Fret Talk

 BudgetPedalChap and Mr Matt Quine run head-first into the news this week, nowhere near as quickly or with as much ferocity as last week’s live episode, but that is to be expected. We get to grips with some of the SNAMM late comers and some news that didn’t make the first cut, but don’t be fooled into thinking that they are lesser products because we have some absolute stonkers coming up. Get...

BudgetPedalChap, Lee and Eric blaze headlong down the massive highway of guitar news this week as we hit all of the biggest SNAMM newsly things. We talk about... actually, I’m not going to give it away so you’re just going to have to clip on your seatbelt and hang on tight as we do the fastest, most newsiest episode of Fret Talk/PBOD you have ever heard. If you enjoyed this week, feel free to let...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt just have the most fun ever. There is a podcast, we talk about stuff, most of which is at very least semi-guitar related, but the general vibe is me and Matt just hanging out, which is em effing awesome. We talk about the spectacle of rock legends KISS, have a little analytic inspired British/American-off, which brings us to the realisation that our respective countries ar...

Disclaimer - The audio on this episode may be a tad patchy, there were a number of issues with recording and we have worked tirelessly to clean them up, but it isn't our usual quality, so apologies. BudgetPedalChap is joined live with Mr Lee PBOD himself as well as a very special guest and fellow PBOD contributor, Eric Tomerlin. We get to know some more about Eric and his early experiences with gu...

 BudgetPedalChap is joined once again by the main man from man, Mr Matt Quine. I would to say that we approach the week by professionally journalising the crap out of some guitar news, but any veteran listeners will know that it simply isn’t the case. We chat guitar stuff about our week’s events, we throw another couple of things into room 101 and might sneak in a tiny little touch of news at...

 BudgetPedalChap and Uli Pedabadadoo are joined by our very special guest and returning co-host, Mr Sean Pierce Johnson!!! We surf the waves of guitar news this week, mentioning our collectively busy schedules which include a butt-load of upcoming pedal reviews and a review of a guitar that may or may not contain a bottle opener, which is a bloody fantastic feature if you ask me. We get an in...

 BudgetPedalChap and Matt are joined by our very special guest and long time Fret Talk host, Mr Ayrton Tracey to tackle the weeks guitar news head on…and of course by that I mean procrastinate for most of an hour about what we have been up to and then cram some news in last minute. I mean, come on, give us a break, we haven’t had Ayrton on in a while so of course we are going to catch up with...

BudgetPedalChap, Lee and Matt get all reminiscency up in this hizzay for the 100th episode special. Be prepared for some of the awesome old segments you know and love, and have probably forgotten about, coming up atcha to make a nostalgic reappearance. We delicately tickle the weeks news towards the end also, but don’t let that put you off. We get all gushy about the 100 episodes thus far and gene...

We are opening the podcast with an apology this week as the audio quality of my microphone seems to dip about half way through. It is still rather listenable and a lot of the talking is done by Matt so he once again saves the day. Sorry guys and gals, I am working on this issue and I’ma get all ass-kicky with a certain company for their stuff letting me down. BudgetPedalChap and Matt completely sw...

BudgetPedalChap and Lee go it alone this week with the absence of Mr Quine, who decided to go for a right old jolly! We don’t blame him as he is one of the hardest working men in showbusiness, so he deserves a good week off! We chat about all manner of guitary nonsense this week, including an inuendo named blend unit, the most expensive single pickup signature guitar I think that has ever been cre...

BudgetPedalChap and the incredible Mr Matt Quine shoot the guitar breeze this week with a bunch of guitariness. We discuss some of the week’s spiciest YouTube guitar videos, including a video response to DaveRage’s blues lesson, why RHCP were out of tune and discuss the On The Bench - Les Paul series from the Guitar Geek, featuring our very own Matt’s lovely Gibson Les Paul guitar. Thanks once aga...

 BudgetPedalChap, Matt and Lee join forces once more to bring you the latest in guitar news. We get down and dirty with the new Gibson line up, which happens to have made some rather interesting changes, but of course, you’ll have to listen for the details. We talk about some tasty little picks in the PRS line up too, from more budget friendly models, to some American made offerings. We also...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt Quine do a podcast, as per the usual. We discuss the unearthing of some old guitars and how that can inspire some creativity. We get all talky talky about some new offerings coming from our man at Fletcher pickups and the first impressions on the new set in the Snotburst SG. We take a peek at some of the most interesting picks from the guitar media recently, mulling over s...

BudgetPedalChap and Lee Pedabodadoo take on some more technical issues, but you’d never know because I have a magical edit button! We tackle some pretty meaty discussions this week and get all serious about mental health issues in music. If there is anyone who is faced with issues, you are always welcome to talk to us, no one need suffer in silence. We tackle some guitar news also in the form of a...

BudgetPedalChap and Matt Quine ride headlong into the fields of guitar, ready for another valiant battle with this weeks news. This week, we get all Game of Thrones on things and talk about the custom shop releases by Fender. If you are hoping that we explain why this has happened, you are out of luck, I don’t think anyone quite understands it, to be fair. We talk about some game changing stuff fr...

BudgetPedalChap is joined this week by Lee of Doom and the Matt Quine of the podcasting world, mr Matt Quine, again for another week jam packed with news and guitar related stories. This week we delve into some NAMM announcements that are finally hitting the shops from the big F, touching upon the first of their alternative reality offerings as well as some rather pricey artist inspired guitars. W...

Matt Quine is joined by none other than the Mr Budget Pedal Chap this week… hang on a second, that is usually other way around, no? Yes, yes it is. This week we have a very special episode hosted by Mr Matt Quine of the Fret Talk Podcast and we tackle the world of guitar news. We talk about certain big F releases and tackle some listener questions for good measure also!  Throw us a 5-star rev...

BudgetPedalChap, Matt and Ayrton jump headlong into a steaming vat of guitar news for this weeks Fret Talk Podcast. This was supposed to be the PBOD live cast, but with the issues that we had on the tech end, it was not possible. We did however, record a wonderful supplement episode so that you got your podcastly fix. This week we talk about some awesome stuff coming from Epiphone and a rather fet...

 BudgetPedalChap is joined once again by Mr Matt Quine this week for plenty of guitar related shenanigans. We talk about the weekly goings on including a little something Gibson happening over with Matt which includes our old friend the Guitar Geek, as well as some more lovely pedal reviews coming up soon from our resident budget pedal connoisseur. We discuss the incredibly originally named J...

BudgetPedalChap and Lee Doom are joined by none other than Sean Pierce Johnson from the internet!!! We dive into some of our weekly happenings, including frustration of learning songs note for note, trying to convince a DD500 that it wants to perfectly recreate an Echorec and some musings from our new boy. We discuss the new offerings by JHS in the form of the whitey tighty and the clover. We take...

BudgetPedalChap, Matt and Ayrton ride triumphantly into the battlefield of guitar news, and of course by that I mean talk for well over half the cast about what they’ve been up to for the week. We discuss a recent strat shopping trip, some handy recording techniques and some woeful gigging tales. We chat about the new big box pedals from Fredric Effects, which is a massively fuzzy affair and inclu...

   BudgetPedalChap, The Man from Man Matt Quine and Mr Lee Doom join forces to bring you an amazing live (but obviously not live now) spectacular number 4! Lee brings our attention to all of the hard work he has been doing with prettying up the look of the live stream, which translates amazingly to this podcast; you can almost picture the layout! We talk about the song of March and how w...

BudgetPedalChap, and Matt ‘Hi Matt’ Quine charge head first into the battlefield of guitar news to bring you the latest and mostly newsliest of all the guitar news. This week, Mr PedalChap took a visit to the Birmingham guitar show and met some absolutely lovely people, including some of our old interview chaps (go check them out if you haven’t already). We mention some rather tasty picks from Eas...

BudgetPedalChap, Matt and Lee track down the guitar news and give it a thorough talking to with this week’s episode of Fret Talk PBOD live. Matt walks us through his new purchases from HSE audio and we discuss the misinformation that boutique pedals cost $15 to make so why are they charging hundreds for them! We get our chat on about some of the NAMM releases by Gibson as well, mentioning stuff fr...

 BudgetPedalChap, Matt and Ayrton travel down the NAMM highway of guitar news. We get all technical about guitar practice and the joys of tabbing. We discuss some cool NAMMy news including a new pedal from those lovely chaps over at TC, as well as mentioning a reinvigoration of the ol Revstart and Variax ranges. We become totally dumfounded by the concept of a certain product that, if we are...