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By admin 12 December 202512 December 2025 Articles/Gear

What gear defines the greatest guitarists! – More Budget Famous Rigs (part 2)

Introduction A few weeks ago, I put out an article about famous guitarists and their rigs! I tried to recreate the core rig on a budget! Well, I thought it would be worth putting together a part two! So in this article, I will go over three more guitarists, and

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By admin 10 December 202512 December 2025 Articles/Gear

Drop Tuning Guitars – Pedals vs Tunings! Which is better!

Introduction If you have been playing guitar for a while, you may have started messing around with drop tuning guitars! Altering the tuning on your guitar is a great way to expand your sounds and write and play new things! However, the two downfalls of drop tuning guitars are that

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By admin 8 December 20258 December 2025 Articles/Gear

Do Guitar String Brands Matter? – Is expensive better? Is there a limit?

Introduction I have wanted to do this article for a while now! A while ago, I picked up some Harley Benton guitar strings. I was going to do a full review of them (mainly due to the cost); however, I didn’t think there was enough to talk about or that

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By admin 5 December 20255 December 2025 Pedals/Reviews

Wampler Tumnus Pedal Review – The BEST K**n Circuit Clone?

Introduction This is going to be another amazing review for you all! I am taking a look at the very popular Wampler Tumnus Overdrive! This pedal has a huge following and is loved and used by many. This is a classic overdrive but with a few changes to make it

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By admin 3 December 20253 December 2025 Articles/Gear

A Guitar pedal trend I have noticed recently! – A big shift in the pedal market!

Introduction I have been noticing a guitar pedal trend recently! A few guitar friends of mine (and bass players) have all been doing the same kind of thing! How many pedals and pedal types do people have been using? I have noticed a huge shift in the market, and the

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By admin 30 November 20251 December 2025 Pedals/Reviews

DemonFX Simple Review – The Modern day £50 Modeller Killer?

Introduction We have a fantastic review for you today! In this article, we will be looking at the DemonFX Simple. A zero-watt amp sim! A super small unit that has a lot of sounds built in and also a huge amount of features! The DemonFX Simple is aimed at those

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By admin 18 November 202518 November 2025 Articles

Thomann Cyber Week – What should you grab during Black Friday?

Introduction It is that time of year again! Time for some more amazing deals during the Thomann Cyber Week! I have gone through the list and picked out the best deals and also the best gear! It is a good list this year with a wide range of products! If

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By admin 1 November 20257 November 2025 Other/Reviews

KraftGeek Capsule Music Stand Review – Is this the Ultimate Music stand!

Introduction I have something different for you in this article! A music stand! KraftGeek reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in checking the KraftGeek Capsule Music stand! After looking at it, I thought it looked rather cool and decided to check it out! I saw

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By admin 6 October 202510 October 2025 Pedals/Reviews

The Affordaboard Filthy Rat Pedal Review – The BETTER Rodent Pedal!

Introduction I have another fantastic review for you all today! The Affordaboard Filthy Rat! Affordaboard’s take on the classic RAT pedalcircuit, but with some extra touches and improvements! So, as always, let us go over what the pedal is and what it does, then we can hear some sound samples

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By admin 1 October 20253 October 2025 Pedals/Reviews

The Affordaboard 800 Drive Pedal Review – A Tribute to the greatest amp EVER built!

Introduction We have worked with the amazing people over at Affordaboard before on a few videos! However, they have recently released a whole range of their own pedals, which are designed, built, and shipped from the UK. Want more? They are all super affordable! Today we will be looking at

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By admin 26 September 202526 September 2025 Experiences

5 more UK Guitar Brands – 5 more Companies you SHOULD check out!

Introduction Back in early 2025, I put out an article on 10 UK Guitar Brands I thought you should all check out! That article proved to be very popular, so I decided to do a small follow-up and cover 5 more companies and brands I believe everyone should know about

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By admin 23 September 202523 September 2025 Pedals/Reviews

Boss Blues Driver Review – Is the BD-2 the best all round Pedal?

Introduction Time for another classic review! Let’s take a look at a well-known and iconic pedal: the Boss Blues Driver BD-2! This is one of the most famous overdrive pedals in the guitar community. I’ve wanted to try one for a long time, and while browsing Facebook Marketplace I finally

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By admin 9 September 20259 September 2025 Articles/Gear

My thoughts on The Boss PX-1 – A colossal F**k up of a product and why it is worrying!

Introduction You may have seen that Boss has recently released the PX-1. A single effects pedal designed to compete with the HX One and the TC Electronics Plethora. One pedal that contains multiple effects to select from. Personally, I don’t see the point in these types of pedals. I guess

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By admin 2 September 20252 September 2025 Experiences

Amp Capture with the Neural Nano Cortex – Is it as easy as they make it out to be?

Introduction You may have seen our recent review of the Neural Nano Cortex (Full Review Here). In that review, we didn’t cover one of its most exciting features – the Amp Capture! Neural DSP are famous, and widely considered market leaders, when it comes to amp capturing and processing. So,

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By admin 27 August 202529 August 2025 Amplifiers/Reviews

Orange Crush Mini Amp – This ONE feature makes this amp amazing!

Introduction We reviewed and demo’d the Boss Katana Mini and had an amazing response to it (Review Here). Well, we started thinking about other Mini Amps and just had to try the Orange Crush Mini! This super small and massively popular amp is designed to give you huge tones at

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By admin 26 August 202526 August 2025 Articles/Gear

Stop making playing hard for yourself! – it doesn’t have to be difficult!

Introduction Learning to play guitar can be quite complicated, so you want to try and make it as simple as possible for yourself. However, there are a few things I often see people doing that make me think, “why are you making it so difficult for yourself?” So I thought

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By admin 15 August 202515 August 2025 Amplifiers/Pedals/Reviews

Neural Nano Cortex Review – Been hyped up so much, but is it that good?

Introduction This is a huge review today! Something I have wanted to try for ages – the Neural Nano Cortex! It was a major release for Neural and, at the time, quite controversial. However, I have recently got one, been using it for rehearsals, recording, and general messing around, and

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By admin 12 August 202518 August 2025 Articles/Gear

Our thoughts on the upcoming Line 6 Helix Stadium – Let’s give our honest thoughts!

Introduction This news has been out for a while now, but after looking into it and doing some research, I thought it was time to put out our honest thoughts on the Line 6 Helix Stadium and the Helix Stadium XL! Looking at the specs and product description, I decided

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By admin 7 August 20257 September 2025 Pedals/Reviews

JSA Pedals Auld Spark Custom Delay Review – What a custom delay pedal sounds like!

Introduction This is a super special review today! This is something I have been waiting a while to do – our first custom pedal! A year or two ago, I reviewed the amazing Atmos Delay from JSA Pedals (full review here). After I reviewed that pedal, JSA Pedals made me

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By admin 4 August 20255 August 2025 Articles/Gear

Guitar Stuff I don’t regret buying – Purchases I’m glad I made that are guitar related!

Introduction There is a lot of guitar stuff you can buy – stuff I have bought! However, what have I bought that I don’t regret buying? What items, stuff, and gear have I picked up that I can say, hand on heart, I don’t regret buying? So, in this article,

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  • Do Guitar String Brands Matter? – Is expensive better? Is there a limit?
  • Wampler Tumnus Pedal Review – The BEST K**n Circuit Clone?
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