Guitar Lesons

• Mixolydian and the minor Pentatonic July 15, 2018
  Mixolydian and the minor Pentatonic When faced with improvising over a dominant seventh chord or a progression of dom7’s, many guitar players tend to resort to the minor or the Blues pentatonic as their default tonal material. Especially in a “bluesy” context, such as a standard Blues progression, this works very well and the straight […]
  James Stratton
• 2005 LANEY VC30-112 GUITAR AMPLIFIER July 9, 2018
  Repair Log – 2005 Laney VC30-112, 30 Watt ‘class A’ combo 1 by 12 guitar amplifier Serial no JVxxxx.  23/03/17 Copyright reserved Terry Relph-Knight Value – As is, maybe – £ 300,  £480 to 500 (inc postage) new  Description The Laney VC30 is now a discontinued product. It is Laney’s version of the Vox AC30 […]
  James Stratton
• Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Shines On July 8, 2018
  Roger Waters British Summer Time Hyde Park On the perfect evening in the greatest city on the planet Roger Waters filled the hot summer air with some on the greatest songs ever written. In front of a enthusiastic capacity crowd of around 65,000, the legendary Pink Floyd frontman singer-songwriter fashioned a performance that was both sublimely […]
  James Stratton
• Harley Benton PB-50 LH FR July 7, 2018
  Repair log: Harley Benton PB-50 LH FR (1950’s, Precision Bass, Left Handed in Fiesta Red) Vintage Series Copyright retained, Terry Relph-Knight 20/06/18 Cost – £ 95.82 + shipping Delivered with a black soft gig bag. Fender do not currently make a single coil vintage precision bass in their standard range, let alone a left handed […]
  James Stratton
• ROLAND SPACE ECHO – CHORUS ECHO REPAIR LOG July 4, 2018
  Repair Log: Roland Space Echo – Chorus Echo RE-301 SN: XXXXXX Log last updated – 02/02/18 Copyright retained by Terry Relph-Knight Value – £100,  They can be found for £155 in very good condition (which this one isn’t) The Roland Space Echo RE-301 tape loop delay has a sound-on-sound playback head and three delay playback […]
  James Stratton
• Guitar Lessons Brixton South London July 1, 2018
  Guitar Lessons Guitar lessons Brixton South London. With  London Guitar Academy you will get super fast improvement and finally become the guitarist that you have always wanted to become! Our guitar tutor Ed with make you the guitarist you have always wanted to be.
  James Stratton
• Les Paul Gold Top Copy June 25, 2018
  Repair LoG Les Paul Gold top copy SN: xxxxxxxxx ‘Made in U.S.A’ actually made in China 14/08/17 Copyright reserved Terry Relph-Knight Supplied fitted with a set of 0.009, 0.010, 0.016, 0.023, 0.030, 0.040 strings ? With a black hard case branded ‘Gibson USA’. Value – £90?? Weight – 3.2kg. 7.054lbs. This guitar is not a […]
  James Stratton
• Precision Bass Repair Log June 21, 2018
  Repair Log – April 1983 Squier Vintage Precision Bass SN:JVXXXXX made in Japan 15/06/17 Copyright reserved Terry Relph-Knight Current value – £500 to £600 Delivered with a very worn gig bag. One of the excellent Fender Japan Squier Precision Basses made in the FujiGen Gakki factory, this instrument has been gigged hard for all its […]
  James Stratton
• Pentatonic Article 3 BB King June 18, 2018
  Mastering the Pentatonic Article 3 – BB King 6th and the BB Box The Pentatonic Scale is the holy grail for guitarists. It’s easy to play and it sounds amazing. This series will show you how to get the most out of our favourite scale, and how making small modifications will get you sounding like the […]
  James Stratton
• Pedal Board Build June 11, 2018
  Build Log: Pedal board build  Terry Relph-Knight copyright reserved. The commission for this guitar effects pedal board build was to build a fairly compact, rugged and portable effects board based around effects pedals the client already owned and regularly used. Both the sequence of effects connections and the layout was to be optimised without the […]
  James Stratton