Spotlight : A PHRED instruments Blog

Craig Marshall

Artist Spotlight: Craig Marshall

Guitar: Wolph About Guitarist Craig Marshall is the last remaining original founding member of Cubensis, having started the band in 1987 after becoming dissatisfied with the Dead’s all-too-infrequent appearances in Southern California. Self-taught, he learned to play guitar by slowing down Grateful Dead records to half speed and studying Jerry Garcia’s unique style. Marshall enjoyed […]

Ian Stich, Stich Method

Artist Spotlight: Ian Stich, The Stich Method

Guitars: DeadBolt, DockStar, Ernesto VH Quilted Maple Brown (2nd generation) About A BIG fan of improvisation, Ian from The Stich Method provides some of the best, and most understandable guitar lessons for improvising and conquering the guitar. On The Stich Method YouTube channel, you can find videos for beginners, intermediate and advanced guitar players. The […]

Petti Backing Tracks

Artist Spotlight: Petti Guitar Backing Tracks

Guitar: Ernesto VH3 Tobacco Burst (first generation) About Petti Backing Tracks for Guitar and other instruments allow you to practice your guitar playing over backing tracks in many styles and genres over different scales.  Backing tracks provide chord progressions and scales to follow along as well.  A perfect resource for learning to play and jamming out. […]

Michael Morrow

Artist Spotlight: Michael Morrow

Guitars: Liger (1st generation) Bio Michael Morrow is an award winning Grateful guitarist and vocalist who has been touring the US since 1990s. Recently he was hitting the road with his own “PURE JERRY” tribute, and has been turning heads all over the festival scene with his uncanny and authentic delivery of classic Garcia songs […]

DJ Williams

Artist Spotlight: DJ Williams

Guitar: Tella Bio D.J. Williams (born November 6, 1981) is an American guitarist, singer songwriter, and producer. DJ was born Donald Jeffrey Ilory Williams, Jr; in Plainfield, NJ. DJ grew up in Richmond, VA. DJ is the founder of the funky Richmond based band, DJ Williams Projekt; hip-hop/R&B group, The Breaks; acoustic duo, Williams & […]

Tom San Filippo

Artist Spotlight: Tom San Filippo

Guitars: DeadBolt, Wolph Bio Tom is an accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter as well as a performer and home recording enthusiast, and is constantly challenging himself in a field that remains an integral part of his life. Tom taught himself the guitar at age 9, studied music theory, sang in choir, played bass guitar in […]

Sean Ryan, The Dawn

Artist Spotlight: Sean Ryan, The Dawn

Guitars: DockStar, Ernesto VH3 Brown Burst, Ernesto VH Blonde Bio For over 9 years, the Western Illinois based roots rock/jam band “The Dawn” has been spreading their love of cutting edge improvisational rock throughout the Midwest.  From their humble beginnings in the shadow of the Mississippi River, they have crafted out their place as one […]

On Board Effects Loop OBEL Diagram

How to use an On-Board Effects Loop (OBEL)

What does OBEL stand for?OBEL stands for On-Board Effects Loop. It is a wiring design inside the guitar which uses a separate 1/4″ stereo jack to allows the direct output from the pickups to go to effects pedals and then back into the guitar for post-effects volume control. The purpose of the OBEL is to […]

Barefoot Buttons

Barefoot Buttons: The solution to your pedal problems.

Barefoot Buttons appears to be one of those products that was built from an idea, fulfills a need, and designed to solve a problem. If you’ve ever played guitar barefoot, or even with just socks, you understand the challenge of trying to power on an effects pedal with your foot, sometimes with just your big […]

Winter NAMM 2017 Recap

Winter NAMM 2017 Recap

We had an amazing time sharing a booth with Mu-FX at Winter NAMM 2017 in Anaheim, CA (Hall D, Booth 2489).  It was so nice to meet some of our old customers and meet new and future PHRED instruments guitar owners.  We also discovered that our guitars integrate well with the Mu-FX pedals and we think […]