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”(Belated) First Impressions: MXR Duke of Tone
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”(Belated) New Arrivals: December 2023 & January 2024
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”(Belated) First Impressions: Wampler Ratsbane Distortion Pedal
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”First Impressions: Boss BP-1w Booster / Preamp 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”2023 Review: Pedals
Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m writing up a rundown of what pedals I’m using, and why.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022]
Continue reading “2023 Review: Pedals”(Belated) First Impressions: Rockbox Boiling Point Overdrive Pedal
All the way back in July, I picked up a Rockbox Boiling Point overdrive pedal.
Now that I’ve had time to play with it, what do I think? Read on for my (very belated) first impressions.
Continue reading “(Belated) First Impressions: Rockbox Boiling Point Overdrive Pedal”(Belated) First Impressions: Boss HM-2w Heavy Metal Distortion Pedal
Back in July, I picked up a Boss HM-2w Heavy Metal distortion pedal.
I’m finally getting round to trying it out.
Continue reading “(Belated) First Impressions: Boss HM-2w Heavy Metal Distortion Pedal”#TweedTone: Can I Dial In A Better Speaker Emulation For My Tweed Deluxe Amp?
I’m lucky enough to own a physical Tweed Deluxe amp. I also think that a Tweed Deluxe amp rig for home use has become so expensive in 2023, it’s difficult to justify. So I’ve started looking at alternatives, to see how they compare to the real thing.
Last time out, I sat down and built a preset for my Axe-FX 3 that gets pretty close to the speaker emulation in the UAFX Woodrow amp+cab sim pedal. My real Tweed Deluxe amp sounded really good through that.
Today, I want to continue tweaking the preset, to see if I can get my real amp sounding even better.
Continue reading “#TweedTone: Can I Dial In A Better Speaker Emulation For My Tweed Deluxe Amp?”#TweedTone: Can The Axe-FX 3 Reproduce The Speaker Emulation Of The UAFX Woodrow?
I’m lucky enough to own a physical Tweed Deluxe amp. I also think that a Tweed Deluxe amp rig for home use has become so expensive in 2023, it’s difficult to justify. So I’ve started looking at alternatives, to see how they compare to the real thing.
This time around, I’ve got a different kind of question that I want to explore. Can I recreate the UAFX Woodrow’s speaker emulation in my Axe-FX 3, using only the stock cabs?
And why would I want to?
Continue reading “#TweedTone: Can The Axe-FX 3 Reproduce The Speaker Emulation Of The UAFX Woodrow?”