I recently bought a Blackstar TV-10A amp head.

What do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
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Tone. At Home.
I recently bought a Blackstar TV-10A amp head.

What do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Blackstar TV-10A Amp Head”Last week, I posted my latest signal chain for recording my Tweed Deluxe amp. Buried in there, I mentioned that I’ve also tested it by using other amps too.
I want to share those results with you.
Continue reading “#TweedTone: Validating My 2026 Tweed Deluxe Signal Chain … By Using A Pedal Platform Amp Instead”Back in June, I bought a Deluxe55 amp-in-a-box pedal by Origin Effects.

What do I think of it? Here are my first impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: Origin Effects Deluxe55 Tweed Recreation”This month’s theme was going to be “retro”. I’ve picked up one of the o.g. Klon klones from before they were a thing, and (effectively) a re-issue of the original Honey Bee circuit.
Then, towards the end of the month, I had the opportunity to get two more pedals from Origin Effects (the one brand that I planned to explore this year). That has added a distinctly modern vibe to go alongside the “retro” theme.
Continue reading “New Arrivals: July 2025”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”They say buses come in threes. After a quiet couple of months, I’ve had three new (to me) tweed-tone preamps all arrive within 48 hours of each other.
Sadly, I won’t be keeping them all …
Continue reading “New Arrivals: May 2025”New year, new (and hopefully improved!) reference tone from my Fender 57 Custom Deluxe amp.
All made possible thanks to a late 2024 freebie from Origin Effects … and me figuring out how I’d been using my Fryette Power Station PS-100 wrong …
Continue reading “#TweedTone: Dialling In A 5e3 Tweed Deluxe Reference Tone For 2025”