Vox Satchurator Pedal

VOX Amplification have always aligned themselves with musicians of equal legendary status. The very first VOX evangelist’s were The Shadows followed years later by The Beatles, Brian May of Queen, The Edge of U2 and many more famous artists. Their latest collaboration effort involves another legendary guitarist by the name of “Joe Satriani”, you’ve been living under a rock if you’ve never heard of him! Joe Satriani is easily one of the most successful guitar instrumentalists of all time and has garnered many awards and accolades over the years. This dynamite “VOX/Satriani” duo have invested a lot of time and R&D into this particular range of pedals and in the process their collaboration has spawned several new and exciting products. Their ultimate goal was to create a series of pedals that exhibit “boutique” tone qualities, yet have added functionalities and increased reliability.
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Em’s 4 Kids Ear Muffs

Our children are very precious to us and we take whatever precautions we can to protect them from any harm. One area often overlooked is hearing protection, simply because we don’t realise the effect loud sounds can have on younger children. Loud concerts, airshows and racing events are certainly not a good place for your kids to be without any ear protection. There are several options available on the market to protect their precious ears and one of the best products around are the “Em’s 4 Kids” Ear Muffs.
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Novation Nio

The popularity of home recording has boomed over the past years mostly due to the advances in computer technology. Capturing professional quality audio recordings is now with-in reach using a standard personal computer and a suitable audio interface. One such product is the award winning Nio 2/4 from Novation.
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Vox amPLUG

The portable practice/headphone amplifier market has never really had very many options over the last twenty years. Rockman were one of the very first companies to release a headphone amplifier with a half decent sounding distortion tone. Thankfully the options have become a little greater with the release of the Line 6 Pocket POD and more recently the Vox amPLUG series.

There are currently three flavours of amPLUG’s available including the AC-30, Metal and the Classic Rock. Each model has identical controls and inputs yet they each feature their own unique amplifier tone. Their small light-weight design allows for them to be plugged directly into a guitar jack thus eliminating the need for any guitar cables. The audio signal is sent via a 3.5mm stereo jack to your choice of headphones or external speakers. There is also another mini-jack which gives you the ability to input a stereo signal from either an MP3 or CD player.
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Planet Waves Dual-Action Capo

I’m sure that there are many guitarists out there (including myself) who have tried all the various brands of capo’s available on the market today in search of “capo nirvana”. In the past I have used the Kyser capo (until I lost it at a gig) now I am currently performing with the Shubb capo. The major advantage of the Shubb is that it is able to clamp down on the strings very evenly and effectively, yet it lacks the quick release ability that the Kyser has.
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VOX Valvetronix AD30VT

The highly successful Vox Valvetronix series of amplifiers have been in production for many years now. The most recently released amplifiers in this series are the “AD” models which range from 15 watts through to 100 watts of output power. The Valvetronix brand is a culmination of two ground-breaking technologies from both Vox and Korg. The pre-amp section is a derivative of Korgs “Toneworks” high-quality digital amplifier modelling and the power output section has been specifically designed by Vox from the ground level up. This perfect partnership of technologies is about as close as any manufacturer has come to authentically recreating multiple “Class A” and “Class A/B” amplifier tones from a single amplifier unit.
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Fender Fuzz/Wah Pedal

It would seem as though we are living in an era of the “re-issue”, what was previously thought of as “old school” eventually becomes wildly popular once again. Some of the more famous trends are able to seemingly re-invent themselves after a twenty to thirty year cycle.
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Squier Deluxe QMT Stratocaster

The “Quilted Maple Top” Deluxe Stratocaster can best be described as Squiers enhanced version of their standard Stratocaster series. The most obvious upgrade is the antique burst “Quilted Maple Top” which is stylishly complimented by the pseudo “mother of pearl” scratch-plate. The additional upgrades are less noticeable visually, but in my opinion their contribution is of more importance to the over-all quality and improved feature set of this particular model.
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Zoom H2 Handy Stereo Recorder

I know what your thinking…not another Zoom H2 review! Don’t worry, this is just a quick overview where I will attempt to add my “two cents worth” of information to help compliment the many other informative Zoom H2 reviews that can be found online. Where do I find these reviews? My stock standard reply to a question like this is…”Google it”.
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Tanglewood TW-28 SNQ Acoustic Guitar

I would not be surprised if this is the first time that you’ve ever heard of the guitar maker Tanglewood. In saying that, I am sure that it won’t be the last! Tanglewood Guitar Company UK have been producing guitars since 1991 and have emerged as Europes best selling brand of acoustic guitars. There are currently four major series in the Tanglewood range of guitars starting out with the Indiana series.
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