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A fresh batch of Loaded For Bear Audio cables <3

A fresh batch of Loaded For Bear Audio cables <3

A quality cable isn't just about signal path quality alone I think, it's about longevity and reliability, they can take a beating over the years particularly with gigging musicians, so having a cable you can trust to work as it should is a key buying point. This, among others, is one of the reasons I think Loaded For Bear Audio cables have been so popular since I introduced them to the Home of Tone range early this year. 

Plus, look at them, beautiful!
The 'Montypresso' relic wax from Monty's Guitars

The 'Montypresso' relic wax from Monty's Guitars

I've been a fan of the team at Monty's for a long time, skillful techs and luthiers, pasonate about what they do and great for the guitar community. I'm now proud to stock some of their products here at the Home of Tone!

So Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm proud to introduce Monty’s Montypresso - the Original Guitar Relic Wax to the Home of Tone range!

Introducing handmade pedalboards to the Home of Tone with Marcus D'luxe!

Introducing handmade pedalboards to the Home of Tone with Marcus D'luxe!

I have been friends with Marcus for some time thanks to the great guitar community, and I am an owner of two of his awesome pedalboards. I love them, So we have decided to offer some here at the Home of Tone! All handmade by Marcus, also by using as many recycled and off-cut materials as he can to reduce waste, these boards are an incredibly solid, affordable and quality alternative to some of the mass produced options on the market.
Ground Control Audio release NOODLES

Ground Control Audio release NOODLES

Noodles is the first whole new circuit design release from Ground Control Audio in a couple of years, and is a 3-band active EQ/boost pedal. It features a bass, mids and treble channel. Each channel has its own gain control as well as a choice of 3 carefully selected frequencies of interest that the user can cycle through using a push button. Each channel is toggable using a footswitch. When enabled, the output of each channel is mixed in equally with the others as well as the dry signal, which always comes through.
The Ground Control Audio 'Locust' gets an update with the V1.5 release

The Ground Control Audio 'Locust' gets an update with the V1.5 release

Just announced last night, Ground Control Audio have revised the Locust distortion pedal with the new V1.5 version! New artwork, top mount jacks and smt layout really modernizes this popular aggressive noise maker!
Guitar Magazine pick out a whole bunch of Home of Tone Goodies!

Guitar Magazine pick out a whole bunch of Home of Tone Goodies!

James P Gascoigne
Guitar Magazine / Guitar.com have just released their ‘Best Stocking fillers for guitarists’ list and they have very kindly chosen lots of Home of Tone items! From Loaded For Bear Audio cables, Mother Mary Co straps as well as RightOn! Guitar straps & finally Diamond Bottlenecks slides too!
UFO Alien Overlord! Shirt now available for Pre-Order!

UFO Alien Overlord! Shirt now available for Pre-Order!

James P Gascoigne
I'm incredibly proud to launch my latest limited edition shirt design, which was designed by the immense talent that is Drew Millward. I've followed Drew's work for quite some time personally, so it's amazing to see him do his thing with the Home of Tone branding! For this idea I thought it would be cool to see our UFO tone pot featured in a 50s Sci-Fi film poster style design, and Drew took it even further than that, turning the tone pot turned into an Alien Overlord with a EL84 amp valve head too!
New shirt design incoming!

New shirt design incoming!

James P Gascoigne
It has felt like a while since my last limited edition Home of Tone shirt design came out, so it's about time I change that! I asked an illustrator whom I'm a huge fan of, the immensely talented Drew Millward, to come up with a new shirt design and he's done an incredible job with it!

My brief was for something inspired by 50s Sci-Fi film posters and to involve me usual tone pot UFO, and he has taken it step further with a amp valve head Alien overlord design! 

There will be more info to come in terms of the final shirt choice etc, but rest assured I'll share it as soon as it's available to order!
Redbeard Effects join the Home of Tone!

Redbeard Effects join the Home of Tone!

Redbeard Effects is a guitar effects company based in the UK. Offering highly engineered hand made products, Redbeard Effects is the conjoined brain-child of seasoned rock guitarist and self confessed rock & roll gear head, Mikey Demus (of UK based band, Skindred), and internationally renowned pedal designer and manufacturer, Adrian Thorpe (of ThorpyFX).
Comparing the Fender AVRI, Mastery & Descendant vibratos!

Comparing the Fender AVRI, Mastery & Descendant vibratos!

My first experience with a Jazzmaster was more than likely very similar to many other guitarist's first experiences with the offset instrument. It was with a poorly set-up Classic Player JM off a high street guitar shop's hanger which left me feeling pretty let down by the guitar I'd seen so many players I admired playing. Unfortunately I was of an age where I didn't really respect how important a good set-up was to a guitar, so set them aside in my mind for years as a result. Rather foolishly of course. Looking back this does perhaps explain why sadly, so many guitarists disregarded Jazzmasters (Jaguars of course fall into this association too) as inferior playing instruments. Good set-up is key to getting the most out of them, and in more recent years we have seen such a resurgence for the offset with so much more information out there on how to get the best out of them...
5 Years of the Home of Tone!

5 Years of the Home of Tone!

James P Gascoigne
It has been 5 years since I started James' Home of Tone, which feels amazing to say! Some of you reading may have been following since the beginning, whilst some of you may be totally new to what I do here so I thought the 5 year anniversary of beginning this venture would be as good a time as any to share a little about my story! A great deal has happened over the past 5 years, to say the least, so I'll try not to bore you with every detail! But I thought it would be healthy to touch on some of the things that helped shape the Home of Tone and moments that continue to mean a lot to me and this journey. Plus it's nice to be open about the story behind a business!
The Solderless journey

The Solderless journey

I've dedicated some time today to making a solderless harness. The first I made using these connectors is sitting in the McNelly Pickups demo guitar and they're proving to be nice and reliable. So I thought I'd have a run at testing the layout and approach of the solderless connections in the trusty Telecaster format. So far so good!
It'll be a little while yet before these become part of my harness range, but when they are, they will hopefully help those who are daunted by the humble soldering iron (you really shouldn't be though, if I can wield one, then anyone can!) & of course help those who enjoy swapping pickups regularly for various sounds!