Gear Reviews

Fender Blues Junior at Bedroom level

We have been asked this question SO many times, ‘Can I use the Blues Junior at home'?’.

It seemed appropriate to produce a video demonstrating ‘How loud the Blues Junior is at bedroom level’.

A couple of things to bear in mind, the audio in this video is just the camera audio. I used the camera mic to try (as much as it is possible) to be ‘my ears in the room’. I also set the Blues Junior to a level which I personally feel is acceptable and not going to annoy the neighbours. However, your situation may be different. As you can see, I also used some pedals to get dirty tones at low levels.

If you have any specific questions, let me know.


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Pedalboard Rundown 2019 : Boss MS3, Atomic Ampli Firebox and Keeley D&M Drive

It is nearly New Year 2019 and time to reconsider my pedalboard. Been a year of mixing and matching and being able to access some amazing pedals! I think the Boss MS3 is certainly my gear of the year 2018!!Not sure why but always seems like a good thing to do at the begining of the heavy gigging season and blog about it. I know how much you guys love to see pictures of pedals boards and read about them.Boss MS-3 https://amzn.to/2LM3DW9For more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity - A new way of thinking http://gumroad.com/lightb4soundHappy New Year!!EnjoyPeaceNeil

Boss MS3 Unleashing the power of ‘Currnum'

Check out my gear on Kit:The 15th video in my series of subscribers questions, this one from Yoely, asking about how to use the amazing Currnum function on the Boss MS3 as well as multiple assigns.  Here is a BONUS for you!! Download a FREE copy of my Guitar Creativity book, get it now while stocks last!. Thanks guys and the content will keep coming!The link http://gumroad.com/l/zCAXy/twothousandEnjoyPeaceNeilFollow me onTwitter http://twitter.com/lightb4soundFacebook https://www.facebook.com/SpencerBrucemusicInstragram https://instagram.com/lightb4sound/LinkedIn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilbruce

Gear List at Kit.com

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I have now created a profile at Kit.com which details the guitar gear and studio equipment I use nicely in one space. This is a great site if you are in to gear porn! I know I spend far too long there. This is a work in progress as I still have a few more items to add (plus new ones :) ) So do go head over and check out the gear and some of the other uses. I am sure it will fire up you G.A.SEnjoyPeaceNeil

Pedalboard Rundown : featuring Atomic Amplifirebox (with sounds)

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A rig run-down of my latest gigging and teaching pedalboard which I have been using since June 2018. Featuring the Atomic Amps Ampli Firebox at the heart of it. So here is a little review of it as well so that you can hear the sounds that it is capable of producing. I am really happy with this set up, watch now and find out more!Hope you enjoy the video!EnjoyPeaceNeil

dB Shield Ear Plugs for Musicians Follow Up Review

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Here is a little follow up review I did for the dB Shield Earplugs, there is a lot to say about these earplugs. In this video I also checkout the 9dB version which were kindly sent to me by the company after my last video. As you know I have been doing a lot of reviews of earplugs recently, such as the Flare audio series, do check out this video if you are in the market for some earplugs and if you have any questions about hearing protection, then do also drop me a message.EnjoyPeace (literally in this case!)Neil

New Guitar Day! Charvel San Dimas Pro-Mod Style 2 HH HT M Okoume, Maple Fingerboard, Natural

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So! It happened!! After a long long wait, I finally got myself a new guitar!! And yes this was one I fell in love with!! It is a Pro-Mod San Dimas® Style 2 HH HT M Okoume, Maple Fingerboard, Natural from Charvel, and it was the natural finish, coupled with the Tele shape (and black hardware) that caught my eye!!Find out more here about my thoughts....EnjoyPeaceNeil

Mooer Triangle Buff review

So after much deliberation and even a YouTube video to my viewers asking wether or not I should get a fuzz pedal.....basically I decided to go for one. As mentioned in the video, I have had a few over the years, but just couldn’t get along with them. I love David Gilmour’s tone and Eric Johnson, so I figure that there must be something I was missing. So I decided to go for the Mooer Triangle Buff (nice pun on the muff there!), and see if I could finally make fuzz work for me.So here is the video of my adventure and of course the review. Mooer Triangle Buff....so yes I finally got a fuzz pedal!!! But do I like it??Pedal with a funny name! But what does it sound like?EnjoyPeaceNeil