Roadie Coach

£189

The Afterneath from EarthQuaker is by its own admission an ‘otherworldly’ Reverberator. The image of the wizard isn’t just for decoration, he lives inside the pedal and can turn even the most average guitarist into a surreal rock legend.

This is such an innovative idea and we haven’t seen anything like it on the market before so I was excited to have a play. I will admit I am not keen on the appearance of the Guitar Wing, when its attached to my Gibson it makes me cringe slightly and I can’t help but compare it to the Guitar hero toy guitars, but this is purely down to personal vanity. So what is it?

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas, the Personalised Guitar Pick Holder is a sweet leather wallet for your plectrums to live in. I tend to throw my picks in the case or put them in my pocket (never to be seen again in most cases) but this little holder comes with a stainless steel keyring that is now attached to my guitar case zipper but could also be attached to your keys or belt, wherever is most convenient.

Fuzz is that dirty thick growl a guitar will make that most people would associate with rock and roll, it gives the impression of a broken amp and is created by using pedals like the Terminal Fuzz. The Terminal Fuzz is based on the legendary Shin Ei Companion FY-2 fuzz from the 70’s but offers more control with dials to regulate the output volume level, treble to reduce or add bite, the voice dial controlling the upper and lower midrange and most important of all, fuzz control.

There is a lot to be said for simplicity and that is what makes the Red Witch Pentavocal Tremolo a great little pedal, the is a Pentavocal Tremolo pedal is tremolo with 5 different “voices” to play with, you can choose the frequency response by turning the rotary selector to the desired setting. You start with delicate shimmering tones all the way through to deep pulses that make your insides throb.

Toneworks are an American-based company that makes guitar pedals with cool names like Destroyer, Crown of Horns and Witch Burner, featuring awesome and sometimes scary graphics to add to the rock and roll feel.

The Fnord pedal is an octave/fuzz type circuit with some twists thrown in. It blends a scrambler and octave type fuzz with a traditional fuzz/distortion. The Fnord will move from zip/Velcro style tones all the way to a full-throated distortion or a combination of the two.

The Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive Deluxe pedal is a touch sensitive, medium gain amplifier-like overdrive pedal with added controls for more versatile guitar tone. The Deluxe is designed to overdrive distorted amplifiers and give dynamically controlled low to medium gain tones with clean amplifiers.