//

gear giveaway

Author Archive

The Old-Timey Single Mic Technique

If you are into folk music, you may have noticed that more and more revival country bands share just one microphone on stage - we witnessed that ourselves when Spirit Family Reunion (pictured) played our NYC B.E.A.F. at Brooklyn Bowl last June. This is an old-fashioned technique that still works wonderfully (also visually) for a genre as communal as folk music, with the added bonus of allowing musicians to control their voices (and the lead instruments') volumes by moving closer or farther from the mic.... Click on the title for more

The Old-Timey Single Mic Technique

Pedal Reviews: MI Effects Super Crunch Box

Why mince words – either buy an expensive all-tube Marshall stack or the MI Audio Super Crunch Box. I am fortunate enough to have a fair number of pedals shipped to me to try, and the Super Crunch Box is the first one that found a permanent place in my rig on day one – I’m not prone to hyperbole, it’s just that good. Combining a wide variety of outstanding and easy to dial in tones with a modest price tag (retail $150), this pedal is as close to a must-have as it gets for anyone looking for warm, searing distortion. ... Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: MI Effects Super Crunch Box

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Electro Harmonix has been quiet on the distortion front for a while until what will probably be remembered as... the summer 2014 DISTORTION EXPLOSION! We already blogged about the East River Drive and the reissue of the Hot Tubes just a few months (if not weeks) ago, and here we are again with some newer news. ... Click on the title for more

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Pictures of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013!

Check them out on the Stompbox Exhibit's Facebook profile.... Click on the title for more

Pictures of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013!

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Québécoise stompbox builder SolidGoldFX's goal is to make (hand made) pedals that blend the warmth and feel of the best vintage effects with the clarity, response, and tone expected from modern day electronics. They also have a custom shop for some more wild and personalized creations. Their latest effect is the Zeta Superdrive, a fine tuned variation of their classic SuperDrive.... Click on the title for more

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

New Pedals: Keeley Electronics Seafoam Chorus

Oklahoma based manufacturer Keeley Electronics is an established name in the world of guitar pedals, offering both original effects and mods, with a particular attention towards the process of "discovery" of the right component for each tonal idea they are trying to achieve.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Keeley Electronics Seafoam Chorus

Build your own pedals with MOD Kits DIY

Those who combine a passion for stompboxes with some kind of electrical engineering expertise will - at some point - want to try to build their own pedals. MOD Kits DIY facilitates this process for the uninitiated, by selling pedals the way Ikea would, instructions included.... Click on the title for more

Build your own pedals with MOD Kits DIY

Walrus Audio at Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Based in Norman, Oklahoma, stompbox manufacturer Walrus Audio has made a name for itself in the last few years through a series of pedals that sound great, and in some cases feature some completely unexpected twists. The stompbox that obviously sticks out in their current "roster" is the Janus, a tremolo/fuzz featuring two... joysticks?!?... Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio at Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

In case you're in any doubt what genre the T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive's designers had in mind, it's blue. It's also pretty expensive, at $279. Does the world need another expensive blues overdrive? That's between you and your credit card, but if you are in the market for a professional-sounding overdrive, the Alberta II might be for you.
It's actually two pedals in one, hence the II. What you get is identical controls for both sides — dual levels drives and tones, which double as the pedal's “on” lights. “I” is a more compressed tube-under-duress sound, and “II” sounds pretty much the same but opens things up a bit, like an old Marshall and an old Fender. Oddly, it isn't possible to cascade one channel into the other, Stevie Ray Vaughan-style, and it won't distort that much, but when you get past the pedal's limitations, meandering into its possibilities is like finding an Eames chair when you expected a rocket-powered barstool.... Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

MOOG’s MiniFoogers at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

There was buzz building on the internet about the new MOOG stompboxes weeks before the Asheville manufacturer announced them. This new line consists of 5 analog pedal effects called Minifoogers: The MF Drive, MF Delay, MF Trem, MF Boost, and MF Ring. Assembled by hand at the Moog factory in downtown Ashville, NC, the Minifoogers are a big step into the market of the more streamlined stompboxes for a manufacturer that used to focus mostly on deep, complex "mastodon" effects, featureing tons of options and knobs but a little intimidating. If these boxes will be able to keep up with MOOG's legendary reputation, they could do really well, even at a price approaching $200 each.... Click on the title for more

MOOG’s MiniFoogers at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

VL Effects is a Paris based manufacturer of guitar pedals founded in 1982 by electronic engineer Vincent Loret. His "shop" offers a range of high quality pedals from stock ones to fully customized and "personalized" effects and pedalboards.... Click on the title for more

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

HUGE PEDAL GIVEAWAY! [ended]

Delicious Stompers, To promote our upcoming Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit at Main Drag Music we are launching a ginormous giveaway involving many of the participating manufacturers. HOW DOES IT WORK In the list below, each item links to a web page (mostly Facebook posts) where you can find instructions on how to apply to win that single pedal. Follow link and directions to submit!... Click on the title for more

HUGE PEDAL GIVEAWAY! [ended]