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Meditating about the universe is heavy stuff but, like much in life, you have the option of being consumed, or delighted by your surroundings. Brooklyn-based electronic artist, 
One of the guitar world’s leading innovators of unique effects has done it again. The 
Big Thief's debut album "Masterpiece" has been rocking our world this year - our sister blog named it The Deli NYC's Record of the Month back in July. We asked the band's guitarist Buck Meek (who also has a solo project we recommend checking out) to tell us about the stompboxes he uses when playing with the band, here's his very thorough response!
- TC Electronic PolyTune 2,
- Ernie Ball volume pedal (modded by JHS for no tone loss, with an active buffer),
- Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl (chorus/vibrato, for Magnatone type vibrato),
- Zvex Fat Fuzz Factory (octave fuzz),
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Newcomers to the pedal game Friday Club, out of Portland Oregon, have designed a solid line of 3 knob stompboxes.
The line features almost exclusively distortions, fuzzes and overdrives: there one for all palates, including metal-heads (PD-100) and a screamer emulation (Green Menace).
The only exception is their signature echo pedal, known as the ED-450b, and it’s based on the PT2399 chip. It offers the warmth of analog delay without the cascading darkness that comes with each additional repeat. Analog delays generally don’t have long delay times and the ED-450b maxes out at 450mS, which is a bit longer than many other similar pedals available.... Click on the title for more
Newcomers to the pedal game 
One of the cool things about organizing the Brooklyn Synth Expo is that we get to know some new, local, talented electronic artists.
Enter Wandertalk, the project of NYC based synth-head Nik Kwas, who also enjoys shooting videos of electronic musicians playing their modular racks on a roof facing Manhattan - at dawn.... Click on the title for more
One of the cool things about organizing the 
More than 1,000 synth lovers attended the third edition of the Brooklyn Synth Expo on November 12-13, 2016! Lots of synths were played, desired and... acquired!
We'd like to thank Main Drag Music, the participating manufacturers, our sponsor Blue Headphones and all the visitors who made this a fun and unforgettable event! Check out the Facebook picture album here.... Click on the title for more
More than 1,000 synth lovers attended the third edition of the 
Newcomers to the pedal game 
Well, this was kind of unexpected: Our upcoming Brooklyn Synth Expo will serve as a launch platform for a... stompbox! The pedal, manufactured by Swedish synth maker Elektron, is called Analog Drive, and it seems to borrow, at least in part, from the distortion stage of the company's "audio enhancer/destroyer"Analog Heat.
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In production for over a decade starting in the mid-1960s, the Marshall Supa Fuzz bounced through several iterations during its run. Those examples were built by Sola Sound’s Gary Hurst chiefly using the Tonebender MkII circuit. The earliest Supa Fuzz’s actually used a version of the MkI circuit and boasted a tone filter and pre-set gain levels. The Supa Fuzz was popularized by the likes of Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck and the late Ron Asheton. Today, some of the more popular versions of the Supa Fuzz will set you back a few thousand dollars. There are a few builders that make clones of the pedal. Check out offerings from Pigdog, Castledine, DenTone, CBC Pedals and Farmland for the low down. - Read the full article on Gearphoria.com!... Click on the title for more
In production for over a decade starting in the mid-1960s, the 
MXR has been rolling out some new overdrive designs lately, and have teamed up with legendary amp designer Shin Suzuki to present the 
A lot of overdrive pedals are really great at singing lead sounds, but fall flat when used on a rhythm guitar part. The Mosfet Drive from Miami based 
