Fret Talk

BudgetPedalChap is joined with Matt again this week where we talk all about stuff that is pretty much guitar related. We talk about the excitement of gigging some new material as well as thinking about the most versatile guitar for under £1500. We would really like to hear if you have any suggestions for this, I think there may be some that we overlooked. Hit us up in the Fret Talk Podcast group a...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the full live crew for a make up for not being live last week cast. We have Matt Quine, Lee Pedabadadoo and Will ‘the power’ Powell to kick off what is our first non-live livecast. We chat NAMM news, as per expected, letting loose some info about the new efforts from Two-Note, as well as bombarding some sneaky news about the new Red Beard Honey Badger amongst other thi...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Mr Matt Quine for the first Fret Talk of the new year. We talk about some massive purchases, we talk about a rig that is never ending and we make some banty-banty-joke-jokes. If you are expecting guitar news this week, you may want to tune in to the next episode because that just simply ain’t happening. We are thinking of setting up a fund for the podcast so if you lik...

Merry Christmas everyone! This week is the last live stream of the year (probably) and e indulge in a rather complex game hosted by our  chap Lee Pedabadadadadoo. We are joined by some very special guests, Mr Joe Haliday of Hello Sailor Effects and Stuart Tate of TateFX. We discuss our favourite picks of gear what we owned, not gear of the year, oh no, that is taken. We argue each others picks and...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the one and only Mr Matt Quine for a massive round up of the entire year in guitar. We talk about some of the amazing things that have come up this year, including some amazing releases from Fender, PRS and much more. We do the obligatory Christmas stocking question, which actually yields some rather interesting picks this year. We unearth a forgotten segment for one l...

Welcome, welcome, welcome Fret Talkers and today Budget Pedal Chap is joined by Lee Pedabadadoo for some weekly weekingtons of newsliness, guitar style. We actually discuss some news this week, which includes some rather interesting shapes from Fender and some different things happening over in the Epiphone camp. There is also a pretty awesome giveaway announcement this week, so make sure you keep...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Mr Matt Quine this week for a podcastly podcast of podcastiness. We discuss our weekly goings on including talk about the ever-shoddy Boss OS-2 amongst other lovely things. We shared in the podcast group a shout out for some stuff to talk about and boy did you guys deliver. We rehash some old and beloved segments, yes, we are talking that one, and just generally shoot...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the man from Man, Mr Matt Quine, Will ARC Powell and the bane of my entire editing process, Mr Lee Pedabadadoo. This week we swerve the news like a baby-daddy swerves those alimony cheques and talk largely about stuff we have actually got to play this week. Lee had a massively productive week and got to try out the newest offering from Victory amps as well as the Sandb...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by the amazing Mr Matt Quine, the man from man, this week for some of the latest guitar news. We discuss some of the finer points of the new Fender Ultra series and another little bonus Fender rerelease. We discuss some of the week’s videos released and some new purchases, I’m looking at you Matt! I shan’t give away anymore, as you will just have to listen to find out. Th...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Mr Lee Padabadadoo and Will Rocket-Complex for another live show turned podcast. We talk mostly about our own endeavours this week as podcasting is a very introspective game, which we like to indulge, but we also take a first look at the Fender Ultra series just days before the official release. We talk about recent offerings from Chase Bliss and Crazy tube Circuits, a...

B stands for Bonus and this extra special cast was done on the day of LIGs directly after in the car. We discuss the day in length, talking about the exhibits, the wonderful people we got to meet, the amazing gear we got to try and the general loveliness that was the show. We also do a smattering of news also, so that's also a bit of a bonus too. As always my lovely Fretted listeners, share the be...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by the legend of the isle, Mr Matt Quine, to discuss anything but guitar news! We touch base with Matt about his newest purchases and how they are treating him, as well as discussing a few cheeky YouTube drops from our very own BPC across a the PBOD channel and his own. We get all interested in the finer points of the guitar shows and discuss the overall punter...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by a quadrilateral of quarsome… I’m sure there is a 4 based pun here somewhere, but that sure aint it. Matt, Lee and Will join us for a live shebang where we pontificate on some listener questions, talk some news and get involved with the live chat like a boss. Thanks to all those who joined in on the chat, and if you didn’t make sure you get in on the PBOD grou...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by Matt once again for a rundown of the week’s events in the guitar world… and of course I mean by that, we talk about what we have done for far too long and hardly get around to any news, but you knew that already. We have a blast chatting away and if you stick around to the end this week, there may or may not be some extra additional bonus stuff… I didn’t tell...

Welcome, welcome, welcome Fret Talkers and we are joined with Lee and Will once again for another live show. This week we talk about a certain Earth-shifting release from the complete BOSSes of the budget amp world as well as some updates on some rather iconic pedals too. We pontificate a whole bunch about where the heckers Lee has been and talk about all of the amazing things that he got to try o...

Welcome, welcome, welcome Fret Talkers and this we are back to business with Mr Matt Quine. It has seemed like such a long time since we have managed to cast together, we spend a whole bunch of the time on this cast just catching up. We talk about where you might start as a beginner coming to pedals as Matt helps sort his singer out with a board, we talk about possibly the most fun you can have fo...

Welcome, welcome, welcome Fret Talkers and this week BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee and Will of PBOD for our fresh off the press LGS post show review. We got to see some amazing things and some of the stuff we talk about are interspersed with some interviews taken live at the show. We also did half of the cast directly after the show for some fresh off the press opinions of what we got to see. T...

BudgetPedalChap is joined by Lee as we vault the gates of guitar news and frolic in the garden of spanky new stuff. We talk about a rather tidy little unit by Supro as well as a reimagining of a classic TC rack unit in a handy new floor-based unit. We crack open some game changing news about the marmitey headstock of Epiphone as well as some rather interesting similarities that have been unearthed...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by Mr Matt Quine and bloody Lee Doomly Doomington! Yes, you hear right, even though it isn’t a live cast, we have dusted off our Lee and put him on one of these non-live casts. We talk about the correct way to pronounce piezo, yes, it definitely isn’t the way Lee says it. We swing back to our song a month challenge, which we may have had summer off for and we ch...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by Lee of Doom to bring you some of the weeks most exciting news stories in the world of guitar. We talk about our exciting new BOSS inspired videos on the PBOD YouTube channel and discuss whether the super overdrive is more super than the overdrive, go and check it out now, it’s a great video by the way. We get in depth about the new 66 range from JHS and talk...

BudgetPedalChap is joined for this very special episode by some of the big contributors to the guitar cartel Instagram page, which is a collective of some of the finest instaguitar content available. We have a lovely bit of banter with our chaps from Underfluked, Maybury Guitars and Everything Joeseph as well as a return visit from one of our favourite interviews JSA Effects. We get in depth about...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt ‘the Mattman’ Quine hit the guitar news hard, and by that, I mean, of course, swerve it like a fluffy kitten in the road. We shoot the shit and catch up in what was some uncharacteristic heat. We talk about some of the new releases from TC also, but mainly the procrastination and jokes about inappropriate things. Throw us a 5-star review on Itunes to help us soar up the ra...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by none other than Mr Matt Quine! Welcome Back to the live casts our Matthew, we have missed you like a kid missed cake. We are also joined by Lee, the doomiest pedalboard guy you did ever see… well, I say that, he is the head honcho of Pedalboards Of Doom, he doesn’t really do doomy guitar stuff. We chat this week’s guitar news, shoot the shizznit and just gene...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt Quine get all guitar-newsy this week and report on some of the hottest guitar topics around. By that, I mean SNAMM has come and gone and the news is extremely dry, but we get handed lemons by the guitar press and start doing tequila shots instead of making lemonade. We have a little speculative news about the PRS Silver Sky, the most marmite guitar of recent years, and we...

BudgetPedalChap, Uli Von Doom and Eric the Pedal Board Jedi are joined by some adorable little padwans this week for another exciting and informative episode of the Fret Talk Live Podcast. This is the podcast that almost didn’t happen with some emergencies happening and general scheduling nightmare, so we appreciate the fact that you are tuning in this week. If it is your first podcast, I would ur...