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Fulltone USA unleashes 4-in-1 Dual Drive OCD 'Lux

Fulltone has decided to give us all the key versions of the OCD in one box, alongside a new Raw, more aggressive voicing. There were 7 x V1 voicings - V1.1>V1.7 and supposedly they’ve gone with the V1.7, where many players have a preference for the V1.4. I already own t...

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Every course now comes with 30 days of the practice tools

If you own Improv 101 or Complete Scale Fluency, you now get 30 days of every practice tool on the site, the Practice Planner included. The 30 days start when you press Start, and past buyers qualify too.

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KMA Machines unleashes Limited Glow-in-the-Dark Geminus Stereo True Double Tracker Run - just in time for Halloween

For the full details refer to my May 2025 Feature of the original model. The internals of this new limited Glow-in-the-Dark Edition are exactly the same as before - as is the price - $279.99 USD (ex Tax) / €229 EU Inc. VAT / £199 GB Inc. VAT - available only direct from th...

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Highlights from the 2026 London International Guitar Show at Kempton Park

So for the first year we have different organisers for this London International Guitar Show, but with the same quirks evident as in previous years - and lousy catering options! I bemoan the fact that the Panoramic Restaurant has been closed for the last  3 or 4 event...

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The Practice Planner: what to practice today, and how it's going

The Practice Planner keeps a list of the exact things you're working on, tells you each day which of them are due, and shows you whether they're getting better. It's open to Silver members and up.

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New video: Billy Strings' teacher's killer scale exercise

The video on Robb Cappelletto's six-position scale exercise is out. It teaches the exercise the way Robb laid it out, then rebuilds the same shapes from building blocks that work from any root, on any string, and in the modes.

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The King Of Gear doubles down on its Oxford Drive with its new Dual Drive Oxford Monarch Breaker x Shredmaster / Guv'nor

The King Of Gear first launched its Compact Oxford Drive unit back in 2019, with an updated V2 Edition released in 2021. The Oxford Drive was mainly based on the ’91 Shredmaster Pedal, with additional ’88 Guv’nor and ’01’ New York Garage City Voice Modes.   This lates...

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After helping to popularise the 'Flerb' term and kinda sorta encouraging people to get behind it, Josh Scott then flips the script and delivers the Pherb instead!

As most everyone knows ’Flerb’ is a setting on the EHX Holy Grail Reverb pedal - which has been mentioned dozens of times by Josh - where most didn’t realise he was being mocking and disparaging about it really. It somehow managed to create something of a meme - with legio...

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The Rick Neilsen Collection Auction - Julien's Auctions October 24th, 2026

  Rick Nielsen On October 24th Juliens’s Auctions opened bids for over 200 guitars and assorted memorabilia owned by Rick Nielsen, the guitarist for the band Cheap Trick.  Huntz Hall Nielsen, who has taken on the stage persona of '40's comedic acto...

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Reeves Electro's Izzy releases her first Point-to-Point circuit tomorrow at 20:00 BST, a smart update of the Darlington Flyer Switchable Transistor Fuzz

So the very first Reeves Electro Daughterboard Series pedal was the Darlington Flyer back in August of 2023. A single switchable transistor fuzz - which I’ve always described as ’Dual Natured’ in that the two separate transistors yield very different and distinct voicings....

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PRS unleashes Tekton Series of Modern Offset Battle Axes - specially honed for Metal and Digital Amp Players

So PRS has taken much of the learnings from the Herman Li Signature Chloe Guitar and refined that for a wider audience of more Modern Higher Gain Metal Players. There’s a little of the S2 Vela in the DNA mix too!   For me this could well be the prettiest PRS shape to ...

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With the addition of 2 New Keeley Tube Drive Variants - we've now had a total of 6 different Editions - each with a different 12A*7 Tube onboard

I did say - hold your horses! for numerous forthcoming Tube Drive variants. I kind of knew that Robert had a stash of rare 12A*7  Tubes that he had been gathering for the last few years, and the last 2 in particular. So there would definitely be a great number od diff...

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I've just landed the latest of my Preferred Selection of Compressor Pedals - the Bondi Effects Squish As, with just the Crazy Tube Circuits Phi Golden Ratio still to be acquired

I’ve somehow ended up being a big fan of compressor pedals, and have a growing selection of those - where I obviously favour Becos FX and DryBell variants in particular, and typically lean into more expansive Soft-Knee style Compressors.   At the time of acquisition I...

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The Chase Bliss Mystery Box is Back!

I was very lucky to have been awake at 02:55 UK BST Time - when this new Mystery Box initiative was announced and launched simultaneously - my receipt / confirmation is time-stamped at exactly 03:00 Hrs!   We all know the drill by now - you pay just $299 | €299 | £261...

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Discomfort Designs' Supreme Balloon is a brilliant sort of quirky / glitchy stereo pattern tremolo with a slew of different playback options

This is my first Discomfort Designs pedal - and so my first introduction to the preferences and design DNA of circuit designer Justin. It looks a little complicated at first glance, but it’s really very straightforward to operate.   My above visual suggests a good sta...

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Behind the scenes on the Robb Cappelletto video

A look at the Final Cut Pro timeline for the upcoming video on Robb Cappelletto's six-position scale exercise: how the edit is put together, and what's left before it goes live.

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Holy Island Audio's Blast Radius is a fantastic untamed beast of an Oscillating Fuzz with several gears of high octane operation

Despite running into Gwion at a score different guitar and pedal shows (Since 2022’s Stourbridge FX Expo) - up until this year I didn’t own a single one of his pedals! Every time I encountered him at a show he was low on stock, and had sold out of the pedal/s that I really...

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The Soul Power Instruments El Diablo Mods BD-2 completes my dual channel Boss Mods Quadfecta, and finally rounds out my Blues Driver-ology Collection too

This mission goes back nearly 10 years - when I was first made aware of the existence of the Soul Power Instruments El Diablo Mods of the BD-2 Blues Driver. That’s been a little bit of a holy grail kind of quest for me - as this is the first time I’ve come across a pristin...

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The Complete Scale Fluency Course Guide is in print

The Complete Scale Fluency Course Guide is now a spiral-bound color book, for anyone who has the course and wants a copy to write in and keep on the music stand.

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By popular demand Crazy Tube Circuits extracts the Pushed Amplifier style Rapture Overdrive from its Triptyhcon Multi-Fuzz / Multi-Gain Pedal

Several players announced their admiration of the Overdrive part of CTC’s superb Triptychon Multi-Fuzz / Multi-Gain pedal - and requested that it be released as a stand-alone pedal!   And here we are 5-and-a-half months later - and that wish is granted.   Of cour...