I’ve been looking at builders of late and doing some profiles to help shine a light on the small builder guitar and gear industry. After recent chats with great local and local-ish makers like Mr Glyn’s Pickups and Tonecat Pedals, this week I am catching up with the owner of PJD Guitars, Leigh Dovey. While […]
Last week I spoke with Glyn of Mr Glyn’s Pickups and this week I am having a chat with Ryan (aka Mr Tonecat) of Tonecat Pedals to trace how a doodled badge on a retro cab morphed into a fledgling pedal-making venture. Tonecat particularly came to my attention through their Instagram page and their brilliant
I was lucky enough to get on to a representative, Kosuke Ban, from Tokai Guitars recently about their brand the guitars that they are currently making. Japan has always been well known for fantastic quality instruments and with them being so close, it is always good to take advantage of this. As an aside, remember
It’s been a little bit since we were able to get a builder on the site but this time around we were lucky to get to speak to Ryan from Dr Scientist Sounds to answer some questions about him and the products that they are building, some news too on some upcoming releases from Dr
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
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