Among vintage guitar amps, Marshall is of course the 1st or second name you will hear and it’s for good reasons : those amps forged Rock’n’roll and I really cannot imagine music without them. Most guitar heroes have used or still used a Marshall and their music and tones are closely linked to the signature … Read more
INTRODUCTION: The nanotube Silicium might be an endangered species. Progress around carbon electronics (nanotube and tripods) and nanotech are going so fast that a well-known Japanese TV brand is issuing next year a flat TV screen using carbon nanotube. Much more than this, in our days of digital technology, it is quite uneasy to find … Read more
JACQUES VINTAGE FUZZ PEDALS PAGE All pictures copyrighted. Any use should mention JACQUES PEDALS source, thank you Pedals brands can issue new effects making your guitar sounds like an organ, a piano or your deceased aunt voice, it all started and will end with this scandalous tone of fuzz. Let’s face it : the whole … Read more
The jewel of my collection: oct.1967 bluesbreaker combo mod.1961 Never give up! I had long ago abandoned all hopes to find one day an original bluesbreaker combo. And here is is: the rarest and most valuable collectible amp of all quietly waiting for me to turn it up. Hard to believe. Furthermore, this amp is … Read more
In these times of digital technology and computer based effects, tape echoes nevertheless remain musicians’ favorite delays , just after their old competitors , the analog delays. This is quite weird, as no effect wanted digital so badly: as you need to play back a signal one or many times with a given delays , … Read more
The Matsumoku made guitars have always bring fascination to my collector ego. Their craftmanship and quality really do not deserve the low price market they are currently going for, or at least to this day. Anyway, this is quite good from an aficionado point of view. How do you recognise a matsumoko ? Certainly not … Read more
Jacques Stompboxes ts808 page Personal history In the early ‘70s there were no such things as an overdrive pedal. When we talk about choice of good guitar tones , it usually went from Fender twin clean to fuzz face in a Marshall amp, while these options were way too expensive for teenagers. Even in our … Read more
LE FRENCH EFFECTS Beautiful French singer from the ’60s, Isabelle Aubrey… Well, to say the awful truth, France has never been a gear country. When somebody use the word ” vintage ” in our delightful country, you better raise your glass then your axe. Camembert yes, cheesy fuzz pedals no. Or is it so? Not … Read more
JACQUES COLLECTION OF WANDRE GUITARS pictures and text copyright JACQUES PEDALS Wandre Pioli (Pelotti is often quoted but is incorrect) really was a precursor in the guitar design. Not only predating any other attempt in aluminium necks , this genius could not help to be radically different technically and aesthetically. Playing a Wandre, under his … Read more