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Analog Alien guitar and bass FX pedals bring a refreshing new look to pedal boards. The difference between these pedals and their rivals is rooted firmly in their history. The pedals are produced by Cloud 9 Audio which is an offshoot of Cloud 9 recording - a small boutique recording studio which ...
Having chosen your new strings, it's time to go about fitting them. There are a few considerations to be understood in order to make this process as simple and painless as possible. For what is a relatively straightforward process, there are several choices and pitfalls to overcome. I suggest you...
A task that comes to all guitarists sooner or later is that of replacing strings. Sometimes it is because a single string is broken, other times the whole seem a little dead and the instrument feels or sounds less than optimum.   For the less confident or experienced there is always the option of...

Power to the Pedals!

The simplest way to power most effect pedals is the good old 9v battery – however this is not particularly convenient or cost effective and in some cases, especially with mini-pedals, not even possible.   As you accumulate and use a few pedals you will probably consider the purchase of, or making...

Pedal Order

This is the first in a short series that is aimed at helping you to set up your pedalboard. Pedals are part of the fun of playing the guitar – they are not for everyone but some of us are obsessed with them. Once you've acquired a few pedals, and started using them individually and in combinatio...
We would just like to say a big 'Thank You' to the incredible Albert Lee for his talk and performance at our Evening With Albert Lee & Music Man Guitars on Friday 18th. Albert talked us through his career (he has done it all!), his choice of guitars, amps and effects and performed some of his...

Workshop Prices Rundown

SETUP Clean frets, oil fingerboard, adjust truss rod, restring, cut nut, check and adjust intonation, clean & polish body. Strings not included in price. Acoustic Guitars - £45
 Bass & Electric Guitars - £50 Electric Guitars with locking trem - £56
 12 String Acoustics - £60
 Extra Char...

Gibson 54 Les Paul Custom

Colin, our director, has always wanted himself a '54 Les Paul. The extremely rare chance to own one of these beasts came to be, when Gibson emailed us directly, saying they had two available for the UK market. Without even looking at the price, our Colin ordered one straight away and eagerly awai...