Switched to a Pedaltrain Metro Max, as I wanted a longer, flat board than the angled two row rail ones. TR-2 in for the wobbles for now.

So as mentioned in the diary thread, I’ve stripped and refinished the Torres 2x10 cabinet that I acquired from James. I traded some Jamesons whiskey for it and rewired to 16ohms. That was nearly 15 years ago at Progfest.

It’s served me well, running it with my Dual Terror until I sold it to my ...

That is a bloody lovely guitar, nicely done.

I lust after juniors and still regret letting go of your old tokai. Currently eying up one of the old melody maker reissues as a potential 40th birthday guitar.

I got a Clean with my mystery box. While I enjoyed the clean I wanted something a bit sillier. I traded it for a Lossy and have been having a great time with it.

This board has been so great

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Love the gigrig switcher, great ...

Current setup, added the 69 vibe which is bloody brilliant for £60 and finally dialed in the fuzz face with the rest of the rig so it’ll cut through at practice/live.

That is a very nice jag, hurb.

Are you getting all of your dirty sounds from the helix/h90?

All I keep coming across for 1985 in fenders is strats with those god awful locking trem systems fitted to the. I’ve seen a couple of Japanese squires and fenders. There seems to be a glut of 78/79 strats around the £1300+ mark but nothing that’s rosewood boards.

Might end up looking at tokai or ...

NickD wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2024 9:20 pm Mid 70s…not the best era for guitars.

Though I’ve got a soft spot for a 70’s hardtail strat

I’m turning 40 next year, although physically I feel about 80 and mentally I should of been put out to pasture 😂

I’ve got it in my head that the next guitar I purchase should be from 1985 to mark this occasion.

Has anyone been down this route? Good/bad experience?

I know the 80’s weren’t the ...

Been consistently happy with this board for a while now, the Fulldrive 2 has all the gain I need and slamming it into the klon for leads is just fucking amazing.

Bucket brigade is set with the modulation high enough to give faux tape vibes and it just makes everything warm and melty.

I love the ...

I have a feeling I’ll end up buying them all at this rate!

They are doing a whole range of effects.

There’s the Centura and 69 vibe ready to preorder and a Octavia and Clyde McCoy Wah listed as part of the range too.

I’ve preordered the vibe as for £59 for a photocell vibe sounds a no brainer and cheaper than forking out &150-200 for a 2nd hand Deja ...

Great looking board, Taylornutt.

I’ve always wanted to dabble with the lex. I love the simplicity of my mini vent, but there’s times I wish it had more controls or an easier editing mode.

One of these days I’ll try and grab one cheap.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realised that delays do more than me trying to cop run like hell or Brighton rock solo.

Probably too much watching of that pedal show has changed my outlook. Discovering that slap back is more than trying to play like Brian setzer was a game changer.

You can adjust the ...

Managed to get one after debating between this and either the Boss DM-2 or MXR carbon copy.
It’s a darker delay than I’ve used in the post, but I like it. Running it on a short slap-back like a faux reverb and like how it melts into the dry sound. Not bad for £45 shipped.

I used to have a Jim Dandy, lovely little guitars.

Think this is the first time they’ve done a wooden flat back guitar. Not sure if they’ve been popular, but it’s nice to play coming from years of electric necks.

A while back, my mother in law wanted to get something for me as a belated birthday present. Wasn’t sure what I wanted so just left it on the backburner.

Something I’ve not had for a while is a six string acoustic. The last time I ordered one they sent me the 12 string version and told me to keep ...

How did the gig go!?


It was fucking ace! It was a goth/New Romantic wedding. They were big fans of Duran Duran and the cult, with some punk and classic rock thrown in. Crowd really enjoyed it, dance floor was full too.

I’ve missed playing so much, I felt proper buzzing afterwards. It’s ...

Last nights setup, sounded bloody good!!

Current setup ready for gigging. My wah is fucked so need to get that repaired but not the end of the world if I don’t get time.

Love my old danelectro delay but keep hankering for something that goes into self oscillation via a foot switch.