The Wild Things or This Clip Goes to 11

Spinal Tap is one of my favorite films. So, funny and influential. Spawned zillions of mocumentaries. Well, supposedly the inspiration for the hilarious studio argument in Spinal Tap was The Troggs Tapes. You can have a listen here. You you are not down with profanity you probably should pass. [...]

Guitar Learning Links or Learn to Play with T-Bone

There are so many guitar learning/instruction sites. Here is just a few ones I found pretty cool.T-Bone Walker I like this site. Guitar instruction related to someone. Basic Blues, yes, but basic blues can be awesome.

Guitar Dreams A wide variety of lesson here.

Chord Book A [...]

Bean-O Boost

Maker: Analogman

Type: Booster.

Years: Currently in production.

Fame: Of of the biggest names in boutique pedals.

Mojo Factor: A boutique pedal [...]

EP-1 Envelop Phaser

Maker: Pigtronix

Type: Phaser/Envelope

Years: Currently in product.

Fame: Not to well known.

Mojo Factor: It is boutique, weird [...]

Lip Twitch or I am Tony Wilson

Today of course is the 30 year anniversary of the death of Elvis. I am not really an Elvis fan. Some of his early stuff is OK but I usually prefer the original version. Those we the days of “race” music of course. What an icon though. So, so many [...]

Full-Drive 2 Mosfet

Maker: Fulltone

Made in: USA

Type: Booster/OD

Years: Currently in product.

Fame: Much admired by pedal heads.

Mojo Factor: Cool, [...]

Big Cheese

Maker: Lovetone

Made in: England

Type: Fuzz

Years: 1995-2001

Fame: It has a host of famous loyal users and a cult following.

Echo Plex

Maker: Maestro

Made in: USA

Type: Echo/Dealy

Years: The Ep-1 came out in the early 60’s later models were sold as late 1991 under the Harris-Teller name.

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U-No or Convoluted

I am actually trying to streamline my software. But here is a couple of plugins that I have tried out recently that I think are worth keeping.

TAL has the U-No-60 which of course is an emulation of the Juno 60. It does a convincing job of it so if you are into [...]

Video Killed the DS-1 or Star Wars Episode II

A while ago I finished up my DS-1 Star Wars Mod. The always seems to be alot of interest in modding this pedal. Most likely because it is so common and a lot of people have heard of the Kelly mods. It it really is a good pedal even unmodded. Anyway [...]