Stay Grounded: Power Supplies Explained

Effects pedals are like snowflakes, every one is special. While this may be a gross oversimplification, when it comes to power and power supplies, It's a maxim well worth bearing...
Paul Smith

Squeaky Clean: Top tips for guitar care

Most of us don't take as good care of our electric guitars as we'd like to admit. To some, the guitar is precious thing, not to be touched- or even...
Anthony McKeown
Tagged: Guitar Tech

Talk Boxes - EQ and Filters

This week in the stomp box spotlight is a category of much misunderstood and under-utilised pedals. Rather than going into great lengths over how they work (that's what Wikipedia is...
Ed Cox

Ukuleles - Not what you think!

'Ukuleles aren't real instruments are they?' is a phrase that I here far too often. It's at this point that I feel the urge to sit the skeptical customer down...
Ed Cox
Tagged: Guide Ukulele

All Change Please: A String care guide

I often get asked how often I recommend you change the strings on your guitar. I can say with some certainty that the people that ask this question aren't changing...
Anthony McKeown
Tagged: Guitar Tech

Individual Pedals or a Multi-Effects Unit?

We're often asked which is better, a pedal board of individual pedals or a multi-effects unit. As is often the case with questions of this ilk, the answer isn't straightforward,...
Ed Cox
Tagged: Guide Guitar

Modulation Pedals - Why You Should

In this part of our effects series, we look at modulation pedals - the different types and where you might have heard them before. Probably the most common modulation pedal...
Ed Cox

Avon Alcove: Rose Morris History

Every great guitar company has an entry level line of instruments to help inspire young rockstars put down dad’s tennis racket and put on The Ramones debut or The Venture’s...
Anthony McKeown
Tagged: Guitar History

Getting to the Crunch of the Matter - Overdrives and Distortions

Sometimes, the amount of gain your amp's pre-amp stage produces just isn't enough for the music you're playing, or it might not have the tonal characteristics you're after for a...
Ed Cox
Tagged: Guide Guitar

Shaftesbury 3261

Here it is. The most popular Shaftesbury of them all Rose Morris has a long history with Rickenbacker that has been covered in past blogs, so here’s a little recap....
Ed Cox

Accessorize this Christmas!

Christmas is coming!  That time of year where you spoil your loved ones rotten with questionable sweaters and assorted bathing products.  But what about that other love of your life,...
Ed Cox
Tagged: Guitar Tech

Should you buy a custom acoustic guitar?

Many people think that buying a custom made guitar is reserved only for professional players who require something unique and not readily available on the standard models out there. Whilst...
Paul Smith