Back in 2019 I coined the term ’Turbo Dane’ - meaning using the just then released Heavy Water in combination with The Peacekeeper Overdrive. As I detailed in last week’s Heavy Water Origin Story, the Peacekeeper circuit was involved right at the start of The Dane development project, but where that latterly headed off in its own distinct direction. The Dane (MKI and MKII) is obviously Pete Honoré’s signature Drive + Boost pedal - specifically designed to bring out the very best in Pete’s ...

The second feature for ’Heavy Water Month’ concerns its provenance and how the pedal came to be!

The story starts all the way back in 2016 with Thorpy’s Chain Home Tremolo - his smart take on the choppy Vox Repeat Percussion. A common issue with early Tremolos was volume drop - perceived and actual, and an output typically under signal-chain unity, for which the remedy was to add a boost circuit - in order to raise the volume back up to optimal / usable levels.

The very first High ...

So after much soul-searching, cogitation and divination! We’re finally on Patreon at last.

www.patreon.com/GuitarPedalX

So all of you who have voiced your support for GPX in the past - hopefully now is a good time to get involved!

I’ve had some fun with the Patreon visuals - in fact - I spent the whole of the Easter holidays getting the ThorpyFX Collaboration and Patreon Page sorted - also doing the various campaigns needed to support those activities. I’ve included a number of my ...

This has been a long-time in the making! Adrian Thorpe was the first Pedal Builder I properly connected with nearly 10 years ago now at an Olympia Guitar Show I believe it was.

Thorpy actually volunteered this collaboration off his own back - he was the one to suggest this - as a reward for GPX’s long and continued support of the ThorpyFX brand. He spotted that I had used the Heavy Water 3-in-1 Boost on my board right since it first came out in the summer of 2019. And as a power user of ...

I would sincerely like to thank you all for accompanying me on this year’s adventures.

And I would like to apologise to a few of you that I may have snapped at somewhat towards the end of the year - I was already burned out in mid October - it’s a miracle I’ve made it to the end, but not without some casualties in the latter weeks. My mental health these days - and demeanour has been a little fractious - so I do apologise if you ended up on the receiving end of that.

I’ve been so busy ...

Avid readers will have noted that my Custom Hawk ToneBird 7 Jazz III Picks have already landed. In fact I’ve handed out a fair few to some lucky souls at the last 2 events I attended - Kempton Park, and the Witney Pedal Party 2. Pictured above is the actual first sample of my X-branded trucker cap - and I must say it looks very decent up close.

The above visual is a picture of the first sample hat - from when I first unboxed it - colours / textures highly accurate to real thing!

I’ve ...

And so the moment is finally upon us - at least mostly that is to say. We’re in for a step-change for sure, and there will likely be some teething troubles for the first few days hereafter as we continue to refine the experience - but do please bear with us - all the stuff you loved will still be here - just easier to find and bookmark.

GuitarPedalX.com was officially launched around 5 years ago - on August 1st of 2018. Before then some of those posts (212) had appeared on the blog of my ...

The above visual is somewhat metaphorical and allegorical in nature - with numerous easter eggs throughout - while obviously based on the legendary 1981 Nintendo Arcade Classic Donkey Kong. For GPX fans there are a number of pop and cultural icons present and 7 of my favourite pedals - also nods to 12 Degrees of Saturation, and a famous metal drummer’s kick-drum! I will give you the pleasure of working out all the symbolism for yourself - some is very obvious, and other references are somewhat ...

I’d like to start off by apologising for how long it often takes me to respond to comments and inquiries. I do of course have a very demanding day job - meaning I’m tied up a lot of the time - and I really do my best to keep up to date with all your comments and messages - while some weeks are obviously a bit of a struggle depending on prevailing workloads.

Some of you don’t realise that Guitar Pedal X is but a one man operation - and that I do this on top of several other activities - ...