Fret Talk

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the Mr Fret Talk Knowledge himself, Mr Matt Quine. We take the detours of tone on the journey to guitar paradise and by that, I mean we take some mad tangents whilst talking about some of this weeks guitarest of guitar news. Mahooosive shout out to our patreon backers, who are awesome and for as little as two dollars a month, you can be one of those cool kids. Visit ww...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the ultimate Fret Talk knowledge champion Mr Matt Quine (spoilers if you haven’t listened to last week’s cast) and we discuss all things guitar, ok, maybe not all of the time talking about guitar… we talked about sweaty balls, yes, that did happen. We also tackle some of the hottest topics and questions as we continue Pedalboards Opinions News. There is a little bit fr...

BudgetPedalChap, Matt Quine, Will “with the hair” Powell and Lee Pedabadadoo take on the ultimate Fret Talk Quiz… Well, those three do, I hosted it. Be prepared for some of the most intense Fret Talk Quizzin’ you ever did hear, with questions that even I would struggle to answer. This episode will have you screaming the answers at your car radio whilst other onlooking drivers contemplate whether o...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee and a return from the wonderful Mr Matt Quine. We catch up on the trials and tribulations of being a complete man-titan working two jobs and also gigging like a pro. We discuss the difficulties of broken amps when living on an island without an amp technician as well what level we all consider our musicianship at (discussed in the most British way possible). We ans...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee this week for a catch up and a chat about the world of guitar. We lean in heavily to the questions this week on Pedalboards Opinions News. I didn’t have a great deal of time to edit the cast this week, so please excuse any wayward noise, coughs and just general larkliness, normal quality will resume next week. If you didn't notice any difference, then I guess I'm j...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee this week for a catch up and a chat about the world of guitar. We tackle some of the hottest topics and questions as we continue Pedalboards Opinions News. We have a look at some news from Wampler Pedals amongst much more. We are pairing up with the wonderful Fletcher pickups this month to bring you a massive giveaway, where two lucky winners could win a guitar loa...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee  and Ollie Miles this week for a serious catch up. We get knee-deep into a tidal wave of guitapinions and questions in Pedalboards Opinions News and talk about the new Kraken floor amp, which Lee has had the good fortune of trying out. Everyone here is out of sight, we don't bark and we don't bite, we keep things loose, we keep things light. If you’d like to j...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee this week for a catch up and a chat about the world of guitar. We tackle some of the hottest topics and questions as we continue Pedalboards Opinions News, quite a few in fact. So much so, that I can’t even remember getting on to any news, so if we did, it’ll be a surprise for both of us. If you’d like to join in on live shows like this one, every other week on Thu...

We have partnered with Fletcher Pickups for the month of May to celebrate 5 years of Fletcher pickups. We are bringing all UK listeners an amazing opportunitiy to win one of two Fletcher Pickups loaded guitars for the biggest giveaway we have ever held at Fret Talk. For those not in the know, Fletcher Pickups is a UK builder of hand-made pickups that range from Strat style single coils and humbuck...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee on a not live one for this week. We face the guitar news head on as we…oh, no wait, we don’t do much news this week because we get knee-deep in some Pedalboards Opinions News and I’ve got to say, we nail it. We also talk about some rather lovely pedals that we tried out this week, one of which is a lovely offering from Jeds Peds. Thanks for joining us for our chat...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee this week for a catch up and a chat about the world of guitar. We tackle some of the hottest topics and questions as we continue Pedalboards Opinions News. We have a look at some news from Fender and many more. If you’d like to join in on live shows like this one, every other week on Thursday 8pm, tune in over on PBOD Facebook group. If you’d like to support the sh...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by the one and only Ollie Miles and we face the first week since the Pedal World Cup has finished. We introduce the newest segment in the cast called Pedalboards Opinions News, which features some hand-selected comments and questions from PBOD which we try to answer. We also take a look at some rather interesting news bits this week including a rather tall man g...

BudgetPedalChap, Ollie Miles and Lee Pedadabadadadoo are kicking off for the final time with the Pedal World Cup 2021 coming to a close. This week we see the nail-biting finale to the competition and finally crown the winner, but who is it? You will have to listen and find out. We also share some of the most interesting news stories of the week with a real Boss product and some virtual reality gui...

BudgetPedalChap is with our Ollie Miles and Lee Pabadadabadadoo for a lack of news and a surplus of banter. We discuss some of the finer points of new modelling software as Lee has been trying out some new stuff this week. We also get super into the Pedal World Cup this week, it is such an exciting round this week. Next week is the final so get involved, make sure you are tuning in on Thursdays ev...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the crew, Lee and Ollie to welcome a very special guest to talk about pedals. One pedal in-fact, it is the Eventide MicroPitch and we get to chat with the amazing Joe Cozzi about the ins and outs of this brand new release. The Randy-Rhodes-iser is has some amazing studio widening tricks that you can bring to live performances to make you guitar sound super full.  We al...

BudgetPedalChap is riding the lightning of guitar news with the fearless news wranglers Lee Pedabadadoo and Ollie Miles (yes, the very same one of Ollie Miles Music). We get all newsy about a rather brilliant throwbacks coming from a wonderful Canadian company, we look at the most recent rodent-based release from Brian and the Wamplers and we rag on JoBo a little for his shameless webstore, but al...

BudgetPedalChap is lighting the fires of guitar news with Mr Ollie Miles and Lee Pedabadadoo. We close up the quarter finals of the Pedal World Cup 2021 which takes an unexpected turn! We do a live unboxing of a pedal on the air… of an audio medium… yeah, it isn’t that well thought out, but it is a thing. Gibson have teamed up with a rather well known ex-metallica member or a very well-known thras...

BudgetPedalChap is setting on a guitar news safari with a crack team of experts in the form of Mr Matt Quine, Mr Ollie Miles of Ollie Miles Music and Mr Lee Pedabada-doo. We wade through the swamps of news this week and dredge out the newsiest news from EHX, Epiphone and much, much more. We almost report on some news by Peavey towards the end also, but not quite. We tackle (football pun!) another...

BudgetPedalChap is on another live show embarkment, joined by the best Lee we could find, Mr Lee Pedarbadardadoo and only Ollie Miles of Ollie Miles Music. We look into the some rather lovely news by EHX, who have released another pedal, which this time is based on a rather Kinky tone. We chat about a long-overdue signature instrument from the lovely folk at Jackson guitars and a sneaky little hit...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by vintage classic Fret Talk Co-Host Mr Ollie Miles and long-time live sidekick Mr Lee Pedabadabdodoo. We traverse the meandering exotic river of guitar news this week through the tropical weathers of journalism. We talk about the newly released Boss collaboration, whether or not a telescopic pedalboard is a good idea or not plus much more from the remains of NAMM 2021. W...

BudgetPedalChap is on another live show journey, this week joined again by the one and only Mr Lee Pedarbadardadoo. We talk about benders, tone benders in fact. We also surf the seas of NAMM news again with some rather lovely offerings from EQD and UA. We also get a rather lovely guitar, which may or may not be Jap exclusive by the big F. The last of the group stages of the Pedal World Cup 2021 ge...

BudgetPedalChap is joined for the third live show on the bounce, joined as always by Lee Pedabadaadabobaadadoo and Mr Matt Quine, yes, you hear me right, it is the return of the Matt. We continue on with our Pedal World Cup 2021 group stages, which this week brings some heart-breaking news. We have a look at some of the top picks from NAMM 2021 as well by none other than Ibanez and Boss may also b...

BudgetPedalChap is joined for another live show, no that can’t be right surely?! It blooming well is and it will be carrying on for the next couple of weeks whilst we kick of this Pedal World Cup 2021 and as always, I’m joined live with Lee Pedabadadadadadoo. We knock out another handful of classic pedals with the cream of the crop rising to the top to take their place in the knockout stages. If y...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee Pedabadadoo for an amazing new series we are going to extend over the next couple of months, which is the Pedal World Cup 2021. This episode we get votes on group A and group E of the group stages of the Pedal World Cup. If you want to take part, tune into the livecasts over the next couple of weeks to get your say on which of your favourite pedals go through. Your...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt Quine blast into 2021 with the first podcast of the year! We catch up and set the world to rights pretty much. There was some news, but we largely ignore it to just shoot the breeze. Turns out, we are quite fond of each other and just having the time to chat is quite nice. We do have a quick dip into the Plethora update, which adds some new features onto that wonderful HX...