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When I first visited Denmark Street in the Mid 80’s - both sides of the row were all fully bustling Musical Instrument Shops - mostly guitar-related. I bought my first guitar here - a black gloss Ibanez RG440 Roadstar II Deluxe back in late 1985 - around my 16th birthday. It was a brand new instrument - but I can’t recall what I paid for it, or which shop I bought it from - it was on the North side of the street for sure. While for a period I was crossing the street back and forth in ...

Just 30 hours to go for the super smart ebbe design Magnetic Modular Pedalboard - which comes in 2 core infinitely expandable modules - _ma and o_ma size editions

Jul 4, 202600:00 by

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Young Swiss designers Eric and Beni - aka ebbe design have innovated an incredibly smart infinitely expandable Magnetic Modular Pedalboard system, which makes excellent use of presumably Neodymium magnets. While there is some involvement with pedal tape - but like everything else here - that is ingeniously executed too - as we shall see!

At the core you have 2 sizes of boards - designated as ’_ma’ and ’o_ma’ which you can quickly snap together to expand in every direction. On the top-side -...

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Highlights and High Jinks from the inaugural Norwich Fret Fest / Sweat Fest - at St Mary's Works

Jun 22, 202608:00 by

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At one stage there was a 50/50 chance as to whether I would make the show - as there were significant disruptions on the Liverpool Street to Norwich line - which meant a bus replacement service between Colchester and Ipswich. Some of the journey times quoted were up to 4 and a 1/2 hours each way! In the end the door-to-door was closer to 3 hours in total! The journey up including the coach was actually more fun that the journey back via Cambridge. Cambridge has obviously sinned grievously as ...

RhPf Electronics' Nerd Lab IV Bench gives you the full inside edge on 175 different Diodes of all stripes

May 21, 202612:00 by

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The IV BENCH is the second RhPf Nerd Lab resource I cover after the super handy Pedal Tone Maps. Diodes play such an important part in shaping the output of gain pedals in particular. They are of course also used for power management and various other electronic purposes - but our main interest in these is in Clipping Profiles - Vf Forward Voltages and Current Rise. There is another side to these Diodes which is more esoteric - while the Germanium Diodes are typically much better behaved than ...

2026 Leeds Pedal Show Highlights from the Northern Monk Refectory

Apr 27, 202615:00 by

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Another fantastic show in an amazing venue - and the weather gods definitely smiled on us!

Congratulations to Ross on another supremely smooth show - wish that it’s duration could be a little more extended - as it’s a struggle to get around all the stands in the time available.

This year’s show was a little beset by fall-outs - as initially Boss and HiWatt withdrew from the roster - which was great news for my friends Ian from Gigahearts and Stephen from Northern Stompboxes - as those were ...

Birmingham's Noise Maker Market at Centrala is this Sunday - March 29th - from 11:00 to 18:00 - See you there!

Mar 27, 202615:00 by

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One month after The Guitar Show we’re back in ’Birmingham’ again for a brand new venture at a brilliant venue - within walking distance of Birmingham’s New Street Station - while I will probably take a taxi - depending on prevailing weather conditions of course.

Noise Maker Market is at Centrala, Unit 4 Minverva Works, 158 Fazeley Street. Birmingham, B5 5RT.

It takes place on Sunday March 29th, and runs from 11:00 to 18:00 - with the show taking place on the first floor, where there is ...

2026 London Synth and Pedal Expo Highlights from Studio 9294, Hackney Wick

Mar 23, 202619:30 by

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I believe this is the first time I’ve met Paolo’s lovely partner Nadège - and it’s her birthday today when this article goes live - so let’s all wish her well!

Nadége was on the door for most of the two days, and missed out on Sunday Roast - which Paolo and I had on the second day. I decided that Nadège and Paolo deserved to be this year’s covers stars - they put so much work into this event - to make sure it runs flawlessly smoothly - and the easy ambience and vibe of the event is a ...

The 2026 London Synth & Pedal Expo at Studio 9294 Hackney Wick is on tomorrow Saturday and Sunday - see you there!

Mar 20, 202615:00 by

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I’m sorry I’m a little late with this preview - I’ve been waiting for the roster to be finalised - which it mostly is now - there’s just a few brands requiring further clarification - while the roster is mostly there now!

This show takes place at my favourite canal-side location - and is particularly spectacular on a sunny day. Hackney Wick is essentially an artist community now - with around 250 Artis’s ateliers, studios and workshops - leading to a lot of wall art in the area.

We are ...