The Vox AC4 with the microphone on its mark, seen through a headstock
Hear

Same player, same room, same amp. Every time.

If you’re going to compare them, nothing else in the chain gets to vary. Recorded in the shed through a Vox AC4TV with a Celestion Greenback speaker, at one watt, with one Soyuz 013 FET small-diaphragm condenser microphone into an Apogee Symphony Desktop interface and John’s hands on every take.

John playing the Runaway by the shed window
John mid-take. Tea on the shelf.

Fine for comparing guitars on most speakers.

one in stock · £2,350
Echo

A fantasy Strat, '62 and all in blue, made to look like it's been round the block.

clean0:49
dirty0:36
The whole story
one in stock · £2,235
The 107

Built for tone, not decoration… but it looks damn good regardless.

clean0:14
clean · muted0:24
dirty · a lick0:37
The whole story
one in stock · £2,375
The Lost Model

Every so often a lost idea returns…

clean0:34
dirty0:13
The whole story
one in stock · £2,235
The Runaway

A beast of a T-type. Named the Runaway because with this beast… you ain't runnin' nowhere.

clean0:26
dirty0:15
dirty · take two0:16
The whole story
made to order · from £3,225
DeVille

In my mind I envisaged the bastard offspring of a 335 and a Jaguar… and here it is.

clean1:08
dirty0:32
dirty · strums0:16
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Gateway Drug Line · made to order · from £1,875
The Rebel

In 1954 Gibson introduced the Les Paul Junior to the world as an affordable entry level guitar. Little did they know the monster they had created. Meet the Rebel… my humble tribute to this legendary guitar. Mahogany body and set neck, ebony fretboard with mother of pearl dot inlays. Kluson double line hand relic'd tuners, jumbo frets. Faber aluminium compensated locking bridge. From £1,875.

clean0:35
clean · flamenco0:15
dirty0:26
See the guitar
Gateway Drug Line · made to order · from £1,875
The Kid

My tribute to a classic. The 1961 SG Junior. Basic, raw, unadulterated rock and roll. Stripped back and in your face… just as it should be. One piece mahogany body and set neck, ebony fretboard with mother of pearl dot inlays. Kluson double line hand relic'd tuners, jumbo frets. Faber aluminium compensated locking bridge. From £1,875.

clean0:40
clean · turnaround0:28
dirty0:31
dirty · low riff0:24
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