I recently bought the Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard, from One Control.

What do I think of it? I’ve made my photo of it the wallpaper on my phone …
Continue reading “First Impressions: One Control Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard”Tone. At Home.
I recently bought the Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard, from One Control.
What do I think of it? I’ve made my photo of it the wallpaper on my phone …
Continue reading “First Impressions: One Control Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard”#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.
I’ve had my RYRA The Klone pedal longer than this blog’s been going, so why haven’t I featured it at all until now? Why hasn’t it had the love from me that its fan base says it deserves?
And is that about to change? Can I learn to love my RYRA The Klone?
Continue reading “#CoffeeAndKlon 42: Can I Learn To Love My RYRA The Klone?”Synergy have just released the Tone King Imperial MKII preamp module.
I found one in stock here in the UK the day after launch, and ordered it straight away.
Now that it’s here in a very dusty Hermit’s Cave, what do I think of it? Here are my (very positive) first impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Tone King Imperial MKII Synergy Preamp Module #TweedTone”Quick Listen is where I capture and share guitar tones that I’ve dialled in. No exploration; little discussion – just a quick audio demo or two along with a documented signal chain.
Today, I’ve grabbed my Ritual Devices Grey Overdrive, to find out how well it can rock out when I’m playing single-coil bridge pickups.
Continue reading “Quick Listen: Ritual Devices Grey Overdrive With Strat And Tele Bridge Pickups”Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m doing a rundown of what guitars I’ve had my hands on, and what I’ve learned from the experience.
This post covers guitars that I play at home for fun. I’ll cover the guitars that I gig with tomorrow.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022][2023]
Continue reading “2024 Review: Guitars For Home Playing”Father Christmas has been, and left me something very purple indeed 🙂
What do I think of it? Read on to find out.
Continue reading “First Impressions: ThorpyFX The Dane mk2 Overdrive / Boost Pedal”I wasn’t supposed to buy anything at all this month. Christmas is fast approaching, and I’m one of those people who gets their Christmas shopping done super-early. Which, indeed, I have done 🙂
Then I found a couple of real bargains, and decided that I didn’t want to pass up those opportunities. Oh, and I needed a new power supply for my pedalboard too.
(And I got a sneak peak at a very special guest that’s coming before the end of the year!)
Continue reading “New Arrivals: October 2024”