2
Aug
2011
Testing out the new Telecaster
So, I broke one of my two rules of guitar; never get a Telecaster! I picked up a new Fender Blacktop Telecaster recently, as I think it will come in handy in the recording studio (who knows, I might even play it live one day). The guitar felt and sounded really good, and it had humbuckers so was instantly more in my stylistic ballpark than most Teles.
Within minutes of taking it home I had set to work replacing bits on it 
So far I’ve replaced the bridge pickup (with a Rio Grande ‘Bastard’ P90), the 3-way pickup selector switch (standard one wasn’t very good), put an orange cap in and replaced the tuners with some locking ones. Tuning stability wasn’t great with the standard tuners.
A bit more about the pickup; the Rio Grande one is designed as a neck pickup, but I thought I would try it in the bridge. After trying it out, I’ve decided I’ll move it to the neck and get a Rio Grande ‘Fat Bastard’ P90 for the bridge. Really liking the sound of the P90, but I need a bit more roar in the bridge. I had also forgot about single-coil hum! I’ll learn to deal with it…
Here’s a video of the guitar through my Splawn Street Rod head into a Mesa Recto 2×12 cab. A little bit of delay from an MXR Carbon Copy delay pedal.
No explanation will be given for the John 5 finger nails 
2
Jun
2011
Mojo Hand Colossus demo
A video demo of me playing the Mojo Hand Colossus fuzz pedal:
Nothing too over the top with the playing, just a few runs through of some similar chord and leads bits to try and show the different sounds you can get with the pedal.
29
Oct
2010
A jam with Raf
I’ve just returned from a great week in Sydney. While I was there I spent a couple of days with my friend Raf and we recorded a one-take virtual jam over a Robben Ford backing track “Help The Poor”. I got to play on Raf’s most excellent “Catherine” guitar, which was a dream to play and sounded fantastic 
Here’s the video:
4
Dec
2009
Fallen – YouTube Webcam Jam
This showed up in my YouTube list today, and I thought it was a really good example of a collaboration gone right. Some really nice playing in there, and it’s quite well put together as well:
6
May
2009
Tsuken’s Convolution Demo
Convolution cabinet simulation demo.
Awesome tones using some free software called LAConvolver. Crazy good playing too, but that’s to be expected
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