A little while back I mentioned that I had my Dialtone Pickups set and would get them installed. Well I followed through—It’s just taken me a while to prove it and then write about it. Today you’ll not only see them installed, you’ll hear their tone through my own terrible guitar playing.
I think that’s a positive outcome. … Dialtone Pickups—installed and awesome
Tonight (sometime) here in Sunny Queensland—that’s in Australia for the geographically challenged—a large portion of the adult population is going to be fixated on a little sporting event called State of Origin. Me, I could care less. I’m not phased at all. The only thing that phases me is a good guitar pedal. Particularly a good phase pedal. Good thing I discovered the Keeley Phase 24 then! It’s delivering 2 and 4 stage phasing like nobody’s business. I think it may be in a league* of its own.
* Yes, this week’s article is going to full of football puns. We’ll all have a ball! … 52 pedals, week 21—Keeley Phase 24
Recently I was approached by the folks at StringJoy who asked me if I wanted to try their strings out. I didn’t have to think too hard or long about that. I’d seen their work on Instagram and was very intrigued by the concept of custom string sets. I was especially interested in their ability to provide custom string sets for 7-string guitars. As a recent owner of a 7-string guitar, I jumped at the opportunity.
So far I’m very glad I did. These strings are truly amazing. They’re so good I don’t want to change the first set out yet! … Stringjoy custom guitar and bass strings
I had a dream once—weekly, regularly timed posts about 52 guitar pedals I admire. That’s not working out too good so far. Perhaps the Chuck Pedals Blue Dream reverb pedal will give me the inspiration I need to get back on track. It may. If it doesn’t, it will still be a pedal I admire and add to the list of pedals I’d love to call my own. It will do that right … now. … 52 pedals, week 20—Chuck Pedals Blue Dream
If you’ve been sticking with me for this year’s series of 52, then you’ll have noticed a few things. Firstly, I’m often behind in my scheduled weekly posts. Secondly, I’ve been focusing a lot on overdrive and distortion pedals. I can’t help it. I love distortion and overdrive (in that order to be honest). But a good part of any overdriven sound is the silence in-between. That’s why today I’ve decided to cut all unnecessary noise by suggesting I’d like the JOYO Gate of Kahn (Noise Gate).
You can therefore expect this week’s article to be a lot shorter as well. Less noise and all. … 52 pedals, week 19—JOYO Gate of Kahn (Noise Gate)
Don’t you hate it when your plans for weekly blog posts go to hell in a handbasket? Don’t you also hate it when a phrase or saying makes little to no sense? Hell in a handbasket … Hell would burn a handbasket.
Now I feel like I need to go back in time to fix the introduction to this article and to write this post last week when I should have. Well I can’t. But I can write about how cool the Time Traveler Delay by EC Pedals appears to be.
There we go. That introduction worked out fine after all. … 52 pedals, week 18—EC Pedals Time Traveler Delay
Once again I find myself playing catch-up on my weekly Blog posting. I don’t know why I can’t keep up. It’s not like I’m off saving the universe or anything. Although, if I were, today would be the day I’d do it. For those of you unaware, today is May the 4th (AKA Star Wars Day). Why?
May the Fourth be with you.
I love this day. It’s also the main reason I decided to add this week’s pedal when I did. The Overdrive No.30 w/ Allen Bradley’s (Star Wars Editions) pedal by Midnight 30 Music is an awesome sounding overdrive pedal that is hand built in upstate New York. Everyone loves a good hand made American pedal. … 52 pedals, week 17—Overdrive No.30 w/ Allen Bradley’s (Star Wars Editions)
