Category: Guitars and Amps

Guitar Preset for Reaper using Free VST effects

Guitar Preset for Reaper – Filter – Distortion – Preamp – Speaker – Reverb: Plugins used – ReaEQ + Mecurrial TSC + Hybrit Lepou- JS:Convolution Amp/Cab – ReaEQ – Voxengo Oldschool Reverb For this to work you will need to install the relevant plugins as 64bit vsts. Links are below. Voxengo OldSchoolVerb Free Guitar VST […]

Christmas Presents for Guitarists – Magazines and Software

Heres a list of some ideas regarding the guitarist, a magazine subscription I believe keeps the mind fresh because every month something new will come along to try. Brilliantg for Kids who’ve just picked up the guitar and want to keep track of what’s happening in the guitar world. Also a brilliant idea for christmas. […]

Electric Guitars £100 – 250 part 1

Vintage VS6 Gloss Black only £119 Vintage VS6 Gloss Black only £119 Vintage VS6 Gloss Black LIMITED OFFER NOW ONLY £119.00 While stocks last!! Vintage VS6 Series Body: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany – Set Neck Fingerboard: Rosewood Scale: 24.75″/628mm Frets: 22 Neck Inlays: Pearloid Crown  Tuners: Wilkinson® Deluxe WJ44 Bridge: Tune-O-Matic with Stop Bar Tailpiece Pickups: […]

Boss GT-8 and Fender Champion 600 review 2

Boss GT-8 and Fender Champion 600 audio recordings of some of the odd effects. Basically mic’d up the Champion as pictured below, Volume set at, Fender Telecaster fitted with Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, Because the Boss GT-8 has a ridiculous amount of effects we decided to record just a selection of what we could. We […]

Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer Review

Electro Harmonix – Octave Multiplexer Analog Sub-Octave Generator audio review, Get down! Generates deep, phat bass tones one octave below the notes you play. Two separate smoothing filters enable you to tailor your sub-octave signal to the exact bass sound you desire, separating the Octave Multiplexer from other octave devices. Run your vocals through it […]

Behringer VD-1 Vintage Distortion Pedal review

Below is a test of the Behringer Vintage Distortion – The VD-1. I really like this cheapo pedal, it looks like a brick and sounds like a ton of bricks. If you’re looking for a cool budget distortion then this in my humble opinion is it. It’s very light when handled. Bit of blurb below, […]

Electro Harmonix – Pulsar Audio Review

One of my all time favourite effects is the Tremelo effect, it’s very cool. A few months I decided to dispense with my trusty Behringer guitar rack unit and get back into seperates. The benefits are better control, less reliance on presets – hell it’s fun as well as getting some awesome sounds. My favourite […]

Boss GT-8 and BWM 5 watt Chimp amp review

Boss GT-8 selection of Distortions and Overdrives and a Big White Monkey 5 watt Chimp amp. Below are recordings of some of the more famous effects. Basically mic’d up the Chimp as pictured below, Volume set at, Fender Telecaster fitted with Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, (Amp shown in picture below is Fender Champion 600) Again […]

Boss GT-8 and Fender Champion 600 review 1

Boss GT-8 and Fender Champion 600 audio recordings of Distortions and Overdrives. Basically mic’d up the Champion as pictured below, Volume set at, Fender Telecaster fitted with Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, Because the Boss GT-8 has a ridiculous amount of effects we decided to record just a selection of what we could without messing with […]

BWM 5 watt Chimp – Audio Review

A few weeks ago my old band mate and best man came around with his spanking new aquisition. A Big White Monkey 5 watt Chimp – Link It is of course an valve amp and not an electrified furry beast looking for tarzan. Anyway a couple of days we decided to get the thing set […]