Ask Zac

Zac Childs is a music insider and historian. He is the host of the acclaimed Truetone Lounge interview series and contributed to Vintage Guitar Magazine for 15 years via his Ask Zac column, and numerous featured articles, product reviews, and cover stories. On his ASK ZAC channel, Zac takes a look at players and gear and also answers guitar-related questions in ways that were never possible via print. 

Which Pickups Should I Put in My Telecaster?
Jun 9, 2025 – 19:14
Reviving My 1981 Martin HD-28 with New Frets, Waverly Tuners, K&K Pickup & More!
Jun 9, 2025 – 17:15
Meet Nashville Guitar Great: Matthew Lee
Jun 9, 2025 – 27:50
Personalized by Fender: 1969 Telecasters with Factory Neck Inlays!
Jun 9, 2025 – 18:08
Behind the Scenes of Brad Paisley’s ‘Lost Paisley’ Telecaster
Jun 9, 2025 – 16:16
A Tele-Guy Discovers The PRS DGT SE
Apr 15, 2025 – 21:31
A Look At Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker Memoir & His Incredible Musical Legacy
Apr 10, 2025 – 20:41
Joe Fick of Kelley's Heroes & The Don Kelley Band
Apr 1, 2025 – 01:12:31
Why Leo Fender Never Acknowledged The Influence of Paul Bigsby
Mar 28, 2025 – 25:26
My Favorite Backup Amp - The 1985 Peavey Studio Pro 40
Mar 11, 2025 – 13:10
The Modified Broadcaster/Telecaster Blend Control & 2 YT Channels I love
Mar 4, 2025 – 16:10
Baxendale Harmony Conversion Guitars
Feb 17, 2025 – 21:23
Meet Nashville Tele Slinger - Gabe Tonon
Feb 11, 2025 – 19:32
The Fender Broadcaster Story
Feb 4, 2025 – 31:01
A Glaser Strat With A B-Bender?
Jan 21, 2025 – 22:22
Flat-Wound, Pure Nickel, and Ground-Wound Strings on my Telecaster
Jan 14, 2025 – 25:30
A Real Road Worn 1952 Telecaster
Jan 7, 2025 – 20:14
The Tim Lerch Interview
Dec 24, 2024 – 01:01:05
The Resurrection of my 1970 Buck Owens "American" Guitar
Dec 17, 2024 – 18:57
Vintage Solid State? Lab Series Amps
Dec 10, 2024 – 29:47
Tone Snob Confessions With Barry O'Neal of Xact Tone Solutions
Nov 26, 2024 – 50:05
Luther Dickinson Interview
Nov 19, 2024 – 01:17:27
A Look at the "Champ Killer" 1954 Wide-Panel Fender Princeton Amp
Nov 5, 2024 – 18:04
The Last Glaser Bender Guitar
Oct 29, 2024 – 45:54
Playing The American Music Awards
Oct 15, 2024 – 24:42
Stuie & Sonny French of The French Family Band
Oct 8, 2024 – 01:15:59
Ricky Skaggs Highways & Heartaches And The Glaser Mandocaster
Oct 2, 2024 – 24:33
The Best Speaker For Your Deluxe Reverb
Sep 24, 2024 – 27:13
That Famed EVM-12L Sound
Sep 10, 2024 – 27:00
Hardtail Stratocaster: The Lowdown
Aug 27, 2024 – 17:24
The Vince Gill Interview
Aug 20, 2024 – 01:30:29
Celebrating the Don Kelley Band
Aug 13, 2024 – 20:34
Fender's Marvelous Mandocaster - The Vintage Fender Electric Mandolin
Aug 6, 2024 – 24:22
The Birth of Light-Gauge Strings
Jul 23, 2024 – 25:38
The Most Underrated Electric Guitar String Gauge - 9.5-44
Jul 16, 2024 – 18:42
The Story of Cling Foil & the Blue Flower Telecaster
Jul 2, 2024 – 22:08
The Impact of The Blues Brothers Movie
Jun 25, 2024 – 26:46
Delbert McClinton "Live From Austin" Influential Albums
Jun 11, 2024 – 21:57
How The Telecaster Came To Nashville
Jun 4, 2024 – 24:30
Tele Pickup Height with JD Simo and Dan Strain
Jun 1, 2024 – 26:38
Iconic Riffs by Forgotten R&B Guitar Greats
May 31, 2024 – 22:06
Tele Tone Tricks
May 31, 2024 – 15:32
A Conversation With Joe Glaser & Steve Wariner
Apr 9, 2024 – 01:42:30
Baffled? How To Baffle Your Amp & Not get Fired
Apr 1, 2024 – 21:28
Albert Lee Talks Emmylou Harris & Her Luxury Liner Album
Mar 26, 2024 – 17:07
1950 Broadcaster VS 1953 Telecaster - A Comparison by Nacho Banos
Mar 19, 2024 – 21:17
The Story Of The 1970s Buck Owens American Guitar by Harmony
Feb 20, 2024 – 27:18
A Telecaster Fanatic Looks at the PRS NF-53
Feb 13, 2024 – 18:27
Leo Fender and the Birth of the G&L Broadcaster/ASAT
Jan 29, 2024 – 34:46
Top Loader Telecaster History & Comparison with String-Thru
Jan 16, 2024 – 24:19