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This year's NAMM has brought us some new gadgets we want to get our paws on. Here's one that stood out from the crowd- the Empress Effects' Stereo Buffer Plus.
As the name implies, it's a double buffer unit in one box, set up for stereo, and probably the ultimate in analog I/O for the guitarist. It offers all the features of their standard Buffer Plus (input pad/instrument loading/30 dB of boost, tuner path, etc.) with added lil' goodies, such as an assignable foot switch - A/B or A/Y mode. One output is transformer isolated, both channels offer several bands of noise filtration per the original, plus there are multi-impedance options on the first input.... Click on the title for more
We saw many, many, many, waaay too many interesting things at NAMM this year, but what really fired our imagination was ZVex's midi triggered light show system - which also includes stompboxes of course - although we haven't yet figured out yet what those pedals do exactly... what's for sure, is that you can't connect them to your amp (unless you put a light inside it).... Click on the title for more
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Now here’s a clever pedal that was a blast to demo. Frankly, the Amzel Cheshire Cat Tone Evaporator is just a great idea in terms of a new way to think about distortion. To visualize how this pedal works, start off by imagining a traditional sound wave as a starting point. It’s nice and round and symmetrical, right? Then, think about traditional distortion. It occurs when the wave gets clipped at the top and bottom peaks of the wave where it effectively becomes a plateau.... Click on the title for more
Now here’s a clever pedal that was a blast to demo. Frankly, the Amzel 
Just in time to stuff those stockings and with another stompbox, DigiTech has a new one out that will catch your attention both sonically and visually. In early November, DigiTech launched their new Polara Stereo Reverb pedal, which not only delivers seven settings of studio quality reverbs but it also comes encased in a notably hallucinatory design.
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MXR pedals have been among the best selling stompboxes in the past decade, and the brains behind the US brand - originally based in Rochester, NY, but now owned by California based Dunlop Manufacturing - must have thought that a little bit of Italian (sonic) flair might be something good to keep the guitarists' interest alive.... Click on the title for more
