40 Watt Podcast

Hey, want to win a guitar? Me too, but I can’t win this one - but you should!

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Sweetwater is giving away a Squier CV Jaguar through NAMMhouse! You don’t want to be the sucker who could have gotten a free guitar but didn’t because you didn’t enter!

“Dave Matthews is just late Gen X John Mayer” - @60cyclehum-ryan.bsky.social

First world guitarist problems:

I have a spare set of pickups in my house right now - do you know how hard it is to not buy a guitar to put the in?

Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.

Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking

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Counter-culture hatred of popular things just because they’re popular is cliche - you’re better than that.

God Locks Heavenly Gates After Spotting Mormon Missionaries Milling Around Outside -The Onion

God Locks Heavenly Gates After Spotting Mormon Missionaries Milling Around Outside
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I blocked Zuck over on Threads - any bets on how long before it unblocks him?

Hey y’all, just a reminder that your guitar playing friends don’t want guitar shaped spatulas or guitar pick necklaces for Christmas.

Get them a gift card to their local music store or a retailer like Sweetwater or Guitar Center.

We don’t think it’s an impersonal gift, I promise.

If someone was actually interested in saving more marriages in America, they’d open a chain of restaurants called “I Don’t Care” and put them directly next door to another chain of restaurants called “Whatever You Want, Honey”

You ever start typing something you think is funny but spend so much time trying to get the perfect phrasing that you decide it isn’t funny anymore?

Yeah, me either.

Christmas Blues Playlist · Spotify · 80 items · 15.9K saves

For those of you looking for an alternative Christmas music playlist:

There’s no chill in it for me - I adore every second of it. And, to flex my librarian credentials, the book is even better 😁

We’re watching the Princess Bride and my wife informed me that she has never seen the entire movie.

I took my wedding ring off and told her I won’t put it back on until she’s finished watching the whole thing.

I believe I’m in the right here.

hey boutique #guitar builders and luthiers, i’d love to add your company name to the Boutique Guitars feed here on bluesky. drop your name in a reply. also, please share with your guitar crafting peers!

Practicing thankfulness day 4:

Today I’m thankful for B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King.

List of Banned books

Practicing thankfulness day 3:

Today I’m thankful for fuzz pedals.

Practicing thankfulness day 2:

Today I'm thankful for Hartley Peavey - except for that ridiculous episode of Undercover Boss

Would anyone be interested in a Guitar Lesson club? I know this sounds ridiculous, but we could all do the same TrueFire course individually and then come together in a video call to talk about what we learned.

Like a book club but for guitar licks!

Practicing thankfulness this week.

Today I’m thankful for Leo Fender and Ted McCarty.

I actually think Gibson is making the best guitars today they’ve ever made. Sure they’ve gone through periods of spotty quality control, but the recent stuff I’ve played has been excellent quality.

I do think it’s a let the market decide situation - builders will know if their price is too high.

That’s the point though - while you don’t find value for you in those pedals, an awful lot of people do.

It’s not ripping people off, it’s a financial choice and people continue to be willing to spend big money on Strymon and other boutique companies.

YouTube video by 40 Watt Podcast You can't get ripped off on guitar pedals

You can't get ripped off on guitar pedals

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Well this sure looks like the Twitter of old - hello world!