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GIVEAWAY Competition : Guitar Creativity Book

To say a massive thanks for reaching 1.5k Subscribers I am giving away 50 copies of my book!!Enter Giveaway Competition hereSee Terms and conditions below...For more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity - A new way of thinking http://gumroad.com/lightb4sound Terms and Conditions

  • There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.Only one entry will be accepted per person. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified.Closing date for entry will be 1st September 2018. After this date the no further entries to the competition will be permitted.No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
  • The rules of the competition and how to enter are as follows:
  • Click the link and sign up to the Spencer Bruce Music newsletter. The first 50 signups will automatically get a free copy of the book. The next 50 will receive a discount code for 80% off the retail price of the book
  • Spencer Bruce Music reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
  • Spencer Bruce Music is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
  • The prize is PDF copy of Guitar Creativity and no cash or other alternatives will be offered.The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
  • Winners will be chosen: As the first 50 entrants to the list.
  • The winner will be notified by email within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
  • The Spencer Bruce Music decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
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XVIVE T1 Golden Brownie Review

The XVIVE T1 Golden Brownie is a pedal I have been hearing SO much about recently that I just had to bite the bullet and buy one to see if the hype was real, worst case scenario it goes back on Reverb.com! EVH’s Brown sound is something which has always appealed to me and something which currently I cover with my Suhr Riot pedal when need be. A pedal I really do love btw!

But having said that I am also working on a little challenge project at the moment, so I was also on the look out for a mini pedal to fill in for the Riot! Could this be the one? Check out my video reviewHere is the blurb from the product site!

Product Description Thomas Blug has been sought after artist on the German and International music scene for many years. A very accomplished guitarist, vocalist, composer and recording artist, Thomas has won many awards and his known for his soulful music, which Xvive can help deliver. Xvive are very excited to work him in the development of the Golden Brownie and Tube Squasher micro pedals. The Golden Brownie is like a vintage Marshall JCM800® in a box. If you want high gain hard rock ’80 tones then this is the pedal for you. It has an unbelievable (over) Drive range and is perfect for head-on heavy grind applications. The Pres (presence) knob adds versatile tweaking ability that transforms any amp into a fire breathing hellhound! The Tone knob is all about the blues and soul. Turned down, it is time to rock and turned up it is time to sing some blues. Controls TONE – shapes colour of distorted signal VOLUME – controls overall volume of effect DRIVE – controls amount of gain PRES – takes a sharp distortion and gives it some extra room Foot Switch toggle effects on/bypass (blue LED ‘on’ indicator)

Brown Sound?

Pros

  • Cost!!

  • SoundFlexibility

  • Build Quality

Cons

  • None that I can really think of!

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Neil

TC Electronic Nova System for the acoustic guitar

For a number of years now, I have been using my TC Nova system with my acoustic guitar for a duo gigs and some of my original material. I am only really using a few of the effects in this situation, the reverb, delay and compression, but the size of the box and the amazing quality of the effects is the prime reason for choosing it.

Much easier than building a small pedal board for a few pedals, plus it has an IEC power supply which again makes life much easier the live environment.Since then have had a few questions from both subscribers of my youtube channel and members of a Facebook group for Nova system users.

The questions tend to be focused on how I use the Nova and what settings I used. So to answer these questions, I produced a couple of short videos to help anyone and hopefully answer any questions. One of the videos also details all of the patch settings should you want to recreate me settings.andIf you have any more questions please let me know.

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I hope that you found this article useful and enjoy my blog, podcast and YouTube channel. I’m always happy to share my thoughts and to help others as much as I can and I will never charge for my blog content. Having said that, I truly appreciate when someone supports me in return for the time it takes to write articles, produce podcasts and videos, where I share my years of work and experience with you.

Here are some ways you can show your appreciation:


Peace

Neil

SBM Vlog Updates

For those of you regulars on the blog and any of your new comers, please be aware that I also vlog as well! So below is a play list of recently Spencer Bruce Media VLOG’s. Similar to the blog in someways, what you get is an insight in to the work I am doing, a few rants here and there and some background behind the sense video of what it is like to be a working musician.I would love to hear your thoughts on the vlog (and the blog!).Thanks for your continued support everyone!EnjoyPeaceNeil