I thought I’d post a picture of my latest, and ever changing pedalboard and one including the recently acquired Colossus fuzz and the SL Drive.

This works for me at the moment, but I am missing my volume pedal a bit……

This pedal is awesome! It really does nail the Marshall sound and it has ample amounts of gain on tap.

I enjoyed channeling some Jimmy Page for this video 😉

A brief video demo of one of my new pedal acquisitions. Thank god I’m not on camera on this one, but the hand is mine!!

Its an awesome sounding pedal on first play and I’m looking forward to integrating it fully into my rig.

Two new pedals have arrived today. The first is the Xotic Effects SL Drive which seeks to emulate the Marshall Super Lead/Plexi type sound. This will be a solo boost for me, or maybe used with a clean amp.

The second is the Mojo Hand FX Colossus Fuzz. I’ve never really got on with fuzz pedals and haven’t yet found what I consider a keeper. I’m hoping this will be it.

I’ll have a review up of both, some time next week

Learning where the notes are on the fretboard, is an important skill and one you’ll need once you start playing with other musicians and guitar players.

All guitar players will hit the wall in terms of creativity, at some point. Here are a few tips on how to get over said wall!

I thought I’d put together my top 10 tips for guitar players. Please be gentle, I’m new to this video making lark!!

So this is my new website. I’ve been a bit wary of putting myself out there this much, but I decided it was time to go down a new avenue with my music and guitar playing.

I hope to be soon offering my guitar playing services for session work and I will also be offering a full-time guitar tuition service in the near future. I have very limited availability at the moment as far as lessons are concerned, but please get in touch via the contact page for further details. I can offer lessons to complete beginners or, for people who have been playing for a couple of years and would like some advice on how to take their playing further.

In the coming months, I will be posting videos of gear reviews and demos, and also some brief tutorial videos, in an attempt to pass on some of the benefit of my (many!) years of playing. I hope I’ve learnt something worth passing on!

The site will be expanded on in the coming weeks and I hope to add a shop, to make available some of my new music and also albums from the bands I am involved with.

The Music section of the site has the first three “solo” tracks I have recorded, so please check those out.

It will be an interesting ride, so please stick with me and stay tuned for updates.

Thanks!

Simon