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Fredric Effects announces 3 new pedals

North London pedal (hand)builder Fredric Effects specializes in stompboxes that are small in size, simple in use, tastefully decorated and reasonably priced. They recently announced three new pedals - check out the demos below! The 'West Germany Vintage Tremolo' is a classic tremolo effect, rich with with warmth and musicality. It reworks…Click on the title for more

Fredric Effects announces 3 new pedals

TEEN and the Recording Process

" Great drum machine... the sounds are wacky and tunable " A former member of ambient indie pop group Here We Go Magic, Teeny Lieberson formed TEEN in 2011. Her sisters Katherine and Lizzie and friend Jane Herships completed the line-up, and the group started exploring Teeny’s musical interests, which had veered from the…Click on the title for more

TEEN and the Recording Process

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide

Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was The Great Divide... Over three years in development, this pedal (aka the TWA GD-02) combines classic analog octave division with proprietary synth technology to create a powerful tool for musical expression. It features five independent voices that can be continuously blended for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide

Human Factor in Electronic Drum Loops

My feeling as a music producer is that in Electronic Music today there is WAAAY too much to-the-beat quantization. For the uninitiated, “quantizing” is the process of aligning the hits of a musical phrase to the song tempo and its subdivisions (quarters, eights of a note etc). Sure, there are…Click on the title for more

Human Factor in Electronic Drum Loops

Band in the Studio: Aye Nako

" We use Fender Deville guitar amps, and used several big muff pedals for recording and live guitar." Say what you will of Pitchfork (we kind of detest their judgmental, patronizing, 'this-is-the-truth-period'' style reviews), but it's commendable that they still manage to highlight albums and artists that are seemingly coming…Click on the title for more

Band in the Studio: Aye Nako

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibt 2013 Announced!

OVER 250 PEDALS! RSVP HERE - PEDAL GIVEAWAY HERE DIRECTIONS TO MAIN DRAG MUSIC HERE -------------- The Deli, Delicious Audio, and Main Drag Music are proud to present the 3rd edition of The NYC StompBox Exhibit, a free for all interactive display of guitar effect pedals. are proud to present the 3rd edition of The NYC Stompbox Exhibit, a…Click on the title for more

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibt 2013 Announced!

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.

Browsing through our Facebook news, we stumbled upon BZZT Electronic's new pedal called SELEKTOR 16. This is a Fuzz Overdrive containing 4 couples of transistors sourced from around the world. Interestingly, the four circuits are named after the countries they were manufactured in: USA, Europe, Russia and Japan. By mixing and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.

Pedal Reviews: Maxon AD10 Delay and ASC10 Chorus

Maxon has been cranking out guitar effects for nearly as long as the idea has been around. With all of the years designing quality stompboxes it should come as no surprise that their new compact series effects, the AD10 Analog Delay and ASC10 Ambient Stereo Chorus, jam incredible sonics into…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Maxon AD10 Delay and ASC10 Chorus

A noteworthy Tremolo: Red Witch Pentavocal

Simple but infinitely charming, Tremolo is an effect that never seems to go out of fashion, making its way in most musical genres, from folk to... industrial. There are a bunch of rather unique tremolo pedals out there, and the Red Witch Pentavocal is definitely one of those. This stompbox…Click on the title for more

A noteworthy Tremolo: Red Witch Pentavocal

EHX releases nano re-issue of Hot Tubes

"Vintage" is a word that keeps inspiring many guitarists (and collectors of all kinds). Electro Harmonix, one of the very first manufacturers to unleash the creative possibilities of the stompbox format, has a series of pedals that can be filed under that category, and the 1970s Overdrive CMOS Hot Tubes…Click on the title for more

EHX releases nano re-issue of Hot Tubes

Option Knob introduces the VKnob – Volume Knob

The ideal controller for our guitar pedals' knobs would be some kind of sci-fi brainwave sensor that telepathically changes the settings effortlessly, exactly the way we want, while we focus on playing. While waiting for somebody to come up with that device, we should be happy there's an affordable solution…Click on the title for more

Option Knob introduces the VKnob – Volume Knob

TWA announces “Space Cadette” compact line of pedals

Compact stompboxes are setting the guitar pedal world's abuzz these days, and after products from Malekko, Mooer, TC Electronic, Barber and a few others, it's now TWA pedals' turn to announce a line of small footprint devices, called "Space Cadette." These new mini effects will be available in the fall…Click on the title for more

TWA announces “Space Cadette” compact line of pedals