My name is Ben Craven and I create cinema for the ears...


If Pink Floyd had written the soundtrack for Star Wars, it might sound something like my upcoming album:


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Vox DA5 with an external cab

Got a Vox DA5 lying around?

Vox DA5 and cab

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Digitech RP500 – First Impressions (with a Gilmour twist)

Digitech RP500

Digitech RP500

[2010-06-23 - I've just added a clip on youtube, including screen shots of the settings.]

[2010-02-28 - New clips for low gain and whammy pedal!]

Let me say up front that as a guitarist I’m not particularly for or against multi-effects units and amplifier modelling.

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Strat Twins

Strat Twins

Only their mother can tell them apart.

And now, what we’ve all been waiting for. A tedious technical post!

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Sick Rick

My beloved Rickenbacker 4001 is in hospital at the moment, undergoing neck-joint reconstruction surgery. While we’re all anxiously awaiting the news, here’s a little tribute to the bass guitar gracing the next Tunisia album..

I refinished it in these familiar Chris Squire colours a few years ago. But it started out as a fairly standard fireglo red model: more…

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