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Bands in the Studio: Skaters

" I am a big Electro Harmonics Memory Man fan." SKATERS excitedly pronounces their name repeatedly on landing on their nondescript website. But once you've seen the pizza-loving video for 'Schemers,' you'll get a better idea for the sense of humor the trio is capable of. Shooting toy guns through confetti-soaked…Click on the title for more

Bands in the Studio: Skaters

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Noise Gate

New York City based manufacturer Pigtronix has recently released a noise gate stompbox called The Gatekeeper. The pedal utilizes high speed J-Fet circuitry to quell any static or non-musical sounds from your signal path. With above the average headroom and wide range threshold control, the Gatekeeper enables fast and smooth…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Noise Gate

Z-Vex’s new Step Sequence Pedals with Midi Synch

Step sequence pedals have become quite trendy in the last few years, probably because of their ability to create intriguing textures that manifest themselves as some kind of happy accidents. I find it really useful to have a piece of gear that allows me to approach the creative process in…Click on the title for more

Z-Vex’s new Step Sequence Pedals with Midi Synch

Celestial Effects’ Cancer Wah The Fuzz

Sometimes affordable, simple, great sounding stompboxes give us exactly what we need today, but their one-trick-ponyness fails to keep us entertained for very long. That's why exploring a distortion pedal priced just short of $500 like the hand built Celestial Effects' Cancer Wah The Fuzz can actually make sense. Another plus is…Click on the title for more

Celestial Effects’ Cancer Wah The Fuzz

Brick + Mortar and the Recording Process

Brick + Mortar's favorite piece of gear: Roland SPD-SX " It’s a midi controller, sampler, 1 track recorder, and can trigger visuals if you like that kind of stuff. It’s the holy grail of gear for Brick + Mortar... " New Jersey rockers Brick + Mortar are a refreshingly new sounding…Click on the title for more

Brick + Mortar and the Recording Process

T-Rex Effects releases multi-boutique effect Magnus

Danish effect manufacturer T-Rex Effects, in partnership with Guitar Center, announced today the new co-developed Magnus boutique tone controller, which will be available exclusively through the mighty musical instrument retailer and its online subsidiary Musicians Friend. This new pedal represents an interesting format, since it's a collection of five custom…Click on the title for more

T-Rex Effects releases multi-boutique effect Magnus

Amptweaker introduces FatRock Distortion – a TightRock evolution

We became acquainted with Ohio based manufacturer Amptweaker - run by ex Peavey amp engineer James Brown - at our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit last year, when we had the pleasure to display two of their pedals. Being mainly an amp designer, James makes stompboxes from a different vintage point than most…Click on the title for more

Amptweaker introduces FatRock Distortion – a TightRock evolution

Pedaltrain Volto – Powering Pedals Wirelessly

If you followed our recent Stompbox Exhibit at Summer NAMM 2013 (pictures here), you may have noticed these little white Pedaltrain boxes next to the pedalboards. Those things are called "Volto" and they actually powered most pedals during the show (not the 12v ones), and in most cases one of them…Click on the title for more

Pedaltrain Volto – Powering Pedals Wirelessly

SNAMM Exhibit 2013 – The Boards

See here, organized alphabetically. And thanks to our sponsors Shure Headphones, PreSonus Headphone Preamps, Pedaltrain Pedalboards, Reverend Guitars, Mogami Cables, Line 6 Pod, and Guitar Moose Picks!!! BearFoot FX BearFoot FX's moment to remember was when legendary guitarist Adrian Belew (Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Nine Inch Nails + more) visited the booth - he has two…Click on the title for more

SNAMM Exhibit 2013 – The Boards

Stompbox Exhibit at SNAMM – interview with TSVG’s owner

Nashville, TN - Last week The Deli and Delicious Audio debuted their Stompbox Exhibit at NAMM during the summer leg of the musical merchants convention hosted in Nashville TN. The main goal of this exhibit was to allow smaller guitar pedal manufacturers to be present at the most important show…Click on the title for more

Stompbox Exhibit at SNAMM – interview with TSVG’s owner

At the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit 2013: DMB Pedals and the Lunar Echo

Founded in 2007 by Mike Blakemore and Daniel Minton and with an operational base split between Oklahoma City and Nashville, DMB Pedals is what we call an 'emerging-but-already-quite-established' stompbox manufacturer. DMB's mission is to offer original and inspiring hand made pedals (no clones), and will be showcasing all their ten creations…Click on the title for more

At the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit 2013: DMB Pedals and the Lunar Echo

At the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit 2013: TSVG Pedals, Angry Jeff and The Slow Ride

Philly based TSVG Pedals (another boutique manufacturer involved in our upcoming Summer NAMM Stompbox Exhibit) believe that every circuit is a work of art, and that is why they take the time to build all their pedals point-to-point - and in the US. Quality components found in classic vintage gear are…Click on the title for more

At the SNAMM Stompbox Exhibit 2013: TSVG Pedals, Angry Jeff and The Slow Ride