Gear

Ormsby Guitars
Gear, Australian Companies

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 offset
Gear

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
Buying, Gear

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

nano big muff pi
Gear, Reviews

Muff Showdown – Big Muff Pi vs Nano Big Muff Pi

A photo posted by Australian Guitar Review (@australian_guitar_review) on Sep 19, 2016 at 5:41pm PDT   Electro Harmonix claim that they have just shrunk down the original to a size that is easier to fit on pedalboards when they speak about the Nano Big Muff – but is this really the case? The Big Muff

boss katana
Gear

Boss Product news

Boss have announced the release of a new range of amplifiers – the Katana range which hold true to Boss and their rock roots. They may look like they are for gigging, but they claim to have a Power Control that limit volume to allow them to be played well in the home environment as well.

guitar podcasts
Gear

Guitar Podcasts to listen to

Unless you are in constant contact with people who also play guitar, getting guitar news, views and banter can be a little difficult to come about. As a result of being otherwise busy, I find that one of the best ways of keeping up to date is through listening to guitar podcasts on my commute

tc mimiq
Gear

New TC Electronics pedal release – Mimiq

TC Electronics, the makers that take up a lot of pedal real estate have released a new pedal, The Mimiq Doubler. The Mimiq is a pedal made primarily for rock and heavy metal musicians who want to fatten up their tone without having to worry about fiddling about with numerous settings on delays and choruses.

firebird zero
Gear

Gibson 2017 – The rest

Looking at the range that Gibson are releasing for the 2017 season, I thought there were just far too many to report on for a single post, so here are the rest. The initial post focussed primarily on the LP range, so we will now look at the SGs, Firebirds and Explorers. SG Range SG

Gibson 2017
Gear

2017 Gibson LP range

Whether it be leak or ‘leak’ the Gibson 2017 range specs have been released this past week on the internet and they are looking pretty good. Before you ask, no there are no Robo Tuners and yes, there is a range of left handed models. Who knows though when these models will actually hit the

Biyang Reverb review
Gear, Reviews

Review – Biyang TriReverb

Last Updated: September 2026 Purchased from Aliexpress for $63AUD This reverb is great and has an awesome resonance for such a cheap pedal. Settings are relatively uncomplicated with blend and reverb controls along with mini-switches for Room/Hall/Spring reverb and an A/B switch setting. The A/B switch seems to be a dark/light control with B being

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