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Ursus Factory and the Sixth Generation of Guitar Rock

Ursus Factory and the Sixth Generation of Guitar Rock

June 10, 2021

I've been noticing clear signs of me turning into an “old fart” over the last few years. It’s only a few short months before I will turn 50, and it seems ever harder beam myself back into my 30-year old “hippy” state of mind. Am I – is Custom Boards – still a relevant player in the eyes of the new wave?

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Revolutionizing the market - Lehle Components

Revolutionizing the market - Lehle Components

May 09, 2020

German engineer Burkhard Lehle unveiled his plans for the Lehle Components a few years ago at 2014’s NAMM Show. He would release his own line of audio components, which will include brand-new designs alongside his older inventions.

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Unforgettable Gigs – Part 1: Amorphis in the Balkans

Unforgettable Gigs – Part 1: Amorphis in the Balkans

April 27, 2020

Amorphis’ manager, Jouni Markkanen told me to be extremely careful, and made me clear that I had to have the gig fee in my hands, in cash, before allowing the band to leave their hotel for the venue.

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The Guitar Rig of Your Dreams – Custom Racks

The Guitar Rig of Your Dreams – Custom Racks

March 24, 2020

We've been entertaining ourselves with the thought of starting a Custom Racks service for some time. Inner need of getting a chance to build a large effects rack has lived in our minds for a while, and in the end we got lucky.

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Andy McCoy – The Guitar Legend

Andy McCoy – The Guitar Legend

December 17, 2019

After seeing the newspaper article from Andy McCoy, where his pedalboard whole looked a real mess, I reacted instinctively: I took a quick snap of Andy’s pedalboard right off the paper and put it on Instagram. My message read that if anybody out there knew how to get hold of Andy, could they please tell him that I’d be more than willing to help him sort his board out.

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Mikko Kosonen - Pedal Dogma with Keeley Electronics

Mikko Kosonen - Pedal Dogma with Keeley Electronics

October 26, 2017

I really do admire Mikko’s attitude. His idea was to tape Dogma-style videos of every available Keeley effect, so that he would play each effect for the first time with the camera rolling.

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Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon guitar sounds in the spotlight

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon guitar sounds in the spotlight

October 19, 2016

The album is one of the best-selling and most-legendary records of all time, and many guitarists think that David Gilmour must have used tons of different effects to produce his sounds, but in reality he played his guitar relatively sparingly and used surprisingly few effects.

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Jaco Pastorius - The tragic story of a bass genius

Jaco Pastorius - The tragic story of a bass genius

December 05, 2015

Jaco was a true super star in his time. His playing had a profound influence on virtually every bass player that has come after him. Tragically, Jaco’s life also had a merciless side to it. There’s a very few artists in popular culture, who rose to fame as meteorically and shone as brightly, only to face such a brutally tragic fate.

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David Gilmour – the story behind the best guitar sound in the world

David Gilmour – the story behind the best guitar sound in the world

June 24, 2015

Many guitarists strive to emulate David Gilmour’s unbelievingly beautiful playing style. In terms of ethereal beauty he is in a league of his own, even though many have tried – and still are trying – to follow in his footsteps.

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Tuning a guitar is a serious task

Tuning a guitar is a serious task

May 27, 2015

The thought of having absolute pitch seemed very intriguing. I already had a history of trying, and succeeding in naming pitches. Some intervals also always seemed more friendly to my ear than others. The most annoying interval of them all, which had bugged me for quite some time, was the major third.

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The wah-wah does it all

The wah-wah does it all

May 13, 2015

Wah-wahs, auto-wahs and filters are more popular than ever before. All of these effects are in regular use in many different musical genres. Vox’ “gentleman’s sound” and the aggressive tones of Dunlop wahs both have their place in the modern musician’s tool kit.

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The chosen one - Tony Iommi

The chosen one - Tony Iommi

March 25, 2015

Learning to play songs on guitar that you’ve known for a years can be a very rewarding. One of the most enjoyable parts of my journey into the depths of Black Sabbath’s riffs, was to notice all the little surprises in Iommi’s phrasing. This is even more underlined, if you’ve been listening to Black Sabbath for ages, and you can hum their riffs by heart.

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