James Baker

"Hayley" (also known as the S*ittycaster)is named after Hayley Williams of Paramore. This used to be my Harley Benton TE-20. I took the guitar apart, painted it shell pink, stuck stickers on it and installed new electronics. The ToneRider TRT1 Vintage Plus pickups in this guitar provide a vintage 70s Tele tone, which sounds great with a bit of overdrive pushing my amp. Although the pickups aren't humbuckers (which I am used to playing with), these pickups have a lot of mid-range which is what I'd like to get out of a guitar tone, so the tone isn't hollow. Absolutely amazing with blackface amps, I'm gonna be using this instrument primarily for a very long time.

I received this as a gift from my uncle a couple months ago. The clean tone is okay if you get the right settings, the bridge pickup isn't very good so I primarily use the neck pickup. I have played 'Scar Tissue' by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and 'Youth' by Daughter on this guitar and the tone I create from this guitar feels very mellow and soothing, if you're a beginner I recommend picking up this guitar. It's cheap and sounds decent too.

This will always be my favourite guitar. It has a lot of meaning to me, I have had it in my possession for years, it was rarely touched. About a year ago I started learning guitar and I used this monster learn. Although it was broken I bought new parts to replace the broken ones, got a job, bought an amp and a few pedals, and off I went. I am now in a band using this guitar all the time (I use my Harley Benson Tele for clean tones). This guitar provides an amazing distortion tone, it was probably a cheap guitar because it doesn't sound as top end as an American Professional Strat from Fender, but it's good enough and is unique to me. I named it after one of my closest friends because I adore this guitar very much and she is beautiful in her own way! Very underrated, it sounds great and feels great to play. One last thing, the maple neck is a wet dream.

I use it not only as an amplifier but also as a micro amp and reverb pedal, it's awesome, there are so many options to choose from when you confront the voices and effects of this amp. Includes aux so you are able to play backing tracks from your phone. Stunning!

This Big Muff is incredible, the bottom end is very smooth and present even with the tone knob a little over 3 o'clock, but it's a lot tamer and not as chaotic as the N.Y.C Big Muff Reissue, but it's really down to personal preference. It's still a spectacular fuzz/distortion!

I'm a huge fan of guitarists Jack White, Tom Morrello and Matt Bellamy, owning this pedal is a dream come true.

If they're good enough for Matt Bellamy they're good enough for me.