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Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review: Worth it in 2026?
Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review. Is this the best affordable Les Paul you can buy? Before we get into it, let’s look at the Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s specs. The Les Paul™ Standard 60s models from Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson™ Collection recreate the sound of 1960s era Les Pauls. Featuring a classic…
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The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1987
Welcome back to 1987, with this year’s long list of classic arcade games being impossible to detail in a single article. Here are some of my favourites. 1987 was a turning point for me and my fascination with the video game arcade. It had been a place of comfort for a good chunk of my…
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BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier Review
The BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier IS the best guitar-related purchase I’ve ever made. Why? Let me explain. Is the BOSS Katana 50 loud enough to gig with? The question that everyone’s asking. Simple answer… ABSOLUTELY!. That’s on the 50W mode, clean channel, gain just less than half, volume the same, and master maxed. In…
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Goa : A Lesson In Life – Second Edition. Out NOW!
A BIG day! Originally realised back in 2017. My debut book, Goa : A Lesson in Life receives a long-overdue edit, professional cover, long-lost images, and an extra chapter, bringing my story to a close and up to date. So, what’s it all about? Back in August 2006, I visited Goa, India. A trip that…
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Garageband: Time to switch?
For years I’ve stuck with the same home-recording setup of a PC running Ableton Live 8 and a BOSS BR-800. Is it time to switch to Apple’s Garageband for iPad? Bringing back the golden years of home recording. Back in the days before Garageband even existed, I used to work through most of my ideas…
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What’s your Guitar amp History?
A look back at all the guitar amps I’ve owned over the years, each with its very own story. What’s your Guitar amp History? Flyspec headphone amp Where it all started. Was it even a guitar amp at all? Plugged into my first ever guitar (a Hondo Strat). Before I’d even discovered gain, it merely…
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Walking Hadrian’s Wall
On September the 26th I’ll be embarking on the Walk the Wall challenge, which is a 17.5-mile walk along the most spectacular section of Hadrian’s Wall. To all our readers and contributors, too many children aren’t even able to have a decent breakfast. Greggs Foundation, through its Breakfast clubs, is working hard to help them,…
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Healthy Living Tips for Musicians on the Road
A life spent touring on the road sounds like a dream come true … to a high school freshman trying to figure out what they want to be when they grow up. A veteran musician will tell you that such a pleasant, picturesque fantasy is far from reality… The honest truth is, life on the…
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Music in High Fidelity
Music in High Fidelity: A Brief History of the Tech that Paved the Way for Sound Today. By Sally Collins. The first major breakthrough when it comes to in-home music was made in 1877 when Thomas Edison unveiled his creation: the phonograph (you probably know it as a record player). Since then, there have been…
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