Tone. At Home.
I recently bought my first Orange pedal, the Getaway Driver.
What do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Orange Getaway Driver Overdrive Pedal”#CoffeeAndKlon is my (irregular!) Sunday morning magazine series, where I talk about whatever’s on my mind right now. There’s always coffee, and there’s normally chat about the Klon and its many competitors.
When I started writing this, Winter NAMM 2024 had just kicked off, and my inbox was full of my favourite guitar stores sending out links to their pre-order product pages. Out of curiosity, I clicked through to the Andertons page to take a look …
… and my jaw hit the floor at just how expensive new gear has become.
But was my reaction right, or was it just a reflection of how hard general inflation has affected all prices in the last few years? I’m going to explore that today.
Continue reading “#CoffeeAndKlon 36: Runaway Inflation For Guitar Gear”It’s been a quiet start to the year, but I did pick up a bucket-list pedal back in February.
What did I get? Read on to find out 🙂
Continue reading “(Belated) New Arrivals: February 2024”Back in February, I finally got myself an MXR Duke of Tone pedal.
What do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “(Belated) First Impressions: MXR Duke of Tone”Yeah, I’m a little late with this. I’ve had a rough start to the year, and I’ll leave it at that.
Despite not blogging for months, I have been playing guitar … and enjoying a couple of new pedals that arrived over the festive season. Together, I’ve found them to be especially inspiring, and they’ve become my preferred signal chain for my Silver Sky.
Read on to learn about them.
Continue reading “(Belated) New Arrivals: December 2023 & January 2024”Back in January, I got a Wampler Ratsbane distortion pedal.
This pedal really does it for me. Why? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “(Belated) First Impressions: Wampler Ratsbane Distortion Pedal”Santa brought me a Boss BP-1w 🙂
What do I think of it? Read on for my (lengthy!) first impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Boss BP-1w Booster / Preamp Pedal”Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m doing a rundown of what music I’ve made this year, and what I’ve learned from doing so.
This is the first year that I’ve made this part of my Annual Review series.
Continue reading “2023 Review: Making Music”Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m doing a rundown of what home studio gear I’ve used this year, and why.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022]
Continue reading “2023 Review: Home Studio Gear”Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m doing a rundown of what gear we started with and what gear we ended up with – along with a discussion of why.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022]
Continue reading “2023 Review: Gigging Gear”