iangronow's Reviews

Nice Acoustic DI

A nice DI at a reasonable price - certainly better than not having one!

Cheap but not nasty!

Beautiful EQ, helps me find a warm tone - and found second hand!

Noise almost gone!

Managed to find one second hand at half the usual price, and does a good job of removing noise from the pickups and noisy pedals!

Great little Fender practice amp!

Can use with headphones - especially useful in Japan!

Simple to use delay pedal!

My first delay pedal - great, but for some reason uses a lithium battery which I'll have to replace after two years!

Currently using it for practice only.

If it's good enough for Eric Clapton...

I was faithful to Dunlop capos for far too long... lifetime warranty with this one, which I never hope to have to use, and really hope I don't leave it anywhere!

Expensive, but well worth it, based on ease of application, and doesn't knock any strings out of tune!

Can sometimes be hard to apply, especially when nervous on stage!

Fender Twin in a tiny box!

Really impressed with how this sounds through a PA! Somehow, they've managed to fit a Fender Twin into a tiny box, and at 5% of the cost!

Fun!

Offers a diverse range, from very subtle, to full on wah, tiny, light... just very fiddly, and not ideal sound quality.

Good, but heavy!

Good compression and sustain, was a good price, just a lot heavier than most pedals!

I miss you, Lily!

I bought "Lily" in March 2009, and she's pretty much my perfect acoustic - unfortunately, she's not made it to Japan... yet!

As far as I'm aware, there were only 600 of this model produced. The wood is HPL Koa.

Update (Sep 2025): Almost two years ago, I finally brought Lily to Japan!

Was good for starting out

I enjoyed playing this ukulele when I was starting out, but I found the sound to be a bit thin after trying other ukes.

My baby!

My first acoustic guitar in Japan, named Suisen II, bought second hand. I had an LR Baggs pickup installed, and used her for solo performances, until forming the band and converting to electric, and have since bought a Yamaha acoustic for live performances and recording.

However, this remains a nice little guitar for practicing at home, or an afternoon in the park, and hopefully not my last Taylor guitar either!

I believe mine to be from the early 2000's.

Less is more!

I only use this for practice at the moment, but it's been great for developing lead guitar lines and building up ideas.

Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to try it out live!

Made for me!

I'd been playing acoustic guitar for around 12 years before eventually deciding to venture into the world of electric guitar. After ditching a new Epiphone ES-339 to return to my roots, I fell in love with this second hand Danelectro, who I named "Dahlia". Really ideal for the warm and clean sound I strive for.

Update: I sold this guitar after the band slowly dissolved - and later found a love for Telecasters. I'm sure I'd enjoy it if I still had it, now that I know better what I'm doing!

Need some patience...

In theory, this capo should make it easier (or indeed instant) to switch to DADGAd, however, you have to learn a new fingering for the bottom E string, and it's tricky to fret that bottom E under the second fret.

You also have to apply the capo extremely carefully in order to avoid knocking some strings out of tune.

Quick to apply, no fuss

I've been using Dunlop trigger capos for years now, as I find that they can be applied to any guitar, at any position, and always do the job perfectly, without throwing anything out of tune too much.

Shouldn't have sold it!

A good tuner pedal can be for life - this was great but sold it because I wasn't playing live anymore.