Tone. At Home.
Overdrive, distortion, fuzz – the glorious sounds of dirt and filth!
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 writing up a rundown of what pedals I’m using, and why.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022]
Continue reading “2023 Review: Pedals”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”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”I recently picked up a Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain overdrive pedal.
What does it sound like? And what do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Carl Martin PlexiTone Lo-Gain Overdrive Pedal”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.
Today, I’m looking at Wampler’s classic Tweed ’57 overdrive pedal.
Continue reading “#TweedTone: How Does The Wampler Tweed ’57 Pedal Compare To A Real 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.
This time around, I’m looking at Tech 21 NYC’s SansAmp Blonde pedal.
Continue reading “#TweedTone: Is The Tech 21 NYC SansAmp Blonde A Good Alternative To A Real Tweed Deluxe Amp?”I’ve just finished writing up both my First Impressions of the NUX Sixty-Five and my look at Universal Audio’s UAFX Woodrow Tweed Deluxe amp simulator pedal. Seeing as both are on the board at the minute, I thought: why not get some Strat tones out of both, and see how they compare?
I think this is worth doing. As much as I love tweed tone, there might be times where something else is a better option for me. And clean-ish Strat tones just might be one of those times.
Read on to find out what I think (with audio demos!).
Continue reading “#TweedTone: UAFX Woodrow vs NUX Sixty-Five For Stratocaster Tones”