EVH 5150 III Review If you absolutely have to sound just like Eddie, you probably won’t get any nearer than the 100-watt, three channel EVH 5150 III. By Marc Noel-Johnson | Monday July 4, 2011 0
Fender Artist Series Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass – NAMM 2011 launch Blink’s bravado-heavy bassist returns with another Fender collaboration, and this time there’s even more bang for your buck. By David Bell | Tuesday January 4, 2011 1
Get Jazz Guitar for less than £1000 In part one of how to get a setup to play jazz guitar, we had just £500 to play with. This time, we can allow up to £1000 with which to purchase a guitar and amp for trying out those extended cho By Marc Noel-Johnson | Thursday July 8, 2010 0
Get the Blues for Under £500 The constraints of a budget when you’re dreaming of a guitar and amp set up that you hope is going to change your world can sometimes be a bit depressing, especially if the money you’ve got has t By Marc Noel-Johnson | Sunday June 13, 2010 0
Are There Too Many Guitars? Last week I visited a large provincial town in East Anglia to get a computer fixed and upgraded. I didn’t want to hang around for hours while the engineers repeatedly started and restarted my mac By Marc Noel-Johnson | Thursday March 18, 2010 0
Learn to do it yourself Leo Fender was a very practical man. When he designed the Telecaster he wasn’t only thinking about its sound and playability as a musical instrument, he wanted to make it easy for the end user to By Marc Noel-Johnson | Thursday February 25, 2010 0
NAMM 2010 Fender news part two An improved Fender Rumble bass amplifier range is set to be announced at the 2010 NAMM show in less than two weeks, following a tremendous number of guitars being launched at the exhibition in Ca By Barney Jameson | Tuesday January 5, 2010 0
NAMM 2010 Fender news part one A 50th Anniversary Fender Jazz Bass is among the products announced by Fender this afternoon as the rush to release news for the 2010 NAMM show in California gets underway. The 50th Anniversary J By Barney Jameson | Tuesday January 5, 2010 0
Fender Twin amplifier review The Fender Twin Amp is the latest in a long line of Fender amps with the ‘Twin’ monicker, the most well known being the ubiquitous silver faced Twin Reverb that was the mainstay of many a backlin By Marc Noel-Johnson | Wednesday December 23, 2009 0
The Gibson Strat! Some ideas are so surprising and unexpected, you have to check you’re not dreaming. Imagine if Aston Martin announced they were going to manufacture a vacuum cleaner or Dyson were designing a sp By Marc Noel-Johnson | Sunday October 18, 2009 0
A Free Tube Guide By the addition of a third electron to the simple diode valve the current could be modulated between cathode and anode for a given voltage between the cathode and anode. The relationship between By Marc Noel-Johnson | Friday October 16, 2009 0
Valve Combos: How Small Can They Get? When I saw this Laney Cub 8, naturally I thought that it was just another practice amp. You know – 10W or so with built in gain/master volume and distortion, that sort of thing. But when I looked By Marc Noel-Johnson | Thursday October 15, 2009 2
The Fender Jaguar: Not Just for Surfers This guy really needs no introduction. OK, it’s John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, sporting a red hot Fender Jaguar. Frusciante is pictured all over the web playing many different g By Marc Noel-Johnson | Friday October 9, 2009 0
Guitar events, prizes and beer – Free! You’re a Guitar player. You like Guitars. You like prize giveaways. You like free beer. You’ve got spare time on Saturdays and the odd midweek evening? Well, no excuse then. Get your riff jamming By Paul Dakeyne | Thursday October 8, 2009 0
Fender: The Tweed Legacy At last, in line with ‘reliced’ guitars, Fender have brought out some artificially ‘reliced’ amps. Actually, that’s not true, this is a real 50′s Fender Tweed Deluxe which has obviously seen some By Marc Noel-Johnson | Thursday October 8, 2009 0
