This week is a story about my friend, Matt's beloved 1960 Gibson J-50 that was his grandfather's guitar. Needed some much deserved attention.

I tell what I've been doing during lockdown, how I was encouraged to do so and want to know what you all have been doing.

I did a Frankel-Tele build last summer so I'll tell about that. I posted a video this week as I changed out the original CTS speakers in my 1974 Vibrolux with Celestions. By request, I tell a few short Guitar Shop Stories.

This time I share the struggles of an adult learning guitar, giving back what I know about guitar to family, friends and you all..

Listener feedback is now an ongoing segment of the show. We'll talk Marshall, Microphones, Amps and other fun guitar stuff.

I've been trying to learn how to play pedal steel guitar the last year or so. Sharing some things I've learned and a bit of a paradigm shift.

I've acquired some gear over the last year from japanese and american guitars to boutique amps which led me back to my first love, the Les Paul guitar.

This week I field questions about my guitars, the ones I'm taking to the Indiana Guitar Show as well as the amps and pedals I'm taking to sell.

Today we have some good feedback from listeners, how I don't kiss butt, the Indiana Guitar Show and how you can share your song for outtro music.

Today after an eight month hiatus I give an update on what's been going on around here, update on my elbow injury which was not guitar related but kept me from playing regularly for a year, and the J-45 I picked up last fall.

Something to ponder the next time you're dreaming about new gear; more gear to feed the g.a.s or invest in your skills? I talk a little about a Toadworks pedal and the upcoming Indiana Guitar Show!

Today we talk with Otto D'Ambrosio from Eastman Guitars. We talk about the construction and craft behind Eastman's instruments, what's next as well as how Otto came up working on guitars to become a builder.

After a long wait you finally get a new show from me. Finally right?! Well, I'll try to make this a good one since you had to wait so long.

Today we talk about practice. That's right, practice. Not a game, but practice.

Today we talk about my wah mod project, pedal chain order change and keeping a good signal over a long distance.

Is there another way you may make money with your music than playing in smoky bars or stiff restaurants? Possibly through getting your music published and licensed. This episode I offer my opinions and takeaways from articles I read in the April 2015 Guitar Player and July 2015 Vintage Guitar Magazines.

This week we get some emails about amps and pedals to which yes, I have an opinion. I talk a little about professionalism as a guitar player or musician in general. Something cool I found on cable - Palladia. I also offer up my opinion on punk.

Listener Feedback - silent sister and a small church, sanding a neck, wah distortion, boutique gutiars and the Indiana Guitar Show!

Facebook Feedback about Blue Steel Strings, playing with other guitarists, holiday wish list, Anna asks about playing in a band for the first time, PRS Guitars, my Mariah Carey rant and why all pedals are NOT created equal.

This week we talk about an article I read from Vintage Guitar Magazine by George Gruhn about Ivory and the CITES Treaty, Lower priced amps and cool stuff found in the annual Sweetwater catalog and Taylor's efforts for sustainable Ebony.