My father taught me everything about DIY. 

The first experience I can remember was changing a tyre on the drive of our family home on Countess Lane in Radcliffe. I can’t recall the car, possibly a Triumph 2000, but do…

During this period of lockdown, we have been experimenting with recording and videoing live in the new Supertone studio which is based near Lisbon, Portugal. I talk in detail about the audio recording of the new Starlite Campbell Band video.

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The modern recording studio (for this purpose say from the late ‘60s) can be a very strange environment. Many are pretty cold and sterile, not just the decor but also the ‘sound’ of the recording space. Dead and lifeless acoustics…

Earlier today I learned that Rupert had sadly passed away.

He leaves behind a huge legacy of equipment, knowledge and legendary recordings that were facilitated by the electronics he designed.

I was very fortunate to spend a couple of hours…

Suzy and I moved to Portugal in October 2020. It’s a very long time since I was last in the country and Suzy had never been before. Here are our top ten observations so far.

Stuff that…

Suzy and I have moved six times since we became a couple in 2013. Isle of Man to Duras, France - Duras to Valencia, Spain - Valencia to Estivella, Spain - Estivella to Castletown, Isle of Man - Castletown to…

I need a lot of clean headroom for my Mosrite Guitar's double neck and a superb pedal platform for fuzz and other distortion fx which will be used on the next Starlite Campbell Band album, ‘The Language Of Curiosity’.

We…

Rig rundown from the Starlite Campbell Band's soundcheck at the Met in Bury featuring my fantastic custom Drake Guitar by luthier Jim Drake of Denver, Colorado, USA, exclusive Supertone pedals made by Dan-Whitelock Jones of DWJ Pedals, Liverpool, England, Lehle…

The cable that links your guitar to the first effect or amplifier input is the most important part in tone retention. The greater the capacitance per metre of cable, the more top end you will lose, as essentially, the cable…

I may be wrong, but many of you reading this may not know this man.

So I have taken extracts from his Wikipedia article plus a 'Forgotten Heros' piece from Premier Guitar Magazine for the quotes in this article. Between…