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Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight•soundcloud.com
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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. 

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Episodes

Boss's New Plug Out Pedal Has Players Divided

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Sep 13, 2025•1 hr 34 min

Sweetwater CEO Reacts To The Industry’s Decline

#knowyourgear #podcast #guitarpodcast You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the Know Your Gear channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealKnowYourGear NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com My Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phillip_mcknight/ Know Your Gear Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgear Support the show...

Aug 29, 2025•37 min

Another Guitar Brand Closing After 60 years

You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the Know Your Gear channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealphilmcknight NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqjLVm My Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phillip_mcknight/ Need Stew Mac tools? You can get them and support what I do here https://stewmac.sjv.io/...

Aug 24, 2025•1 hr 27 min

What no one tells you about stainless steel frets

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Aug 16, 2025•1 hr 57 min

Squier & Epiphone Are No Longer Affordable, So Things Will Change

You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the Know Your Gear channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealphilmcknight NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqjLVm My Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phillip_mcknight/ Need Stew Mac tools? You can get them and support what I do here https://stewmac.sjv.io/...

Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 25 min

The End Of The Iconic Guitars

You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the Know Your Gear channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealphilmcknight NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqjLVm My Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phillip_mcknight/ Need Stew Mac tools? You can get them and support what I do here https://stewmac.sjv.io/...

Aug 13, 2025•1 hr 40 min

Gibson Stops Someone From Selling Their Harley Benton Online

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Jul 31, 2025•2 hr

Cash Grab Products Guitar Players Are Sick Of

The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange https://www.sweetwater.com/used/storefront/know-your-gear-shop You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the other channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealphilmcknight NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com Support the show

Jul 30, 2025•1 hr 48 min

The Most Hated Guitar On The Internet & The Gear Market Is In Free Fall

The KYG Shop on Gear Exchange https://www.sweetwater.com/used/storefront/know-your-gear-shop You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the 2nd channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealphilmcknight NEW 2025 KYG Merch!!!!!! https://www.kyg.altacolor.com Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqjLVm Support the show...

Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 40 min

PRS Is Now The House John Mayer Built

he KYG Shop on Gear Exchange https://www.sweetwater.com/used/storefront/know-your-gear-shop You can now join Patreon and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the 2nd channel https://www.youtube.com/@knowyourgear2320 4th of July Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY 4th Of july Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqjLVm Support the show...

Jul 12, 2025•1 hr 42 min

Outdated Thoughts On Cheap Guitars

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Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 59 min

Another Big Guitar Store Closed, What Is The State Of The Industry

#knowyourgear #podcast #guitarpodcast No Gravy On My Tone Shirt https://www.bonfire.com/no-gravy/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=campaign_page&utm_campaign=no-gravy&utm_content=default You can now join Patreon for Free and get benefits or upgrade and help the channel https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG?fan_landing=true Check out the 2nd channel https://www.youtube.com/@knowyourgear2320 Deals At Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09QgzY Deals At Guitar Center https://guitar-...

Jun 14, 2025•2 hr 8 min

Why doesn't Sweetwater and GC have a Harley Benton Type Brand

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Jun 01, 2025•2 hr 30 min

The hard opinions on gear in 2025

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May 24, 2025•1 hr 56 min

What Everyone Gets Wrong With Cheap vs expensive guitars

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May 10, 2025•2 hr 5 min

Fender Buys Reverb The Largest Used Website

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May 07, 2025•1 hr 47 min

Boss Katana The Best Amp Ever, Fight ME!

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May 06, 2025•2 hr 4 min

The Gibson ES335 Body Shape Is No longer Trademarked

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Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 42 min
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