Soundings
Thirty years of opinions, arrived at by doing it wrong first.
Words that were spoken, not written. A cup of tea, a microphone, and a question — then cut into pieces. John’s words, nothing sanded.
- Every overdrive pedal is an ampThe Maestro and Satisfaction, an AC30 at the point of destruction, and working back from the amp to what feeds it.
- Has that guitar earned it?Every guitar has a story. You'll fill this one with yours.
- The volume control is the first testOn ten it crunches. At six it cleans up. The fuzz that's always on.
- When a relic isn't a relicRolled edges, a bare neck, the tide mark under the pickguard and the ring under the strap button. Comfort first, convincing second.
- Why a hand-wound pickup sounds better lumpyThe winds, the variance, the Friday-afternoon pickup — and an Epiphone with a £45 neck pickup nobody could explain.