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Featured Builder – Pelican Noiseworks
After a brief hiatus for the Christmas period, we are back again with a new featured builder – Leon of Pelican Noiseworks. Sure, not an Australian company, but a small business with a product that is now available in Australia (Pedal Empire). Leon and Pelican first came to my attention through the 60 Cycle Hum…
Best Melbourne Guitar Stores
Last Updated: August 2026 I feel like the ‘best Melbourne Guitar stores’ is a bit of a difficult one, with so much choice around. It’s like asking ‘where is the best coffee in Melbourne’ and then relying on the taste of only one person. However, I thought I would put together a few stand outs…
Featured Builder – Stringjoy
Over the past few installments, I have focussed on Australian builders, but this week I decided to have a look at something different. Stringjoy is a company that I have heard about a lot recently through the 60 cycle Hum podcast and through Instagram posts, and I thought that I would get in contact. Now,…
TC Electronics new range
In an industry where we are usually drip fed new products by companies TC Electronics have gone way out and released a whole series of new pedals just in time for some summer gear buying. The Smorgasboard of Tones has been announced (and released) and contains some really cool looking pedals – including an analog…
Featured Builder – Anarchy Audio
It’s time for us to look at another of the awesome Australian builders, last time it was Ormsby Guitars, so this time we are looking at effects – particularly Anarchy Audio. I had the opportunity to do an email interview with Johannes from Anarchy on his thoughts on the industry and how he got started.…
Building your first pedal board
So you have bought your first guitar and amp and now you are looking for a few more ways to change and improve your playing. The next step is obviously pedals! Some people will recommend playing without pedals for the first year, until you are really comfortable with the fret board, timing and your guitar…
Featured Builder – Ormsby Guitars
Ormsby Guitars is one of the very few Australian owned and built electric guitars. Given, Australia does have a few makers when it comes to the acoustic side of things, but on the electric side there are very few. This website was created to both support and explore the Australian guitar buying, building and repairing…
Fender Offsets NAMM 2016
I thought that it would only be fair to look at the new range that Fender will be releasing, considering that we have previously looked at the 2017 Gibson models. The new models come in the Duo – Sonic and the Mustang and from the video above come in a whole series of configurations, from…
Australian Guitar Stores
Unfortunately, with the advent of online shopping and cheap shipping from overseas, the Australian local music market has suffered somewhat. Wheres places like the States have Guitar Centre and other chain stores, there is little in that way in Australia, especially when it comes to purchasing instruments. Below we have tried to list some of…