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The Deli’s Stompbox Exhibit at SXSW 2014

A TON OF PEDALS, AT SXSW - free show open to the public! - Manufacturers interested in participating please contact Paolo. Musicians, please signup HERE to get updates about our events, or like us on Facebook! FACEBOOK EVENT HERE - RSVP! --------------------- Austin, TX - In March 2014 The Deli's Stompbox Exhibit - a free, interactive, in-the-headphones…Click on the title for more

The Deli’s Stompbox Exhibit at SXSW 2014

Pedal Review: Dutch Kazoo Fuzz

The greatest pitfall of many boutique pedals is over-indulgence; putting together a pedal that is physically and sonically unique enough to stand apart from its competition and simultaneously triumphs as a marvel of effect trailblazing is no easy task. This often warrants inclusion of too many clashing features within a…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Dutch Kazoo Fuzz

Seen at NAMM: Dwarfcraft Devices Memento Prototype

One of the most fun tricks we learned in our youth from great indie bands like The Pixies and R.E.M is to use the guitar's pickup switches to turn the long notes on-and-off, generating some sort of manually controlled square tremolo effect. But what about having a stompbox that lets you…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Dwarfcraft Devices Memento Prototype

Seen at NAMM: Stomp Labs’ MaX O.D. – expression madness!

MaX O.D., part of an upcoming series called "XPressWay," which is said to produce "the world's first fully expression enabled guitar pedals." The MaX O.D. sounds good, but what's really mind blowing about it is what it lets you do to control it - something that opens a lot of…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Stomp Labs’ MaX O.D. – expression madness!

Stompbox Exhibit at NAMM 2014 – Booth 1472 in Hall E!

The Deli’s Stompbox Exhibits have become a crucial component to what The Deli does, and thanks to the interest they triggered among pedal lovers and also in social media, they are slowly becoming an event that’s recognized by most musicians in the US. In 2013, we brought this pedal expo…Click on the title for more

Stompbox Exhibit at NAMM 2014 – Booth 1472 in Hall E!

Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

The smallsound/bigsound's Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine has all the features of a classic germanium fuzz pedal, but includes a few interesting quirks that lift it a cut above other comparable stompboxes. The interface is easy to understand after a short amount of tinkering, with a dry channel controlled by volume and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

Recording Tips: Editing Live Drums

The most important thing when editing multi-track drum recordings is to make sure you ALWAYS cut, paste and move around ALL the drum tracks at once - DAWs have ways to group them to facilitate this. After you do that you can start cutting and moving hits that are late…Click on the title for more

Recording Tips: Editing Live Drums

MOOER Spark Series

There is obviously a competition among stompbox manufacturers these days to see who can build the guitar pedals with the smallest footprint, and it seems like Chinese builder MOOER is comfortably in the lead. After releasing, in recent years, a ridicolous amount of tiny rectangular pedals for every taste (called…Click on the title for more

MOOER Spark Series

Stationary Set’s Recording Process

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Stationary Set’s Recording Process

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz

Eccentrics sure know how to get noticed, which is an important first promotional step. Then - if they are talented - people will remember them, otherwise they won't. Jack White doesn't need introductions, but the announcement that his record label Third Man Records released a... guitar pedal is so surreal…Click on the title for more

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

Being based in Tasmania is definitely not an advantage for a pedal manufacturer. Oh, yeah, no... Tasmania (where Selah Effects is) is not in Africa, it's in Australia, right there. And the biggest market for guitar pedals is about half a world from there, right here. These two locations are…Click on the title for more

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

Death By Audio announces Ghost Delay – a triple delay pedal

If you have "extreme" pretty much tattooed on your DNA, you are bound to come up with some pretty interesting ideas. Brooklynite Oliver Ackman doesn't conceal his interest for sonic excess, both with his break out band A Place to Bury Strangers and with his Death By Audio stompboxes. The…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio announces Ghost Delay – a triple delay pedal