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WHO COULD HAVE imagined that a decades-old company solely devoted to pickup winding would suddenly set the guitar industry on tilt with masterfully crafted pedals like the Twin Tube Classic, Lava box, Power Grid, Shape […]
Have you ever sat down with a pitch shift pedal only to be disappointed when your E major chord turned into garbled nonsense? Traditional pitch shift pedals can only process one string at a time, […]
Electro-Harmonix has a history of pedals with super-hero-sounding names: Electric Mistress, Memory Man, Worm, and P0G. A new trio is no exception: Neo Clone could come out of the Matrix; Iron Lung might be Iron […]
Eventide is widely known for its professional-level studio gear, most of which comes in the large format of heavy-duty rackmountable units designed to sit in studio control rooms or big stage rigs. A veritable Who’s […]
Compared to some sexy new guitar or an amp powerful enough to frighten small children, many would consider a pedal power supply a yawner. But those of us who have spent years in the trenches […]
The answer to “Why design pedals specifically for bass?” is a little more nuanced than some might think. Guitar effects often include a “free” low-cut filter that starts rolling off around 90Hz, on the assumption […]
Electro-Harmonix trio of new effects hands-on review — There seems to be a never-ending stream of new stompbox effects emanating from the circuit benders at Electro-Harmonix. Twice a year the company’s NAMM trade show booth […]
Wah-wah—it didn’t take long for every guitarist, producer, and soundtrack composer to realize that they needed that sound. The early days of way production, however, were fraught with inconsistent components and a fundamental misunderstanding of […]
Over the past decade, I have always used some variation of POD for recording. It is by far, the easiest and fastest method of recording guitars. But when I’ve tried taking those sounds to the […]
A guitar fuzz pedal can give you the distorted sound that you are looking for, without the need for extra volume. You can build your own pedal with just a few simple tools, and save […]
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