May 5, 2013

How is it that no one has ever thought to combine an overdrive and a delay pedal together? Well, Mad Professor from Finland have done just that – and by god, it’s a game changer. As the name implies, the Golden Cello is meant to give you sweet, smooth, violin/cello style lead tones, packed with...

Apr 5, 2013

Hello Samurai friends! Apologies for my tardiness in writing, but lately I’ve been busy hauling all my worldly possessions up from Wellington to Auckland. I hope everyone had a great Easter break – don’t forget to be thankful to both Jesus and the Easter Bunny for the public holiday. A...

Mar 18, 2013

Time to blow some minds – the most famous incarnation of the wah pedal has got to be the Dunlop Crybaby, right? Well it turns out that they just went ahead and copied that name from the original wah pedal: The Vox Crybaby. That’s right. I did NOT know that until I started doing some research for...

Mar 3, 2013

More than meets the eye Everything in the guitar gear world at the moment points towards things getting lighter, smaller, more portable – case in point, my favourite little lunchbox amp, the Mesa Mini Rectifier, and new stuff like the HK Tubemeister, and just about everything really. The lunchbox...

Nov 14, 2012

Following on from our review of the McPherson Rock Box Distortion, we were lucky enough to get a very special pedal from McPherson Music – the limited edition Solar Fuzz! It is indeed exactly what the name implies – a fuzz, which miraculously, runs on solar power!!! I don’t know about you...

Oct 8, 2012

A whole new world… No, not the Aladdin song – today Six-String Samurai is stepping into the brave new world of Youtube! Our very special first guinea pig candidate is a local boutique effects pedal maker who has been attracting an increasing following both in NZ as well as all over the world....

Aug 23, 2012

  Who on earth are Joyo pedals? That’s the question I asked myself recently when I started hearing about them. The short answer is that they are one of many companies in China who are in the business of making “clones” of other pedals, but at a cheap pricepoint. What’s unique...

Jul 6, 2012

          What happens if your amazing tube amp blows a tube or a fuse two minutes into your set, and you haven’t got a spare? Don’t fret (ha) – Tech 21 have got the answer. My new blog post for the NZ Rockshop website is now up! Check out four 100% analog pedals...