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New Pedals: Greer Amps Black Tiger Delay Device

With the exception of their tremolo, Athens, Georgia's Greer Amps has been focusing on producing great sounding distortion pedals. They recently announced their first delay pedal – the Black Tiger Delay Device, which marries analog and digital, and prides itself of its smooth and very natural decay. It is designed to sound every bit as warm as the great analog delays of yesteryear, but with some modern updates.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Greer Amps Black Tiger Delay Device

Boutique Pedal Manufacturers: TomKat Pedals

There aren't many pedal manufacturers in Brooklyn (the cost of housing certainly doesn't attract small businesses), but at our recent Stompbox Exhibit we had the chance to familiarize with a really interesting boutique one, called Tomkat Pedals. The company seems dedicated to rei-imagining classic fuzz circuits and incorporating some more modern modifications to them. Their newest design is the Bender fuzz, their take on the venerable Sola Tonebender Mk II (considered by many one of the very first guitar pedals).... Click on the title for more

Boutique Pedal Manufacturers: TomKat Pedals

Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

Shoegazer is the only musical genre that derives its name from something related to stompboxes: its sound is marked by guitars (and also vocals) so heavily processed to require the use of several pedals during the live setting, which invariably forces musicians to pay a lot of attention to them: that's what they are "gazing" at in most cases, it ain't their pretty shoes. LG and his band Dead Leaf Echo have been gazing at these inspiring, colorful boxes for quite some time now, working in the meantime with producer John Fryer (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode) and opening for the likes of Psychedelic Furs, A Place To Bury Strangers and legendary British '90s shoegazers Chapterhouse. We thought musicians into the genre would be interested in knowing more about the band's "footware."
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Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

Featured Pedal: Vick Audio R-Comp

Many legendary pedals were created under the Ross brand, and their designs are still relevant and beloved by both gearheads and studio guys alike. One of their most famous was a compressor, simply called the “R-Comp,” which Gilbert, Arizona's manufacturer Vick Audio managed to recreate faithfully.... Click on the title for more

Featured Pedal: Vick Audio R-Comp

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb

Mr. Black, out of the great northwest, has been designing cutting-edge guitar pedals for a while now. Their latest innovation comes in the form of the Ambience Echoverb, born from the perfect marriage of a multi-tap delay and reverb. The Ambience falls somewhere between a delay, a reverb, and a modulation pedal capabale of conjuring up great ambient Edge-inspired sounds and equally at home on leads and rhythms.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb

Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015 Announced!

On the heels of the 4th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, which brought about a thousand visitors to Williamsburg's instrument store Main Drag Music on the weekend of October 25-26, The Deli Magazine is proud to announce the 1st Brooklyn Synth Expo, scheduled in that same location on December 06-07 from 12pm to 8pm.... Click on the title for more

Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015 Announced!

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process

Brainchild of singer Haleh Gafori and drummer Matt Kilmer, NYC's duo The Mast in the recent past has been developing their dream pop in a growingly electronic direction. The project has always been centered around Haleh's ethereal vocals and airy melodies and Matt's jungly, intricate beats (mostly played live), but the guitar that was resting on the singer's shoulder has been replaced by an electronic toy and an iPad, while the drummer's set up has changed radically, losing almost entirely the traditional drums, replaced by an intriguing hybrid featuring a mix of synths, tablets and exotic percussions. We thought this band would be perfect for our series of Q&A related to gear and the creative process.... Click on the title for more

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process

Boards at the Bklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2015

Here are all the boards of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2015!... Click on the title for more

Boards at the Bklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2015

Distortion board at the Bklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Here are the pedals hosted in our Distortion Mixed boards, part of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit at Williamsburg's Main Drag Music. There will be a few hundred pedals for guitarists to try, do not miss!... Click on the title for more

Distortion board at the Bklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Bass Boards at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Bass Players in the NYC area will be happy to know that we have three boards just for for them at this weekend's Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit: two dedicated boards by Eden Bass Amps and Whirlwind (pictured below), and a mixed board (pictured).... Click on the title for more

Bass Boards at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

New Pedals at the BKLYN Stompbox Exhibit 2015

Our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2015 is just around the corner, and it's time to highlight some of the hottest and newest pedals that you - stompbox geeks - will be able to meet at this sort of "speed-dating event" for pedal lovers.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals at the BKLYN Stompbox Exhibit 2015

New Pedals: Malekko’s Scrutator bit and sample rate reducer

No guitarist that is or was a Ministry fan can help but being intrigued by Malekko Heavy Industries' stompbox insanity (the company's owner is the band's bassist Paul Barker). Although bit reduction pedals - also called "lo-fi" - are not for all (tone purists in particular), Malekko's latest stompbox Scrutator offers a welcome upgrade to the concept, making it more musical and flexible than ever.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Malekko’s Scrutator bit and sample rate reducer