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Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar tone is a neverending source of inspiration for blues guitarists, and the Pedal Pawn BluesPrint, a dual channel overdrive with a Tube Screamer on side 1 and a Blues Breaker on side 2 - promises authentic SRV tone on the first channel, thanks to access granted to the builder to a unit used by the legendary musician that was probably used during the mythical El Mocambo performance.... Click on the title for more
If you've been dreaming of being able to play through a legendary optical studio compressor during live performances or rehearsals, today is a good day. The Universal Audio UAFX Teletronix LA-2A Pedal lets you do exactly that, through a meticulous recreation of that venerable rack unit in pedal format.... Click on the title for more
The All Pedal Slamurai is an overdrive pedal that comes either fully built or a as DIY kit. With its 3-band EQ, soft footswitch, top-mounted jacks and sleek graphics, this is no rudimentary pedal, but a fully-fledged modern high gain overdrive that gets good reviews from metal tone connoisseurs. It does clean boost well too.... Click on the title for more
The Catalinbread CBX is the second pedal released this year that does something quite unusual for a stompbox: gated reverb. This is a type of reverb that cuts out the tail end of the effect rather soon, creating an interesting angular reflection. It had its heyday in the '80s when Phil Collins pioneered it on some of his famous pop hits.
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