogany-made-in-usa-guitar-stand-zth-kyg-nn-lg1

    You can become a Patreon and support this podcast 
    https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true

    Know Your Gear Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear/

    My guitar set up tools 
    https://stewmac.sjv.io/jWE9W6

    Want to have your product on an episode? Contact us here
    https://knowyourgearpodcast.com/want-a-review%3F
    Support the show

    • 1 hr 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
237 Ratings

237 Ratings

Al_in_IL ,

Great Community, and educational!

If you’re into guitar gear, this pod and the community that comes with it, are for you! Phil has the experience and knowledge to guide you along your guitar gear journey and the friday night gangs are a blast! You won’t want to miss one!

ricardoguy222 ,

Entertaining and informative!

Main podcast that I listen to, very informative and interesting.

theotherdude1 ,

Lose not loose

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