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Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Emerging from the ashes of previous incarnation Religious to Damn, Zorah Atash and Joshua Strawn have spent the last year creating a compelling new sound and image as Azar Swan. ... Click on the title for more

Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Godlyke has announced the release of seven new pedals designed to reproduce the unique sounds of the world’s most desirable vintage fuzz pedals called Maxon Fuzz Elements. ... Click on the title for more

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

This is one of those projects that's seemed to come out of nowhere but now it's everywhere.Baby Alpaca, originally from Ohio, this Brooklyn-based duo is currently recording a full length album to be released on Atlas Chair.... Click on the title for more

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

I played bass in a band in high school, but because I was 16, I wasn't familiar with the concept of discretion and constantly played through a cheap fuzz pedal with all the knobs turned all the way up. My band mates would complain that I was too loud and all the songs lost their fullness without the low end... but I wanted so badly to be heard in the forefront! If I had been playing through the El Rey Lucha Fuzz, all my problems w ould have been avoided.... Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

As you probably know, at our Stompbox Exhibits we always have some mixed boards organized by kind of effect - this year Guitar World had also their featured mixed boards.
DISTORTION/FUZZ BOARD

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Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer

Lotus Pedal Designs is a Minnesota based stompbox manufacturer that focuses on the beauty of simplicity. Designer Sean Earspamer's credo, “I design Lotus pedals to be simple, because I want to keep your focus on playing guitar, not fiddling with your gear” is readily apparent just from looking at any of the products, all of which use single unit housing and minimal knobs. Of course, the simplicity of function rather than form is what gives these pedals their charm though, and their latest, the SnowJob Dual Mode Underdrive, is a perfect example: the simple concept of an underdrive (instead of driving the amp like an overdrive, it drives the guitar, which fills the space between the notes with harmonic content) implemented into a simple design for simple and effective use. - Eric Werner... Click on the title for more

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer

Manufacturer Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Take a look at all the manufacturer boards present at our SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014. ... Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Wattson FX is a California based team of developers that specializes in reproduction: they take schematics of classic pedals and revamp them with modern electronics in order to give players the chance to play through legendary stomp-boxes for a fraction of the price. Brimming with confidence, the Wattson Escape Velocity Overdrive, based off of the Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer, is the self-proclaimed “…Tube Screamer that Ibanez wishes it had built” - featuring (according to the manufacturer) better bass response, more headroom, and an extra row of controls (the "O2" knob and "Trajectory" switch) that respectively changes the level at which the overdrive circuit begins to clip, and allow you to disable the parts of the circuit that cause the infamous Tube Screamer "mid hump." ... Click on the title for more

Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Know Your Filters: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass, Resonance.

Electronic music wouldn't sound much different from its electric sister if filters hadn't been invented. A filter is a frequency amplifier (or "tamer") device, i.e. an effect that operates on the frequencies of a sound - it can boost them, cut them or mute them, but it can't create ones that don't exist in the original. So it's basically just an EQ, although one that gets used for sci-fi sounding effects rather than for improving the quality of recordings (like during the mixing process).... Click on the title for more

Know Your Filters: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass, Resonance.

The Deli’s Stompbox Exhibit at SXSW 2014

Austin, TX - In March 2014 The Deli's Stompbox Exhibit - a free, interactive, in-the-headphones display of guitar effect pedals - will travel to Austin for its first official involvement in the SXSW's Music Gear Expo, part of the big music festival hosted by the Texan city that week. ... 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 single housing, which is why I was so surprised by the Dutch Kazoo’s approach to the fuzz pedal. Its simplicity piqued my interest, and its attention to detail instantly won me over.... 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, which generates some sort of manually controlled square tremolo effect. But what about having a stompbox that does exactly that and adds some extra features to it? Enter Memento, a prototype Dwarfcraft Devices presented at Winter NAMM 2014. This is a simple pedal for the creative guitarists, that features a "Kill" footswitch on the right - which doesn't lock and turns the sound off when pushed - and a "Recall" one on the left - which basically has the function to loop whatever on/off pattern you created with the Kill button.... Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Dwarfcraft Devices Memento Prototype