Soul String
Welcome to Soul String! I test Guitars, Amps, Pedals and Plugins so you can make better decisions when buying new gear! There is no marketing BS, no hidden agenda, these are all products that I try out and often use in my recording studio and live! This is a community and as such we are all in this together! Let's have fun and rock!
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Kinda hard to concentrate on editing a guitar review when you are being observed..... #cats
7 hours ago | [YT] | 3
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Stop reading spec sheets.
I'm serious. When was the last time knowing the input impedance of a pedal made you write a better riff?
We are drowning in data. We are obsessed with "transparent" tone, with gear that sounds like it was made in a lab. We’ve forgotten that the best rock and roll was made with crap that was about to catch fire.
Hubcap John sent me a box. It didn't come with a manual. It came with a threat. These aren't pedals; they are artifacts. Built in a shed, smelling of solder and UK rain, designed to do one thing: fight your guitar.
Forget the white-glove reviews. Forget the polite demos.
"Art You Can Step On (Vol. I)" drops shortly
Clear your schedule.
#SoulString #guitarpedals #HubcapJohn #NoMoreSpecs
1 week ago | [YT] | 3
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Check out this amazing UK custom made guitar by the amazing Blind John's Guitars
#ukbuilder
#guitar
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 2
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Travel light. Play heavy.
New Video out on the Soul String YouTube channel
#DonnerHUSH #TravelHacks #Guitarist"
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 5
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Down in the basement bunkers of Dalston, the walls sweat and the carpet smells like 50 years of spilled lager and tinnitus. This is the engine room of London music.
It’s also where I found Blind John.
He’s not interested in the polished, assembly-line perfection you see in Mayfair showrooms. He builds instruments with scars. With ghosts inside them. I spent the day tracking his 100th build—a Jazzmaster/335 hybrid that shouldn’t work, but sings like a bird.
Powered by Thomas Nilsen pickups (the same copper and magnets found in the rigs of Slash and Billy Gibbons), these things aren't just wood. They’re weapons.
Full story on the Soul String Channel
1 month ago | [YT] | 14
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Is modern gear too perfect? Does gear need to be broken to sound good? I think perfection is overrated. New video out now.
2 months ago | [YT] | 3
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Yes, it's time for another great guitar builder interview. This time I have the pleasure of talking with Jack from JC Guitars and check out his awesome guitars!
Head over to the Soul String Channel for the full video!
Cheers
2 months ago | [YT] | 8
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🎸 NEW INTERVIEW ALERT 🎸
Just posted an interview with Jack from Alchemy Pickups!
The challenge: Create pickups that deliver BOTH crushing metal tones AND warm vintage blues tones... in the same guitar.
Most people said it was impossible. Jack proved them wrong.
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/TKWr5qnReO8
Metal or Blues? Which tone matters more to you? 👇
2 months ago | [YT] | 1
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"You can't have metal AND blues in one guitar."
Jack from Alchemy Pickups proved that wrong 🔥
His Obsidian pickup set does the "impossible" - aggressive modern metal tones AND warm vintage blues tones in the same guitar.
I interviewed him at the Woking Boutique Guitar Show to find out how he did it.
Full interview + tone demo on YouTube → link in bio
Do you believe it's possible? Comment below! 👇
#guitar #guitarpickups #metalguitar #bluesguitar #boutiquegear #alchemypickups #guitarinterview
2 months ago | [YT] | 2
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Honest question. What's your guitar budget? Cause I see peps making videos about super expensive guitars and I wonder how many of us would actually be able to afford them.
2 months ago | [YT] | 1
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