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Demo of the 
Cars and garages can do weird things to men, and Tim Larwill of Retro-Sonics knows a thing or two about that.
The Ottawa based engineer began his career as a vintage car fixer, soon combining the passion for the automobiles of the '60s and '70s with the one for the rock sound that defined those same decades: garage rock.... Click on the title for more
New demo video of the 
We love it when our friends at Gearphoria publish these articles about vintage effect designs, this one is about the 6 classic circuits every stompbox geek should know! Attention, some of them were not originally found in pedals, like the Electra distortion (which was inside the guitar) or the Armstrong Green Ringer - an awkward box that would plug directly into your guitar's output.... Click on the title for more
We love it when our friends at 
Demo of the 
“The pedal thing started when the band I was in earlier on got back together for a reunion show in like 2009,” recalled Erspamer. “I had sold off most of my gear. I had one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar… no amp anymore. But if I was going to get the band back together, I was going to need some pedals. So I bought a boutique pedal from a manufacturer I won’t name and it didn’t work. ... Click on the title for more
Jeorge Tripps’ flagship fuzz, the 
This is a demo video of the 'Merkin Fuzz effects pedal from 
Here are the boards of the companies that particicpated in our first Montreal Stompbox Exhibit!... Click on the title for more
The list of manufacturers that use wood for their pedal enclosures is not very long, and if on the one hand that organic material has definitely a lot of visual appeal, on the other it is always cause for concern when considering the unit's sturdiness (at least compared with the standard metal cases).... Click on the title for more
Inspired by the mind expanding sounds of the '60s, 
