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With psychedelic leanings and spacey synths that could believably been beamed down from Pluto, Brooklyn-based 
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 covers!... Click on the title for more
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 the sound of the chorus and flanger effects popular, so you won't be surprised to find a lot of those in the following video, performed by Chris Kareska.... Click on the title for more
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 
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.... Click on the title for more
If you’re looking for a modern spring-style reverb pedal that can easily grab all kinds of sounds, the 
We found this cool video by 
The limit of many fuzz pedals is their "one-trick-poniness." The Defector, a stompbox by Richland, WA based boutique manufacturer Foxpedals, doesn't share that characteristic, featuring ways of tailoring both the fuzz sound and the EQ to fit into any rig or playing style.... Click on the title for more
The limit of many fuzz pedals is their "one-trick-poniness." The 
ProGuitarShop and ToneReport.com just unveiled this new demo of the 
We can't say we didn't see this one coming, after, at winter NAMM 2016, we learned that TC Electronic had been bought by German pro audio manufacturer Behringer, known for their very aggressively priced products for musicians: the news is that (originally) Danish company just came out with a deluge of new, NOT TonePrint enabled, pedals well under $100, appropriately named "Smorgarsbord of Tones."... Click on the title for more
We can't say we didn't see this one coming, after, at winter NAMM 2016, we learned that 
OK, one day, hopefully, we'll learn how to take good pictures of pedals at our events (hey, if by any chance that improvement requires buying a really expensive camera... ummmm... we shall see!).
But we are sure our friends stompbox lovers can appreciate a quick "lo rez" recap of all the newer to brand new guitar and bass effects we saw at the 2016 LA Stompbox Exhibit (the first one on the west coast!) check it out below. Images link to demo videos (if available).... Click on the title for more
Here are all the boards on display at the 1st Los Angeles Stompbox Exhibit at Sam Ash in West Hollywood!
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In 2014 NYC's own stompbox manufacturer 
