Seymour Duncan have long cemented themselves as the leading aftermarket pickup brand in the world, offering a staggering selection of models, and doing so with many models affordably too. Throughout their range they have created iconic models that stand the test of time, popular for a variety of guitars and music styles. Countless guitar brands feature their pickups in their instruments, and so many household name guitarists have used their pickups throughout their careers. Not many brands have such a solid footing in the industry, Seymour Duncan however are certainly one of them and I'm incre ..read more

I recently contacted the lovely dude, Jackson Brooksby, about making some audio/visual demos of my recent collab product with NRG effects, the Fuzzmaster harness! So I packed up the old trusty demo duty Jazzmaster which currently has the prototype Fuzzmaster harness installed and sent it Jackson's way for him to have some fun with and record some clips so we could share it's sounds with the world. He's done a fantastic job capturing the sounds from the harness and circuit, pleased to hear it in action ..read more

In this article I'm going to feature how to install one of my NRG x Home of tone 'FUZZMASTER' fuzz circuit loaded Jazzmaster pre-wired harness. I offer this kit in a couple of forms, from just a harness to the harness alongside a roll of copper foil shielding tape. This article will ultimately discuss each style of kit but the photos will only touch on installing the harness, as I have already written a detailed guide on effectively installing copper foil shielding throughout a control cavity. That article can be read HERE.  A traditionally routed Jazzmaster offers such a great base ..read more

Chris Benson, of the great Benson Amps recently visited 'That Pedal Show' to make a video showcasing his work. I am a big fan of Chris, and his amp/pedal creations and consider myself lucky to carry stock of his pedals here at the Home of Tone too. So I was excited to watch and listen to the video the guys all made together, and interested to see what Chris might say about his pedals along the journey through TPS trying them out too. So here all of the Benson pedal range is discussed and showcased through a range of guitars and settings so it is a great way to digest the full range to see if a ..read more

The Electric Lightning is the all new, Signature Chris Buck Tube Drive pedal. It has two sides: a complex valve overdrive with 3 band Eq and a high headroom super clean boost on the right. The pedal is designed so that the boost runs into the valve overdrive side. This arrangement yields three distinct tonal variations ranging from clean boost all the way through to full and fat saturation. The pedal is designed to clean up impeccably from your volume control and as such it is ideal for dynamic players who like to constantly adjust their playing style. To ensure consistency, reliabilit ..read more

In this article I'm going to feature how to install one of my Signature Series Bronco Bass wiring looms and a new pickup. I offer this kit in a few different forms, from just a harness (pre-wired volume and tone pots, tone cap and jack socket) to that harness alongside a McNelly Broncomaster pickup, to both of those bits all pre-soldered together for a complete drop in. Now, this article will ultimately discuss each style of kit but the photos might not tie in perfectly to the kit you have. Regardless of that though, the methods are much of the same and will have some relevance in their guiden ..read more

I am handling the advertising of this lovely condition, 40th Anniversary USA Standard Stratocaster on behalf of it's owner. For the time being, it is a private sale so if you're interested in the Strat, please get in touch with me and we can help with a viewing of the guitar and/or the sale as the guitar is here at the Home of Tone. This is a 1994 Fender USA Strat, specs wise they're typically of US Strats of this period, with modern style tuners, 2 point bridge, TBX tone control etc, but this specific model is the 40th Anniversary release and features a neat emblem on the headstock and an ..read more

Are you attending The Guitar Show 2024 in Birmingham? I've just added an option to the website/checkout that will provide you with the option to collect your order in person at the show! This might be particularly useful if you're concerned a particular item might sell out at the show, or want a specific pre-wired harness and would like to collect it whilst you're at the show. Selecting this option at the checkout will mean I will prepare your order in advance and have it bagged up and ready to collect in person from my stand at the show! Once an order is placed with this option selected, I w ..read more

Tesi Switch are a Nashville, USA based guitar supplier and electronics company for superb quality and useful guitar kill switches. I am now proudly an authorised UK dealer for their products, and here you’ll find a popular selection of kill switches and the range stocked will continue to grow! So if Tesi Switch make a kill switch you are particularly interested in, but you don’t see it listed on my shop currently/yet then do please just let me know and I’ll see what I can do to help obtain it for you on my future, regular stock orders. In the meantime the range offered so far are the kill ..read more

This article has been one of my most viewed/read on my blog, so a quick thank you to everyone who has visited the website via this post. I thought it was good time to update a few outdated points discussed in this post (that was originally written 8 years ago to this point!) so hopefully it continues to be relevant to readers looking at the subject. There are now even more options available in the market today, safe to say we're now well and truly spoilt for choice for quality upgrades/replacement solutions to the offset bridge/vibrato quirks. Each of which have their benefits, I unfortunately ..read more