We used to see quite a few ’Tourboxes’ back in the day - Basic Audio for instance used to send those out for promotional and review purposes - so artists could sample several of their pedals at a time - and get a good overview of he range of pedals offered!

So RhPf’s Thomas and Simone are kind of reviving an older tradition - with some modern twists to it! I really love this initiative - and look forward to seeing the various different chapters of the ever evolving Tour Board Diary! Will be...

So - quite the anomaly of an event for me.

The day didn’t start off well - as at Waterloo - I was unable to see any trains for Kempton Park on the board. A National Rail staff member then informed me there were no direct trains to Kempton Park on the day - owing to works and diversions.

I was advised to catch a train to New Malden and then swap onto the Kempton Park train. Only upon arrival in New Malden the duty staffer there told me there were no trains to Kempton Park - but there might be a ...

The RhPf Electronics’ Nerd Lab Tone Maps is an incredible pedal resource which I already use a lot - and which plots, maps and compares the output profiles of a large variety of devices - where you can compare up to 5 at a time - and even [Stack] them together to view Combined Output Profiles.

While I mostly have the resource in [Compare] Mode - where you contrast the output profiles of up to 5 different devices in the same chart - where each device gets its own distinct coloured line with ...

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The 5 x 5 visual above is not necessarily definitive, but surely largely representative of the best demoers active today - spiralling out from the 3 OG Elder Statesmen / Godfathers of Demos in the centre (Andy, Brett and Mike) and covering 25 of my own favourite demoers. The selection features most of the big names along with many of my own personal ...

So we’re finally at 15,000 followers on Instagram - it’s been a relatively slow slog from 10,000 - 15,000 where 5,000 to 10,000 happened fairly rapidly - it’s kind of a quick slow, quick quick slow dance. This is all steady organic growth - and we’re only really at the starting gate of my ambitions - I aim to go far!

To celebrate 15,000 followers I thought it best to touch on all the Instagram Posts that have amassed more than 1,000 likes - the top 10 is very impressive! Here in descending order...

This was funnily something of af 2022 Stourbridge Pedal Expo Reunion of sorts - where Audiostorm, Bleak District Electric, Emmergy FX, Fredric Effects, and Goliath FX were all present at that inaugural Pedal Expo. There are marked similarities between the two venues and events - both are  similar sort of Mill House style building set within a kind of packing district and both relatively near to a waterway / canal. And both had a really friendly vibe to them. It’s incredible how far we’ve come ...

This is set to be the first event in a series - with the first one happening on Saturday, June 14th.

The venue will be the PedalPatch HQ at Newhaven in East Sussex.

The Session starts at 10:00 Hrs and goes through to 17:00.

Expert Pedal Engineer and Circuit Designer Neil R. Grimes of NRG Effects will lead the session - which is based on one of his own designs - specially created for this event, a 2-knob full-range Overdrive and Distortion.

You will be provided with all necessary...

So we have a new kid on the block in the guise of Rock N Roll Relics - a California Outfit - who were hitherto known for just their Relic’d Guitars. They have just released a couple of equally beaten-up and weathered pedals - supposedly using NOS components on the inside - while visibly scratched and rusty even on the exterior.

Oddly the guitar sector is one of the very few where beaten and battered products retain a high value cachet. I do believe there is a difference between guitars and ...

So - we’ve had 3 incredible guitar gear events this month - covering Birmingham, then Woking, and now London - in probably my favourite venue on the circuit. Studio 9294 is such a unique place - having the outside canal-side terrace, and superb next-door restaurant and bar - in the guise of Number # 90 - which always serve up a very decent lunch! With the sun out - like we experienced at the weekend - this venues is wholly glorious - there’s a cool nearby Sainsbury’s, and indeedned ’Bad Coffee’...