Fret Talk

BudgetPedalChap is joined for a massive Christmas/New Year/End of the Year special by Mr Lee Pedabadoo and Mr Matt Quine. We take a nostalgic look back through the year; it has been a bit of a year hasn’t it?! We dip into some of the different segments that have got us through the year and maybe a little quiz or two. Thank you all so much for your support throughout the year, we will be taking a l...

BudgetPedalChap is joined for a livey live live with Mr Lee Pedabadardoob for some mildly internetty issue riddled live podcasting. We chat about a fair few weeks’ worth of self-centred guitar stuff as well as tackle the second desert island rigs, including some listener choices. It is that time of year where we disagree on what you should get the guitarist in your life and generally shoot the bre...

BudgetPedalChap is joined along on this Christmas sleigh ride by none other than Mr Matt Quine. We talk about the rigs we would have on a desert island, a desert island rig if you will. We chat about the newest effort from KDHK as well as other things what are out and what not. It is almost the end of the year, so we will be doing a massive big ol chonky cast at some point, so keep your eyes and e...

Welcome listeners and today we are having the second Matt-cast on the bounce due to some internetty issues for the live cast. We chat some waffle about guitar stuff and mention a little release by a little known company. Of course, I am downplaying the fact that Boss and Sola Sound teamed up to make a new Waza colab Tone Bender Mk II. We also have a quick chat about a lovely release from Ibanez th...

Welcome, welcome, welcome and today Mr Budget Pedal Chap is joined by Mr Matt Quine for another excellent adventure into the bodacious world of guitar. We discuss many things, some things aren't quite on topic but let's not get hung up on that. We bring back a well loved segment. We do a news also, it will be grand. Strap in and enjoy this weeks episode, remember to share it if you dig it. If you’...

Welcome, welcome, welcome and today on the Fret Talk podcast we navagate the stormy seas of news and throw out the anchor of hard-hitting guitar journalism. By that, of course, I mean we talk about loads of stuff that we have got up to and a little bit of guitar news. We chat about the new chase bliss zvex colab and what it has meant for the buying public, there are some naughty people out there l...

Welcome, welcome, welcome and today Mr BPC is joined by the wonerful Mr Matt Quite for a casual stroll down the avenue of guitar news. We get all talky about Matt's autumnal pedalboard re-organisation, we chat about EMG pickups and we get all deep into the new Epiphone prophecy range. We talk about the super heavy content week with the drop of a NTAT, Stomp V Stomp and a Pick Pocket episode all in...

Welcome, welcome, welcome and today we are getting all up in the business of some guitar news with the wonderful Mr Lee Pedabadadoo and with the man with the hair, Mr Will Powell. We catch up with Will after a little hiatus and chat all about our weeks as well as tackling some special guitar news. Thanks for getting this all up in your ears, we are glad to have you along for the ride. If you want...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the amazing Mr Matt Quine for a guitary chat. We catch up on the passing of the legendary EVH and chat about the EVH inspired HP2 release and some of the gear that came along with the tapping trailblazer. We discuss a rather interesting new release from Epiphone and chip in on where we think they should go next. We have a great time and we are glad to have you along fo...

Welcome Listeners and we revisit the livestream that happened on the 18th. We get all talkey about the new Gig Rig G3 and get our conversate on about the role of loop switchers... No honestly it isn't as boring as that sounds, but next week we will be tackling the finer points of isolated power supplies.... I am pulling your leg, but honestly, the chat gets going and we have a rather good discussi...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee Pedabadadoo this week, what? No Matt?! Matt was taken away on podcast related emergencies and will return next week! We talk about some cool guitar stuff, we realise that Lee hasn’t got a scooby doo about what a Cabronita is and we chat about some new Vox pedals that boast a little something exciting and Nu..tube. Cheers for coming alone on the ride this week and i...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee Pedabadoo and our very special guest Phil Dyer, who has been working with Boss for the release of the new Boss GT1000 core. We talk in depth about the features and functionality of the unit, how it stacks up with the competition in the HX stomp and we tackle the really important questions like “could you have 24 phasers on at once?” Hard hitting journalism right th...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by a sleepy Mr Matt Quine this week for episode one six six of the ol’ Fret Talk Podcast. We talk about some of the week’s events happening in the land of Youb Choob, including some pretty awesome drops from BPC and PBOD. We talk about how much Matt loves his BMB dearly and a possible compact or silent stage solution for the Man from Man. We also discuss a pretty awesome...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Mr Lee Pedabadoo for a weekly round-up of actual news, yes that is right, actual effing news. We talk about a rather weighty release from the people at Strymon in the form of the Night Sky as well as a rather monstrous drop from the titans of the compact BOSS. We are joined live in chat from a representative from Evantide to weigh in on the Black Hole also. As always,...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the effervescent Mr Matt Quine for a roundup of the week’s news. At the point of recording, the Strymon Nightsky had been teased, but no details had been released. You can chortle at our attempts to guess what it’ll all be about. We get deep into the Billie Eilish ukulele and get talking about some of the best female artists and signatures that they sported over our ti...

Welcome Fret Talkers and this week we are joined by Lee Pedabadoo for a round up of the week, and by which I of course mean we pontificate on our own events. We have a lovely chat with the live viewers and catch up on some of the stuff wot happend this week, including a blooming fold up guitar! It is a bit like magic, honestly. Good old honest live podcast fun, which you can catch the next one on...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the ever-exuberant Mr Matt Quine where we tackle a bunch of not-news because the guitar and pedal manufacturers have largely been letting the foot off the gas for a good half of this year, no surprises really. We also do the quiz to end all quizzes; the difficulty curve is all over the place as it is directly ripped from a generic music quiz. We discuss the recent expu...

Mr BPC and Lee Pedabadadoo chat some chat this week and get all nostalgic over the awesome music of Black Sabbath. We talk about the amazing work going on over at the PBOD YouTube channel with some awesome videos being made by a very talented team. We also got into some details as to why I think the new Harley Benton DNA fx GiT, and it’s Mooer counterpart, might be one of sleeperiest of sleeper hi...

Welcome Fretly-Talkers, we are back again with another episode of the Fret Talk Podcast, with Mr BudgetPedalChap and Matt Quine. We riff on a few of the listeners questions in today's episode, we drop a fantastic quiz hosted by Matt and get all philosophical about how PRS get away with a whole bunch compared the the big G. You guys are amazing and I'm going to extend a big thanks to each and every...

Today we revisit the livestream recorded on the 9th of August featuring Lee Pedabadadoo, Will 'with the hair' Powell and Mr BPC. We get involved with the viewer chat and answer some questions from our followers. Find out why we would ever give our enemy an original Fuzz Face!? We talk about the new releases from A Rocket Complex and the new found Tik Tok fame of our Will, we discuss the TateFX Hot...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Mr Matt Quine for an unexpectedly long episode of the Fret Talk Podcast. We luxuriate in our weekly events, discuss the finer points of Rangemaster style circuits and get knee-deep in some Newscussion. Yes, you heard me right, Newscussion is back and we don’t ‘arf get talking about some stuff this week. Quick cheeky shoutout to The Ferris Blue DC from Harley Benton, wh...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee Pedabadadoo for some guitar chattery. The cast has a quite a few live viewer questions, including where should modulation go in your chain (sorry Bimson) and some talk about the best of Boss. We pay tribute to a legend of guitar playing and guitar tone, Mr Peter Green and just talk all things guitar. This podcast was recorded as a live cast in the PBoD group amongs...

Welcome, welcome, welcome podcast listeners and this week we have the live stream recording from the 12th. We are joined by Lee Pedabadadoo this week and we pontificate on the world of guitar, which is slowly gaining some normality. The lovely people of JAM pedal get a mention for their donation to help musicians out in this difficult time and we also do a whopping great quiz for a good larf. We h...

BudgetPedalChap forgets how to speak for the intro of this podcast and is saved by the ever-brilliant Mr Matt Quine. We discuss gigging, yes gigging, that thing we used to do before the bad times and what they can still do on the Isle of Man… we aren’t jealous, we are happy for him. Ok, maybe like 20% jealous, 80% happy. Alright, 50/50. We bring in a new segment, which may just be a conflation of...

Welcome, welcome, welcome and this week we are joined by the amazing Mr Matt Quine as well as Mr Ollie Miles of Ollie Miles Music. We talk partscasters and the choices they can bring, we talk about the trials and tribulations of Instagram and the blight of the copywrite strike and we even sprinkle in a dash of Tone Jerks with a few Bang, Marry, Kills. We had an absolute blast making this and if yo...