Fret Talk

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...

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...