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January 2011

Cool gear: The Creamery

The Creamery, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, is a small one-man boutique company building custom guitars and pickups. All electric guitars are built by hand, in many cases from quality reclaimed wood. All pickups are handwound to vintage and modern specs. Many of the guitar designs are based on classic …

Cool new gear: Red Witch Seven Sisters range

Red Witch, the New Zealand based boutique pedal manufacturer has come out with a new range of pedals with a difference. The Seven Sisters are a range of pedals with an extremely small footprint, and also contain a rechargeable lithium ion battery. They can be recharged using any 9-18volt DC …

Cool new gear: TC Electronic Toneprint effects

TC Electronic have come out with a great new effects pedal line, the Tone Print series of effects. These new pedals offer you standard stomp box control, as well as something special. TC Electronic have worked with guitar players from all over the world to develop their own signature “TonePrints”, …

Cool new gear: Dunlop Ultex Jazz III 2.0

I love pointy picks, the Jim Dunlop Jazz III and Jazz III XLs in black have been my main pick for several years now. I also fell in love with the new Hetfield Black Fangs after reviewing them recently. the Ultex material on the Black Fangs provided a nice sharp …