About this episode

Dylan McKerchie returns to discuss the intersection of passion and work in guitar content creation, community importance, and his recent controversial act of cutting a Harley Benton guitar in half.

It has been way too long since Dylan McKerchie of Dylan Talks Tone has been on the show, and quite a bit has changed since our last conversation. Dylan has a home base, his daughter is working full time winding pickups with him, the business is cranking, and somehow he is producing an absolutely unreasonable amount of guitar content every week. We get into what happens when the thing you love also becomes your job, finding some kind of work/life balance when your shop is approximately 15 feet from your couch, and why both of us have found ourselves reaching for acoustic guitars when we want guitar playing to feel like a hobby again. We also dig into something Dylan has built remarkably well over the years: community. Why the people surrounding Dylan Talks Tone matter more than view counts, how those relationships translate into a real business, and why making guitar content is ultimately about helping somebody squeeze a little more joy out of the limited time they get with their instrument. Of course, things eventually go sideways. Dylan recently cut a Harley Benton in half in the name of science, and certain corners of the guitar internet reacted with the calm, measured…

People in this episode

Host: Blake Wyland

Guest: Dylan McKerchie

Topics covered

• guitar content creation
• work/life balance
• community building
• gear recommendations
• beginner gear
• acoustic guitars

Keywords

• guitar
• content creation
• community
• work/life balance
• Harley Benton
• Boss Katana
• gear recommendations
• acoustic guitar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dylan Talks Tone

Products: Harley Benton, Boss Katanas

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