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The Practical Guitarist

by Jim Woodard & David Hill

The Podcast for people, who eat, breathe, and sleep guitar.

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Episodes

  1. Ep. 249: That Escalated Quickly

    David and Jim talk about the current death of instrumentation in music.

  2. Ep. 248: Things Are Not As They Appear

    David and Jim discuss the best gear of 2022. Jim airs his grievances against people showing off guitars in ridiculous ways on YouTube.

  3. Ep. 247: What DO We Know?

    David and Jim talk about Brand Reliability, the SE DGT, and a hilarious hypothetical situation.

  4. Ep. 246: Catching Up

    David and Jim hit their first podcast in almost 2 months. David discusses a trip to CME and his new obsession with PRS.

  5. Ep. 245: How To Say Goodbye

    David and Jim discuss various topics: concert prices, utility gear you need, and handling a departure.

  6. Ep. 244: Return to Form

    David talks about analog mixing Destiny Unraveled's new EP and other recent events.

  7. Ep. 243: The Next Generation

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

  8. Ep. 242: We Didn’t Go To Namm, OK?

    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

  9. Ep 241: Memorial Day

    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

  10. Ep. 240: Arm in Arm

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

  11. Ep. 239: May 2022 Guitar News

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

  12. Ep. 238: Are Things Changing?

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

  13. Ep. 237: Vintage Guitar Vantage

    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.

  14. Ep. 236: Hard Woods?

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

  15. Ep. 235: Interview - DylanTalksTone

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

  16. Ep. 234: Tubes Doomed Redux

    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.

  17. Ep. 233: Are Tube Amps Doomed?

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

  18. Ep. 223: The Namm that Wasn’t

    David and Jim talk about the missing Namm show.

  19. Ep. 231: Hi-Ho Silver Lining

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

  20. Ep. 230: Orange Beatles Taxation

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

  21. Ep. 229: Playing Outside

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

  22. Ep. 228: Paul Needs Toll Money

    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.

  23. Ep. 227: Proprietary Failure

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

  24. Ep. 226: The Unlabled Line

    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.

  25. Ep 225: Social Eric Rutherford

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

  26. Ep. 224: Xtreme Custom

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

  27. Ep. 223: Free Bird!

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

  28. Ep 222: Scabby NFTs

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

  29. Ep. 221: Why Go Custom Shop?

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

  30. Ep. 220: Boss Us Around

    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)

  31. Ep. 219: Impulsive O-Fenders

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

  32. Ep. 218: David Has Birds

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

  33. Ep. 217: The Big Heist

    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.

  34. Ep 216: The Boutique Burn-Down

    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.

  35. Ep 215: It's All Subjective

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

  36. Ep 214: Home Sweet Home

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

  37. Ep 213: Cheap Guitars Inside

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

  38. Ep 212: WhatWill a Post Covid Guitar Economy Look Like?

    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:...

  39. Interview - Anthony Rosano

    Jim and David chat with Anthony Rosano about the Acoustasonic.

  40. Ep. 210 Acoustasonic Looping Down the Rabbit Hole

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

  41. Ep. 209: Guitar Acrobatics

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

  42. Episode 208: Belated Valentines Day

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

  43. The end or the beginning?

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

  44. Season 3: Episode 206, Part 2

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

  45. A trip to the dungeon part 1

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

  46. Season 3, Episode 205: Technical difficulties

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

  47. Season 3 Episode 204: Stop asking other people what you like!

    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.

  48. Episode 203: Where do we go from here?

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

  49. Episode 202: Nothing New Under the Sun

    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.

  50. Episode 201: I quit, thank goodness

    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...

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The Podcast for people, who eat, breathe, and sleep guitar.

HOSTED BY

Jim Woodard & David Hill

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