Simon Campbell
Musings from an eclectic, eccentric, well travelled and generally funny bloke
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Posted at 2023 hours on 31/01/10 | Posted in Music, My 100 best things
Search for the ultimate tone: part three
I have spent 35 years in search of the perfect guitar tone. This is the third, and final, in a series of articles describing the journey to date, and how I reached the conclusions about the gear and techniques I now employ. Grab a large brandy and let’s reel through the years…
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Posted at 1526 hours on 31/12/09 | Posted in Life
A funny decade really
Following last years complaints from Buckingham Palace for stealing the Queen’s thunder the day before her ‘Christmas Day’ message, I have decided instead to do a review of our 2009 and a little on the Decade in general – I didn’t fancy having an ‘accident’ in a Parisian tunnel – enjoy…
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Posted at 0235 hours on 30/11/09 | Posted in Music, My 100 best things
Search for the ultimate tone: part two
I have spent 35 years in search of the perfect guitar tone. This is the second in a series of three articles describing the journey to date and how I reached the conclusions about the gear and techniques I now employ. Grab a stiff whisky and let’s examine the signal chain from the amplifier to recording console and/or PA…
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Posted at 0833 hours on 31/10/09 | Posted in Music, My 100 best things
Search for the ultimate tone: part one
I have spent 35 years in search of the perfect guitar tone. This is part one of a series of three articles describing the journey to date and how I reached the conclusions about the gear and techniques I now employ. Grab a beer and let’s examine the humble guitar string to just before the amplifier…
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Posted at 0817 hours on 20/09/09 | Posted in Life
Reasons why I love the Isle of Man
There are many reasons why I love the Isle of Man. I have already covered a little about the music scene and of course the diving. But here are four, more eclectic reasons…
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Posted at 1554 hours on 30/08/09 | Posted in Diving
Isle of Man: terrific temperate diving
I have dived all over the world from Malta to the Maldives, Myanmar to Mexico but I have to say that the waters of the Isle of Man is the best temperate experience I have encountered. Reefs and wrecks: it has everything.
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