The Keeley XIX Anniversary Eccos Delay Looper is a black “reverse” edition limited to just 100 units, and it pairs one of the warmest flanged delays I have ever heard with a looper that is far more fun than it has any right to be. It has its quirks, but very few delay pedals carry this much personality.
A clean boost adds punch, girth, and tone to your guitar signal. Here’s why I reach for certain overdrive pedals instead of a dedicated boost, and the ones that do it best.
Fretboard radius quietly divides Fender players: the rounded vintage 7.25″ versus the flatter modern 9.5″. Here’s what guitarists love and dislike about each, how fret size factors in, and why compound necks exist.
I rarely sell a guitar, but my Olympic White American Original 60s Stratocaster was one I let go. Here’s an honest, hands-on comparison of the AO60s Strat and its successor, the American Vintage II.
The Greer Lightspeed Organic Overdrive is the transparent boutique drive that earns its name, keeping every note clear even at higher gain and shining as an edge-of-breakup boost in low-gain settings.
Extra super light gauge electric guitar strings make fretting, bar chords, and bends dramatically easier. If you already play 09-42, stepping down to 08-38 is the simplest, cheapest upgrade to how your guitar feels.
The Empress Echosystem is one of the most inspiring big box delays ever made, and it has quietly become one of my favorites. To my ears it sounds better than a Strymon Timeline and more musical than a Meris LVX, while still being deep enough to keep you experimenting for years.
The Jackson Audio Golden Boy arrived a few years ago to a serious wave of hype, a lot of it built on the idea that one of its modes could get you into Analogman King of Tone territory. Years later the hype has cooled and plenty of players have moved on, which is a shame because the pedal is genuinely great.
My path to guitar started with a Gibson, but the Fender Telecaster pulled at me from the beginning, and I owned one well before I ever bought a Strat. Over the years that single cheap import grew into a small collection of Teles I genuinely love…