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Guitar Pedal X Hits 15,000 Followers On Instagram!
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 :
- 01 ] 20,333 : 16 of the Most Iconic Guitar Pickups - 7 April 2023
- 02 ] 20,181 : Fender Hello Kitty - 14 November 2024
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- 03 ] 10,326 : The Science of Guitar Headstock Ergonomics - 10 March 2023
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- 04 ] 9,082 : Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet - 30 November 2023
- 05 ] 8,440 : 25 Iconic Guitar Body Shapes - 17 March 2023
- 06 ] 7,758 : 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - 21 April 2023
- 07 ] 6,724 : 9 Notable and Distinct Variable Fret Markers - 5 May 2023
- 08 ] 6,221 : Boss / Roland JC-2W Jazz Chorus Deviation - 19 April 2023
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- 09 ] 4,924 : Ibanez Anniversary Edition Screamers - 22 February 2024
- 10 ] 3,636 : 9 of the Best Contemporary Locking Tuners - 26 May 2023
So in the top 10 we have 2 posts over 20,000 likes, 1 over 10,000, 5 over 5.000, and 2 over 3,000, in fact there’s another 3 over 3,000 - which we will see in the continuation below :
- 3,508 : Boss BP-1W Booster / Preamp - 26 October 2023
- 3,386 : 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps w/ Pedal Equivalents - 21 April 2023
- 3,085 : Drunk Beaver Latest DS-1 inspired Distortion Pedal - 17 February 2023
Posts with over 1,000 likes - in reverse chronological order:
- 2,127 : Valeton G5 - 29 May 2025
- 1,232 : Boss Overdrives - 7 May 2025
- 1,186 : Chase Bliss Brothers AM - Aristocracy of Tone - 15 April 2025
- 1,320 : Chase Bliss Brothers Am Main - 15 April 2025
- 2,012 : 16 Iconic Amps & Pedals - 13 December 2024
- 2,687 : Boss DS-1-WH White Sparkle - 29 November 2024
- 1,118 : Strymon BigSky MX - 1 May 2024
- 2,307 : Fulltone OCD Jackson Audio Revival - 26 January 2024
- 1,175 : Universal Audio Amp Modeller Quadrilogy - 26 October 2023
- 1,043 : Keeley 4-in-1 Moble Screamer Overdrive - 19 September 2023
- 1,308 : Boss NS-1X Noise Suppressor - 14 September 2023
- 1,854 : EXH Pico POG + Family - 28 July 2023
- 1,933 : 16 Notable Bread & Butter Pedals - 14 July 2023
- 1,158 : Pedal 101 Further Thoughts on Stompbox Footswitches - 23 June 2023
- 2,182 : Another 25 Notable Guitar Body Shapes PT 3 - 9 June 2023
- 1,438 : Andy Timmons Pedalboard Dynamics - 30 May 2023
- 2,931 : Boss OD-3 Twin Drive Modded Overdrive - 29 May 2023
- 1,649 : TC Electronic Infinite Sample Sustainer Mini - 25 May 2023
- 1,423 : Distinct, Memorable Brand-Idenfifiable Compact Pedal Enclosures - 19 May 2023
- 2,762 : Another 25 Distinct Notable Guitar Body Shapes PT 2 - 12 May 2023
- 1,251 : Compact Chorus Pedal Capsule - 11 May 2023
- 1,368 : 9 Cool Modern Tremolo / Vibrato Non-Locking Guitar Bridges - 24 March 2023
- 1,052 : MXR Duke of Tone - Artistocracy of Tone Family - 1 September 2022
- 1,045 : 32 of the Best Compact Overdrive Pedals - 25 April 2022
- 1,442 : Key Moment in the Evolution of the Pedal Chain - 6 April 2022
- 1,260 : Boss Space Echo - RE-2 and RE-202 - 24 March 2022
- 1,455 : 32 Key Guitar Effects Pedal Types- Compact Editions - 16 March 2022
- 1,092 : End of Year Pedal-Chain - Class of 2021 - 24 December 2021
- 1,417 : Drunk Beaver Secret Sauce Fuzz - 14 December 2021
The Drunk Beaver Secret Sauce Post was notable as the first big numbers breakthrough post - which took about 5 years of hard graft - since I initiated Guitar Pedal X in September of 2016, while it wasn't fully formalised on its own Webste and URL until August of 2018 - so still a decent ascent. This is largely about perseverance and maintaining high quality throughout. If you deliver quality - you will build an audicence - however slowly that happens. I may start publicising GPX a little more now - we're genuinely doing some great works here and we've earned our stripes here!
I though it would be cool to contrast the Most Liked Instagram Posts - with the Most Read ones on this HQ Site!
Most Read Posts on the Guitar Pedal X Blog!
- 01 ] A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Clipping Diodes [July 2020] -117,623 number of reads
- 02 ] Which are the Best of the Mooer Micro PreAmp Pedals? [November 2018] - 115,812
- 03 ] 12 of the Best Compact Bluesbreaker-style Pedals [October 2018] - 88,957
- 04 ] 12 of the Best Blues Driver Style Pedals [January 2018] - 87,795
- 05 ] 12 Degress of Saturation - Key Guitar Overdrive, Fuzz, and Distortion Sounds [February 2017] - 70.938
- 06 ] 16 of the Best Treble Booster Pedals [May 2019] - 69,515
- 07 ] 12 of the Best OCD Style Pedals [January 2018] - 69,054
- 08 ] 12 of the Best Tone Bender Style Fuzz Pedals [January 2018] - 67,420
- 09 ] 12 Degrees of Saturation - Key Guitar Boost, Overdrive, Fuzz and Distortion Sounds - Updated Methodology for 2018 [September 2018] - 57,256
- 10 ] 20 of the Best Compact Marshall Style Pedals [February 2019] - 56,174
I'm delighted that my Hobbyist Primer on Clipping Diodes is the top billing - and I've related the follow-up to that today - with the help of my good friend Joe at Hello Sailor Effects!
