The Practical Guitarist

Ep. 229: Playing Outside

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

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.

Ep. 227: Proprietary Failure

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

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.

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.

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. 

Ep. 223: Free Bird!

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

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.

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.

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)