Episodes
Jim and David discuss Social Media Toxicity, Eric Clapton's recent behavior, and Mike Rutherford's recent appearance in Guitar World online articles.
Published 11/09/21
David and Jim discuss the sale of Sweetwater Sound to an investment firm, Fender's new line (again) and the price-creep facing PRS. 
Published 10/20/21
Jim and David talk about artificially inflated prices, and 3 pedals you need.
Published 10/13/21
David and Jim talk about Map/Sales prices. New news from Mesa Boogie & Guitar center, and NFTs and what they actually are.
Published 10/06/21
David and Jim discuss Custom Shop guitars and who they are for. David talks about his crimes against guitar.
Published 09/15/21
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)
Published 08/31/21
David and Jim talk about birds, perfection, Tonebenders, and Klons.
Published 08/03/21
David and Jim talk about birds, perfection, tonebenders, and klons.
Published 07/29/21
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.
Published 07/12/21
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.
Published 06/17/21
David and Jim talk about the subjective nature of commenting on the Wampler Gearbox, David has a pedalboardplosion and it leads to hearing loss.
Published 06/10/21
Jim and David talk about budget guitars, Vince Neil and some of Jim's past purchases.
Published 06/02/21
David gives a gig report, and Jim brings up a discussion about cheap guitars.
Published 05/27/21
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/practicalguitaristTwitter: @practguitarist Instagram: practicalguitarist [Support The Show]Donate monthly to support the show in $1 increments @ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Practicalguitarist/
Published 05/12/21
Jim and David chat with Anthony Rosano about the Acoustasonic.
Published 04/22/21
David and Jim talk about going down the looping gear rabbit hole and the Acoustasonic Jazzmaster blitz campaign from Fender.
Published 04/14/21
Jim and David discuss EVH and steam consciousness in a previously unreleased episode from February.
Published 04/06/21
David and Jim discuss throwaway culture, Twitch streaming and licensing, Blues Music.
Published 03/23/21
Jim has bought two new pedals, but vows to stay minimal.
Published 03/12/21
We complete our discussion with Robert from Robert's guitar dungeon.
Published 03/07/21
Robert Jackson joins us for a long discussion, so long, in fact that we broke it up into 2 episodes.
Published 02/28/21
Jim's weekly rant goes to technology and how it can make life more difficult than easy.
Published 02/10/21
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.
Published 02/07/21
We've got a new theme and improved logo. We've also got new ideas and directions coming.
Published 02/03/21
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.
Published 01/26/21