Grey Guitars Emperor
So I guess this journey started when I got my latest Fender Stratocaster, I loved the idea of playing on an iconic guitar but after using it for a few gigs I found myself cursing a few little issues. One being the pickups and the other the bridge. I hated the two point floating trem,…
Tone Is In Your Fingers
So this video started with me procrastinating videos I should be posting. I had been lent about 8 overdrive pedals and a different switching system for demo. I had my Boss es-5 video that I have been thinking about doing for about 6 months and I have been working on a 5 easy pentatonic licks…
Line 6 M5 The Ultimate Utility Pedal
The story behind the M5 is quite simple really I owned a Strymon Mobius a had been gigging with it for about 3 years when I (my singer) decided I needed a smaller footprint on my pedalboard. So it was time to down size my old board being 40 by 65 I was looking to…
JHS Double Barrel
Backing track link at bottom of page So it feel like this video has been a long time coming. I’m sure most of you, my readers, out there know that I have been playing in a covers band around Christchurch for the last 8 years. We cover music ranging from Elvis to Metallica but most…
I Shot The Sheriff
About 4 months back I watched a video on youtube with Johnny Hiland after that I became interested in using Chicken Pickin. Although in that 4 months my band has played lots of gigs I have been struggling to fit any Chicken Pickin in, when in live situations. So I sat down and made myself…
Old Town Road/ Amplitube 4 Review
The Journey for Silent recording tones. First let me start by saying that I downloaded the free version of Amplitube which was Amplitube 4 with heaps of patches not available, or Amplitube Custom shop I don’t know, the are probably the same thing. The idea was take a listen to some of the basic tones…
The Best Strat Pickups Ever?!
Radioshop Id Chris Buck Pickups with custom 9.5 inch radius This journey all started when I bought my American strat. It was the guitar I had always wanted and it sounded great in the store. However when I got it into the band situation, I found myself very underwhelmed. The 2 and 4 positions were…
Waterbear Competition
So I follow Rob Chapman and all the Andertons guys, so when I saw he was sponsoring a competition where you were only aloud to play 52 notes over a backing track I was excited to say the least. The idea seemed like a winner to me, 52 notes to play as musically as you…
Chris Bucks Inspired Jam Session
Watched a video on a few of Chris Bucks Licks tried to steel some but that guy is way too good. Solo starts at 0.38
Welcome to Nick Burson Music
Welcome to the home of Nick Burson Music So who I am I ? I am a 30 something year old Guitarist, Singer/songwriter, Sax player living in Christchurch New Zealand. I currently play semi professionally with a band (Ctrl Alt Rock) but have spend years of my life living off my guitar. I finished my…