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ARC Effects: an Emerging Pedal Manufacturer

Based in Upstate New York, ARC Effects aims at bridging the gap between old school quality and new school features and functionality through a unique selection of hand made pedals made using top shelf components and construction methods. For now the company's "roster" sticks with overdrive and boost pedals priced…Click on the title for more

ARC Effects: an Emerging Pedal Manufacturer

D’Addario Launches NYXL Line of Strings – Made in NY!

Leading string manufacturer D'Addario recently launched a new line of guitar strings that proudly features the letters "NY" in its name: NYXL. This is to bring attention to the fact that the Long Island based company, after spending the last few years working towards centralizing every step of their operation,…Click on the title for more

D’Addario Launches NYXL Line of Strings – Made in NY!

Guitar Pedal Spotlight: Emma Electronic DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter

It's not too often we hear about a pedal manufacturer from Denmark. Emma Electronic makes a few boutique quality units, but the DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter seems to be getting some decent buzz. They claim that this little puppy can track to any source from guitar to bass to whatever you…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Spotlight: Emma Electronic DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter

Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Azar Swan's Gear: Akai MPD18 " The Akai MPD 18 is probably the most inspiring piece of equipment " Emerging from the ashes of previous incarnation Religious to Damn, Zorah Atash and Joshua Strawn have spent the last year creating a compelling new sound and image as Azar Swan. Their recently…Click on the title for more

Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Godlyke has announced the release of seven new pedals designed to reproduce the unique sounds of the world’s most desirable vintage fuzz pedals called Maxon Fuzz Elements. Maxon has modeled and mapped the complex elements using modern software technology that make up the core sounds of these legendary effect units, reproducing them using…Click on the title for more

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

Baby Alpaca's Gear: MacBook Pro " Mac Book Pro, Apogee, Logic. They make it so easy to record the music we play. " This is one of those projects that's seemed to come out of nowhere but now it's everywhere.Baby Alpaca, originally from Ohio, this Brooklyn-based duo is currently recording…Click on the title for more

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

I played bass in a band in high school, but because I was 16, I wasn't familiar with the concept of discretion and constantly played through a cheap fuzz pedal with all the knobs turned all the way up. My band mates would complain that I was too loud and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

As you probably know, at our Stompbox Exhibits we always have some mixed boards organized by kind of effect - this year Guitar World had also their featured mixed boards. DISTORTION/FUZZ BOARD DELAY BOARD MODULATION BOARD PITCH + OTHER BOARD GUITAR WORLD MIXED BOARDSClick on the title for more

Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer

Lotus Pedal Designs is a Minnesota based stompbox manufacturer that focuses on the beauty of simplicity. Designer Sean Earspamer's credo, “I design Lotus pedals to be simple, because I want to keep your focus on playing guitar, not fiddling with your gear” is readily apparent just from looking at any…Click on the title for more

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer

Manufacturer Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Take a look at all the manufacturer boards present at our SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014. For other pictures of the show check out the Stompbox Exhibit's Facebook page. For a change we'll go in reversed alphabetical order - sorry AnalogMan, you'll be on top again! ZVex Wampler Walrus Audio T-Rex…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Wattson FX is a California based team of developers that specializes in reproduction: they take schematics of classic pedals and revamp them with modern electronics in order to give players the chance to play through legendary stomp-boxes for a fraction of the price. Brimming with confidence, the Wattson Escape Velocity…Click on the title for more

Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Know Your Filters: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass, Resonance.

Electronic music wouldn't sound much different from its electric sister if filters hadn't been invented. A filter is a frequency amplifier (or "tamer") device, i.e. an effect that operates on the frequencies of a sound - it can boost them, cut them or mute them, but it can't create ones…Click on the title for more

Know Your Filters: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass, Resonance.