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Distorted souls with fuzzy thoughts,
To celebrate the upcoming Austin Stompbox Exhibit (scheduled for March 17-18, during $X$W's Music Week) we are giving away two sweet, sweet pedal effects! Strymon needs no introduction, they are the leading manufacturer of digital, studio quality pedal effects. Their latest pedal, the Riverside Multistage Drive, is their debut in the distortion world, and it's as unique as it's great sounding.... Click on the title for more
You may think that Bondi Effects is another Italian manufacturer (we covered a bunch of them as of late), but the name actually originates from an Australian aboriginal word meaning "the sound of waves crashing over rocks." Is that natural sound the precursor of fuzz?
Founded in 2013 and run by husband and wife Jon and Anna Ashley, the company's raison d'être can be traced in the desire of the six string playing couple to "create the pedals we wish existed for our own rigs."... Click on the title for more
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For anyone out there looking to get intensely specific into fuzz needs, take note of Deep Trip pedals. Deep Trip is a Brazilian manufacturer out of Sao Paolo that specializes in nuanced fuzz pedals based on tireless research of classic analog circuits, and thoroughly dedicated to troubleshooting out all the nuisances of vintage boxes like noise, instability and power supply inconsistencies. All units are overseen, fine-tuned and signed by the lead designer Du Menegozzo. Currently, Deep Trip has five pedals on the market as well as four in development.... Click on the title for more
Double tracking guitar parts has been a technique used in recording for decades (and also live actually, if there is more than one guitarist) to thicken things up. It can make guitars sound bigger, fuller, wider, and more textured. In the '60s Abbey Road Studio's engineer Ken Thousand came up with a way to "automate" that effect on vocals, while working on a record by The Beatles: he called it "Artificial Double Tracking," what today is commonly referred to as "slapback delay" (although at the time, of course, it was done using analog tape).... Click on the title for more
Double tracking guitar parts has been a technique used in recording for decades (and also live actually, if there is more than one guitarist) to thicken things up. It can make guitars sound bigger, fuller, wider, and more textured. In the '60s Abbey Road Studio's engineer 
Italian based pedal manufacturer Baroni Lab offers an array of quality, hand-built stompboxes (they also manufacture amps). Their pedal range covers all kinds of ground, including distortions, modulation, time-based effects, and tube preamps. What sets the company’s pedal line apart from the rest is that all their stompboxes run on 12v DC power, as opposed to the standard 9v.... Click on the title for more
Italian based pedal manufacturer 
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I had a friend in high school who would just buy some records (from the equivalent of the $1 bin) for their covers. Even though I've never done anything like that, this idea has been slowly growing on me: beautiful art makes things more desirable and therefore more valuable.... Click on the title for more
You know how Italians are, right? Everything needs to be "BELLO," because... who on earth wants to see things that are "BRUTTE"? (By the way, we are using full caps because Italians are notoriously loud, and truly yours, who in the Mediterranean peninsula was born and raised, can certainly confirm that!).
Well, maybe it's this very obsession with beauty that makes Italians excel at the creation of stylish things... At NAMM 2017, Ravenna based Gurus Amps showcased a line of pedals called 
Since their introduction a few years ago, mini effect pedals have been the delight of the cheapo guitarists and the curse of boutique maniacs. But as it always happens, innovation's constant improvement allows to pack more and more quality in ever smaller packages, and it feels like we have reached the point where mini-pedals can actually compete with their big brothers and sisters.... Click on the title for more
