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Dan Armstrong (London) Refinish

The Dan Armstrong (London) refinish continues, but stripping away the years reveals a couple of worrying littles.

Dan Armstrong (London) serial numbers

I’ve decided to revive my Dan Armstrong (London) guitar. But as I strip away the years of detritus, I’m suddenly puzzled. When was it really made?

Building a project guitar (the pleasures and pitfalls) part 1

There are usually two reasons for building a ‘project guitar’. One is that you’ve never had quite the guitar you wanted, and yet you know exactly what it is you want, and the second is budget.

Clarity and Sparkle Show – episode 2

Fergus gets his chance to show what he’s made of (wood, mostly) in a return match at The Clarity and Sparkle Show.

Speaker simulation in Logic

A while ago, I delighted in the fact that my little Epiphone Valve Junior 5 watt practice amp had been modded to include a line feed from the output transformer. As aficionados will know, this means that I can get…

The Lost Weekend

Harry Potter casts a Confundus on us all and I prove I really know bugger all about guitar wiring.

Guitar tone: episode 83

Well, my apologies to those of you who tune in with the naive hope that I’ve actually got some song writing or recording done.
Nope, I haven’t, but I am a step closer to getting the sound I want out…

The Clarity and Sparkle Show

A podcast in which 4 electric guitars face up to the challenge of competing on the Clarity and Sparkle Game Show. Who will be the lucky winner!

Strats, pickups and TONE

In which I show you the trick to getting bags of tone out of your guitar.

Epiphone Valve Junior vs Marshall 4140 (2)

I said I would post a recording of the real thing, and it’s taken only a week longer than I’d planned, but I’m guessing you’re used to that by now.
Anyway, without further ado, and with only a discreet fanfare…