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Adventure Audio unveils the Dream Reaper Fuzzy Modulation Machine

We love crazy pedals with lotsa knobs and we also love the quirky but beautifully shot videos produced by Knobs. One of their latest is about... this crazy pedal with lotsa knob by Adventure Audio, called the Dream Reaper. Wanna know what it does? Here's how the manufacturer presents it:…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Dream Reaper Fuzzy Modulation Machine

Best Guitar Pedals of 2016 according to Gearphoria

Our friends at Gearphoria recently published the list of the best guitar FX of 2016. Below you can find an interactive gallery linked to this article - each picture links to the pedal's most popular YouTube video! You can read the reviews for each pedal in the full feature in the…Click on the title for more

Best Guitar Pedals of 2016 according to Gearphoria

Devi Ever’s new pedal designs under the Fuzz Goddess moniker

In the aughts, Devi Ever's boutique pedal manufacturer Devi Ever : FX built extreme sounding stompboxes (like the Shoe Gazer and the Hyperion) that became some kind of cult among guitarists into noisy and adventurous genres like noise rock and shoegazer. Devi sold the company to Dwarfcraft in 2014, but re-acquired it in…Click on the title for more

Devi Ever’s new pedal designs under the Fuzz Goddess moniker

Surf Rock is Dead’s Guitar Pedals

With a sound both meditative and gothy, Brooklyn duo Surf Rock is Dead pairs sunny melodies to melancholic tinges, ala the Drums. Their guitar sound, although not distorted, has heavy shoegazer leanings, a genre that's tightly connected to the use of stompboxes. Since guitarist Kevin Pariso confided us that he often gets asked about the…Click on the title for more

Surf Rock is Dead’s Guitar Pedals

Manufacturers Profiles: Pettyjohn Electronics

Based in Albany, Oregon, Pettyjohn Electronics is a new-ish face in the community of boutique pedal manufacturers, but one that is receiving a certain amount of attention (and flattering reviews). Entirely focused, at least for now, on the dirt and color realms, they have been releasing six all analog pedals since 2014 , all featuring distinctive…Click on the title for more

Manufacturers Profiles: Pettyjohn Electronics

Pedal order: Reverb into Delay or Delay into Reverb? – advice from Wampler

The selection of the ideal stompboxes for your effect rig is made a lot more complicated by how they interact with each other, and - of course - by the order you put them in. One the the eternal questions related to pedal order is: what goes first, reverb or delay?…Click on the title for more

Pedal order: Reverb into Delay or Delay into Reverb? – advice from Wampler

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9P5p94x2Os With psychedelic leanings and spacey synths that could believably been beamed down from Pluto, Brooklyn-based Pavo Pavo has a sound that's both warm and familiar, and yet hard to place. In their stunning debut album 'Young Narrator in the Breakers' the band seems to comfortably straddle between the deeper trenches of…Click on the title for more

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process

Read Gearphoria inside The Deli NYC’s issue #49

A few months ago, right around the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2016, our sister site/magazine The Deli kicked off a collaboration with Gearphoria (a digital magazine that focuses on boutique manufacturers of electric guitar equipment). The collaboration continues with issue #49 of The Deli NYC, which is truly a "split issue," with two separate…Click on the title for more

Read Gearphoria inside The Deli NYC’s issue #49

How To Sound Like The Cure on Guitar | from Reverb.com

Recreating the sound of classic rock and pop bands from the past is always fun, but probably not high up in most guitarists' list of priorities. That's why we are highlighting this cool series of videos produced by Reverb.com, dedicated to the theme. The Cure is probably THE band that made…Click on the title for more

How To Sound Like The Cure on Guitar | from Reverb.com

Wren and Cuff Sonder – Analog Chorus/Tremolo

Newbury Park, CA's boutique stompbox manufacturer Wren and Cuff has built a super solid reputation throughout the years, in particular for their distortion pedals (in particular through very popular Muff recreations). Their latest creation, called Sonder, sees them tackling for the first time the modulation realm. The Sonder is a very flexible and…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff Sonder – Analog Chorus/Tremolo

New Pedals: Rock Stock Skyline Reverb V2

If you’re looking for a modern spring-style reverb pedal that can easily grab all kinds of sounds, the Skyline, from Columbus, IN manufacturer Rock Stock should be in your atmosphere. The control scheme is fairly standard for a spring reverb. ‘Level’ balances your output signal, ‘Decay’ controls the amount of…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Rock Stock Skyline Reverb V2

How to Sound Like Jimi Hendrix | from Reverb.com

We found this cool video by Reverb.com about how to get Jimi Hendrix's guitar sound and thought our readers might appreciate, check it out! In our latest edition of Potent Pairings, we’re taking a stab at the legendary recorded tones of Jimi Hendrix, using modern pedals. While Jimi’s famous live…Click on the title for more

How to Sound Like Jimi Hendrix | from Reverb.com