The best guitar gear of 2023 | The top six-strings, pedals, amps and more with Leigh Fuge!

What was the best guitar gear of 2023? Which guitars, amps and pedals have got us the most excited over the past 12 months?

In this video, I’m joined by my good friend – and professional guitar gear expert – Leigh Fuge to talk about exactly that! Leigh and I discuss the best instruments and accessories that we’ve had the fortune to play this year, as well as a few that we haven’t yet tried, but would love to if we had the chance.

Check out all the gear at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thocf/yp0rc4v3ts
And at Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/QyX9Za

Here’s the various parts of the chat with some links to the relevant products:

00:00 Hello and intro

Guitars
02:04 Valiant Guitars Jupiter: https://valiantguitars.com/guitars/jupiter/
08:40 PJD Guitars St. John Standard: https://www.pjdguitars.com/product-page/st-john-standard-3tsb
12:29 PJD Guitars Woodford Standard: https://www.pjdguitars.com/product-page/woodford-standard
14:06 Chapman Guitars ML3 Pro X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neX6Nsx7fNA
19:57 Squier Sonic Tele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdkpeOIG9o
22:55 Harley Benton forced Squier to up their game?
24:18 Mike CGS’s (now Leigh’s) 1988 Charvel 3DR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPyj8I3HAs
28:40 Maybach Stradovari Superfly HSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJ7K4FpdVw
30:55 Vintage Guitars 2023 models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_o8uiMEmk
32:16 Vintage REVO Series and discussion
35:06 Yamaha Revstar Standard P90

FX Pedals
36:50 Wampler Germanium Tumnus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjGuiqhHhak
41:37 JHS Notaklön: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJGos1D1ha8
43:37 Nobels ODR-1 30th Anniversary Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCX-cjG9SXQ
45:24 Great Eastern FX Design-a-Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsAU-mWzrQ
48:01 Kernom Ridge Overdrive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYuDcJOfJY
51:34 Beetronics Nectar Tone Sweetener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfq5mkyvOUY
54:27 Fuzz discussion
57:29 JPTR FX Bleach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztO5CztghTU
59:03 NUX ‘6ixty5ive Overdrive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHc1EaRvzJE
1:03:12 EHX Spruce Goose and Bluesbreaker discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j8b0UoscXM
1:05:00 Analogman King Of Tone/MXR Duke Of Tone chat
1:11:17 Greer Black Mountain Crunch Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3XqLMddMHg
1:12:30 Hawkins Brothers Audio Permission To Land pedal: https://www.hawkinsbrothersaudio.com/products/detail/permission-to-land-20th-anniversary/
1:14:10 Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick JR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgMjwXhriEk

Amplifiers
1:16:54 Birdsong Amps Kestrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUS4QTn5u4k
1:20:14 Blackstar HT Venue Series Stage 100 MKIII
1:21:35 Blackstar St. James Plugin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSBGmleb7ls
1:22:34 Revv D25 Combo
1:24:39 Are tube amps on the way out?
1:28:45 Leigh’s Walrus Audio ACS-1 digital solution and pedalboard
1:34:57 Boss IR-2, DM-101 and 50th Anniversary success
1:36:36 Breaking Boss pedals – can it be done?
1:37:55 Storytime: how Henning Pauly snapped a whammy bar

Gear to watch in 2024
1:41:20 What’s coming in 2024?
1:42:17 Harley Benton’s 2024 range: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgxNraLJnrw
1:43:27 Chapman Danish Pete and Chris Robertson (Black Stone Cherry) signature models
1:44:40 What are Epiphone up to? Greeny, Kirk Hammett, open book headstock, prices…

1:48:10 Thanks for watching and goodbye

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Enjoy!

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