Effects
Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler Pedal
Forgive me for abusing the following line from rock history. ‘You wanted the beast…you got the beast!’ That is probably the most accurate way to begin describing the Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler, a […]
Gear
Effects
How Does A Wah-Wah Pedal Work?
Way back when electric guitars were still new fangled a few country players found they could add accents and expression to their music by twisting the guitar’s tone control while they played. Although subtle and […]
Effects
Danelectro Dan-Echo, Cool Cat, Daddy-O and Fab-Tone pedals
The classic-looking effects boxes created under the revive Danelectro moniker have been among the most well-received musical products in recent memory. It’s easy to understand why: Danelectro has reproduced popular vintage tones in four reasonably […]
Front Page Gear
Twin Tube Mayhem Death in a Box
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 […]
Amplifiers
Fortin Bones Tube Amp
The BONES amplifier is a stripped down “bare bones”, single channel, all valve, electric guitar amplifier. With delicious modern styling and a straightforward & intuitive front panel layout, BONES is exceptionally versatile and completely inspirational […]
Bass Guitars
LightWave Bass Pickup System See The Light
First there were magnetic pickups, hex pickups for guitar synth, and piezos for that acoustic guitar sound. Now there’s LightWave Pickup System from Audio Optics, Inc. The LightWave is a departure from conventional magnetic pickup […]
Gear
Akai DPS12 Recorder Review
Our final contestant in our recent recorder reviews, the Akai DPS12, is chunkier and shorter than the Fostex DMT-8VL but closer to it than the Korg D8 size. Instead of relying on a built-in hard […]
NAMM Archive
Harmony Central Message Board Is Down
Harmony Central Message Board Is Down We’ve noticed that Harmony-Central music message forum is down due to having database error (s). We would like to take this opportunity to invite acapella.harmony-central.com forum members to join us at […]
Gear
Fostex DMT-8VL Review
From the tiny Korg D8 that we reviewed, I moved on to the substantially large Fostex DMT-8VL, another great eight-track recorder, which was available with either a 2.55 GB hard drive (60 minutes worth of […]
Gear
Korg D8 Digital Any Good? – Analog Recorder Review 2020
The fun started with the Korg D8, which is by far the smallest of the three recorders I sampled for this series of reviews. If you weren’t looking at it too closely, you might mistake […]