Literature’s most famous split personality takes musical form in this two for one pedal. Many players use two distortion pedals—one for a mild, tube overdrive and another for a fuzzier sustain. Stomp them together and […]
Distortion and compression are twin faces of the same personality. Compression can give a guitar the violin like sustain many players seeks in a good distortion pedal, while distortion can iron out transients in a […]
Way back in the early Seventies, a company called MuTron made waves in the guitarworld with the introduction of the Mu-Tron III, the world’s first envelope follower pedal. This ingenious device provides automatic wah effects, […]
Guitarists have an insatiable desire to make our instruments sound like they’re talking, maybe because so many of us are such lousy singers. Over the years, this has led to the development of some rather […]
If your material shifts around from metal to regae to flannel-shirt grunge, you have about two choices as far as amplification: spend 10 grand on four amps and a full rack of studio effects, or […]
For back-porch strumming, being a few 100ths of a semi-tone out of tune is no big deal. But if you’re recording, playing live or even just jamming with others, it can be a cacophonous disaster […]
T.C. Electronics has a reputation for making great-sounding processors. Their gear isn’t necessarily the easiest to use, and it’s certainly not the cheapest. But the products of this Denmark-based manufacturer always exhibit an attention to […]
For many guitarists, collecting amps and pedals is more than just a hobby, it is most likely an obsession. A three by two foot area of your floor filled with assorted stompboxes, combo amps stacked […]
With its Nomad Standard, Fernandes managed to pack a speaker and five-watt amp into a tiny, bean-shaped guitar body. Designed as a self-contained electric travel guitar, the Nomad Standard offered all the benefits of full-size […]
I’m always excited when new pedals are released. One of the more recent releases was Seymour Duncan’s Twin Tube Mayhem SFX-04, which is a balls-to-the-wall full-range tube driven distortion pedal jam-packed with welcoming features. It […]
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