There are two historic absolute killer Internet-based Effects Pedal Resources - the more narrowly and fuzz-focused ’Kit Rae’s The Big Muff Π Page’, and the much broader and more holistic / comprehensive ’Effects Database’ - which covers every type of effect - world-wide.

Bart describes how this all started with a relatively focused pet project website called ’DisqoFreq’s Envelope Filter Site’. Created really for similar reasons as to why I created Guitar Pedal X originally - where Bart was ...

I get asked so often what my key influences are, and what informs my own pedalboard  choices, tones and textures - that I thought I would do this detailed overview - which has actually taken a very significant time to compile and write up. This is as much for me to have a handy reference to my favourites as much as to expose you to 1 or 2 you may not be fully aware of or else have forgotten about!

For sure people will be hounding me with how could I possibly leave out this or that guy - in ...

It’s with heavy heart that I compose these words to describe how significantly I feel about the passing of one of my all-time favourite and most inspirational guitar heroes - one Eddie Van Halen. I really would not have thought it would have made me feel quite so emotional - possibly it’s been accentuated by this weird period we’re all currently living through - but I’m really feeling the loss - just as painfully as when Bowie and Prince passed in 2016.

I will ...

Dunlop Manufacturing is one of the many, as well as one of the chief family businesses in the general guitar industry / sector - setting the pace and scope of what’s possibly with quality gear alongside outfits like Ernie Ball for over half a century (since 1965). And while Jim’s involvement of late has not been so prominent as in previous years, he has nonetheless left an indelible mark on the brands that he developed, innovated and evolved.

Dunlop probably means a great ...

When I started the second chapter of my guitar adventures I was initially resolved to do things as simply as possible - one great guitar, and one great modelling amp. It was not long however before I discovered that this approach was not going to get me the sounds I had in my head, or the sounds I heard on Spotify or Tidal and wanted to accurately and faithfully reproduce.

So I quickly changed direction and ended up going down this very heavy pedal-centric route which you can read ...

This is not necessarily a definitive list, but consists of those guitar players and pioneers who most inspired me to want to get into guitar playing and attain some small part of their virtuosity. There are several pioneers of the guitar electronic dark arts here, but also some more traditional players whose sum experience is distilled down to a quite wonderful tone and dynamic and fluid playing style. This is far from a 10 best ever kind of list, these are simply the guys who make me want to ...