Tone. At Home.
#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.
This week, I want to share a new (to me) way of using Klons and klones. I’ve just given it a go, and I just have to write up the results for the blog. I think they’re very promising!
Continue reading “#CoffeeAndKlon 38: Using The Klon To ‘Fix’ Other Drive Pedals”A few weeks ago, I bought a Grey Overdrive by Ritual Devices.
What do I think of it? Read on for my (lengthy!) First Impressions. There’s a lot of good things to talk about …
Continue reading “First Impressions: Ritual Devices Grey Overdrive”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”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 recently picked up a new (to me) Bearfoot FX Honey Bee X overdrive pedal.
Is this going to be the Honey Bee variant to rule them all? Will it be the Honey Bee that finally knocks my beloved Sweet Honey Overdrive (SHOD for short) off my pedal board?
Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Honey Bee X 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.
Back at the end of September, PRS announced that they were getting into the pedal business. There were three pedals launched, and amongst them was a drive pedal that they called ‘Horsemeat’ … because it’s a Klon-killer.
But is it really? Read on to find out what I think …
Continue reading “#CoffeeAndKlon 34: Is The PRS Horsemeat A Klon-Killer?”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]
Continue reading “2022 Review: Pedals”At the end of September, seemingly out of the blue, PRS dropped their first three guitar pedals ever: an overdrive (the Horsemeat), a double-flanger (the Wind Through The Trees) and this one, an optical compressor (the Mary Cries).
Mine has just arrived. What do I think of it? Is it worth the price? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: PRS Mary Cries Optical Compressor”Earlier this month, I revisited my first-ever tweed-tone pedal: Joyo’s Sweet Baby Overdrive pedal.
Many years have passed since I’ve played one of these. Is it going to be a happy reunion, or am I going to get a crash course in why I replaced it with my beloved Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive?
