Australian Guitar Review
Honest reviews, builder profiles, buying guides and gear news for Australian players
Latest Posts
Album Review – John Mayer – The Search for Everything
Ok, if you can get past the album art on this one it is a solid album. Regardless of what you think about John Mayer the person, he is undoubtedly one of the guitar greats of this generation. This is a really solid album, although it doesn’t have any really solid pop anthems like his…
Boss Katana Review- Initial Thoughts
I picked this amp up from my friends at Guitar Brothers in Brisbane, if you are around the area I would highly recommend that you get out to Red Hill to see them. They have a great range of products and really know their stuff. The Boss Katana range has had a ton of positive…
Album Review – Inter Alia – At the Drive In
Well, it’s been a while before records for At the Drive In, that band of frenetic energy which split into The Mars Volta and Sparta in the early 2000’s. It’s been 17 years, to be precise, since the release of Relationship of Command, an album which was instrumental in my own guitar playing. From the…
May Guitar news
This post will be a live document for the rest of the month, check back for updates as we get them: Fender have released their new range of Mustang GT amps the question is, are they going to beat the Katana amps that they seem to be built to battle? The few advantages I can see…
Featured Store – Guitar Brothers
This week we are looking at a local Australian store – Guitar Brothers, based in Brisbane. I have come across this store both on ebay, and also on Facebook, which I highly recommend following as they update with recent acquisitions and sales. I got in contact with Craig Claxton from Guitar Brothers and he was…
New Products Roundup
Time for a bit of a roundup of what has been recently released, both at home and abroad. Firstly is the Pelican Noiseworks Half Horse – the smaller sibling of the Pelitaur. The Half Horse is the left hand side of the Pelitaur and is a pretty special fuzz. Leon from Pelican has told me…
April Fool’s Round Up
April Fool’s has just passed and a lot of guitar companies have released their ‘Fools’ products for the year. Strangely enough, I’m a little disappointed that some of these don’t actually exist…Here is a bit of a roundup of what we came across this past few days, what did you find? Earthquaker Devices Anderton’s and…
Featured Builder – Loopi Pedals
The last few weeks we have looked at Bondi Effects and other builders who make pedals that make noises, this week however we are looking at the complete opposite. Bryce, from Loopi Pedals, was nice enough to answer some questions about his company. A pedal that doesn’t make sound you ask, is this some kind of…
Featured Builder – Bondi Effects
Bondi has a special place in the hearts of Australians. Whether it is your local haunt, or the beach that you avoid due to it being ‘too popular’ that little cove holds a special part of Australia within it’s rocky walls. So it is with Bondi Effects, holding a special place on the pedalboards of…
New products from EHX
Since NAMM ElectroHarmonix has been killing it in the new releases. I am a big fan of EHX and it seems that they are one of the only big companies that are willing to push the envelope with new and unique products. I thought that today we could have a quick look at a few…