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A totally surreal moment, but I have been interviewed by Guitar Magazine!

A totally surreal moment, but I have been interviewed by Guitar Magazine!

Guitar.com / Magazine have been insanely kind and featured me in an interview! Very humbled by this and I’m not quite sure I fully deserve it yet 🤦🏻‍♂️ but man, so grateful for the chance to talk about my love of guitar, the business from early on to now and more. Thanks so much Guitar Magazine for the support from day one, means the world to a humble business like mine to see the name alongside the brands I admire.

You can read the interview HERE!
21 April, 2021 by James P Gascoigne
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Jennings hit the pages of Guitar Magazine this month!

Jennings hit the pages of Guitar Magazine this month!

The latest issue of Guitar Magazine is out, and it has a glorious 6 page feature on our beloved Jennings Guitars! Whenever some of my brands get featured in this great magazine I can't help but feel very proud to represent them here. Huge thanks to Chris, Joe and the guys at Guitar magazine, really grateful for the continued support of my brands, and store.
07 February, 2019 by James P Gascoigne
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Thinking of swapping your pickups? - A handy guide for new tone hunters!

Thinking of swapping your pickups? - A handy guide for new tone hunters!

Changing your guitar's pickups can prove to be a brilliantly cost effective way of transforming the sound of your guitar, and also a way of bringing out the best in your instrument. For so many it has been the first port of call in modifying their guitar and changing their sound. Perhaps you're planning on tweaking a more entry level Squier for example, chances are that you love how the guitar feels and plays but it's low quality pickups just don't quite do the job. This can sometimes even be the case with higher value instruments and it's existing pickups just simply don't fit the bill for you, be it personal tastes etc.
06 March, 2017 by James P Gascoigne
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Vintage Guitar Feature - Ben's 'Birth Year' Prized Jazzmaster

In chatting to a few players and fellow gear heads like myself over the years, the idea of owning 'birth year' guitars has cropped up a few times. Finding a guitar made the same year as yourself has a pretty cool appeal, especially if it's still affordable to do so (Sorry to those born in 1958/59!! Not so cheap for yourselves!). But for friend and customer of ours, Ben, something cropped up for sale which simply had to come home with him. 
15 October, 2016 by James P Gascoigne
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Meet The Maker - Social Distortion to Luthiery, a chat Drew Walsh of Walsh Guitars

Meet The Maker - Social Distortion to Luthiery, a chat Drew Walsh of Walsh Guitars

I began to notice a bit of a transition in the guitar market over over the last few years. One that saw guitar buyers yearning for something a little different to the norm. Instrument designs that perhaps break the conventional molds, and I think the times we are in at the moment, those alternative choices available have never been better. 
02 September, 2016 by James P Gascoigne
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The McNelly Sparkletron Filter'Tron Pickups Review

The McNelly Sparkletron Filter'Tron Pickups Review

You may have remembered around the tail end of last year we sent the good folk over at Guitar & Bass Magazine a few sets of McNelly Pickups to check out. They chose the T-Bar, Stagger Swagger and The Sparkletron to scrutineer, and if you missed those issues in paper form, all three reviews are now available to read online!
16 May, 2016 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: Guitar & Bass Guitar & Bass Magazine Guitar magazine McNelly McNelly Pickups McNelly Pickups Review McNelly Review McNelly Sparkletron Sparkletron Sparkletron Review
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