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How to Use Overdrive with Acoustic Guitar

Overdrive is a natural fit with electric guitars. But when used sparingly, it can also lend a bit of gritty warmth to an acoustic guitar and give your tone more mass and power. Acoustic guitarists who use overdrive pedals onstage include Howie Day, Joseph Arthur, Damien Rice, Phil Keaggy, John…Click on the title for more

How to Use Overdrive with Acoustic Guitar

Q&A about Ernie Ball’s New Expression Tremolo

Since 2016, Ernie Ball brought a new dimension to effect pedals with its Expression Overdrive and Ambient Delay. Both feature a built-in treadle that lets the player control various parameters and interact with the effects in musically expressive ways. While many modern pedals offer expression control via an external pedal,…Click on the title for more

Q&A about Ernie Ball’s New Expression Tremolo

Wampler Releases Reflection Reverb and EQuator EQ Pedals

Brian Wampler and the folks at Wampler Pedals have just announced the availability of the two new pedals we had the privilege to demo at our NAMM booth earlier this year: the Reflection reverb and the EQuator EQ pedal. Both pedals list for $199.97 and feature convenient top-mounted jacks, high-grade…Click on the title for more

Wampler Releases Reflection Reverb and EQuator EQ Pedals

The Five Best Pedals for Reggae

Next to metal, reggae is perhaps the most influential music genre to have entered our culture from another. Jazz, blues, rock, punk, rap…each grew up in its own U.S. subculture, while metal was a predominantly British creation. Reggae, on the other hand, was born in Jamaica in late 1968 and…Click on the title for more

The Five Best Pedals for Reggae

Ernie Ball Expression Tremolo

Ernie Ball has introduced the Expression Tremolo pedal, the latest addition to its Expression Series. Like other pedals in the series, it’s housed in the Expression chassis, which lets you blend in the effect via the unit’s rocker pedal. Expression Tremolo has controls for Depth, Rate, Waveshape and Reverb. The five…Click on the title for more

Ernie Ball Expression Tremolo

If you’re seeking pedal tones from someone who’s crafted guitar gear for the stars, Suhr Guitars is a great place to start your search. Based in Lake Elsinore, California, the company was founded by famed guitar builder John Suhr, who’s created guitars, amps and effects for players that include Dire…Click on the title for more

Manufacturers Profile: Suhr Guitars

Mooer Audio Introduces Three New Micro Preamp Guitar Pedals

Mooer Audio has added another three classic preamp tones to its growing line of micro preamp pedals. These latest additions include the Cali-Dual (011), the Fried Mien (012) and the Matchbox (013). The Cali-Dual is based on a Mesa Dual Rectifier, the Fried Mien recreates the preamp of a Friedman…Click on the title for more

Mooer Audio Introduces Three New Micro Preamp Guitar Pedals

Inside Seymour Duncan’s “Dynamic Expression” pedals; the Silver Lake Reverb

Seymour Duncan brought a new dimension to delay in 2017 with the Andromeda delay, a fully programmable digital workhorse packed with eight types of delay, echo and repeats. What made the Andromeda unique was its use of Dynamic Expression, Seymour Duncan’s proprietary feature that allows the pedal to respond to…Click on the title for more

Inside Seymour Duncan’s “Dynamic Expression” pedals; the Silver Lake Reverb

The Wah Pedal Inductor: The Secret to Your Favorite Wah Tone

Interested in wah pedals? Check out our comprehensive Best Wah Pedals guide. --- The wah pedal has been with us since 1967, and like most effects, it’s undergone changes during its long run. Some of the most tonally significant revisions have involved the wah inductor. Of all the components in…Click on the title for more

The Wah Pedal Inductor: The Secret to Your Favorite Wah Tone

Johnny Wator started Daredevil Pedals in 2012 as a matter of necessity. Wators’ latest creation is the Almighty Bass Fuzz, which made its debut at Winter NAMM 2018. Based on his original design circuit, the Almighty Bass Fuzz delivers biting and thick gain and has tonal options to cover a…Click on the title for more

Boutique Manufacturers Profile: Daredevil Pedals

Five Easy Guitar Pedal Hacks You Need to Know

PHOTO: ArtBrom | Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Anyone who owns guitar pedals has dealt with power-supply issues and faulty connections. If you have even a handful of stompboxes and use a pedalboard, locating the source of these problems can be frustrating and time-consuming. Fortunately, there are a few so-called pedal hacks you…Click on the title for more

Five Easy Guitar Pedal Hacks You Need to Know

LunaStone True Overdrive 1

Our dude Eric Merrow just posted this video of the Lunastone True Overdrive 1, check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJRnnMTUiY And here's the video by Living Room Demos. Guitar: Gibson CS R4 Les Paul Amp: Tone King 20th Anniversary Imperial Cables: Toaster Cables - http://www.toastercables.com/ Patch cables: Mulder Audio - http://www.mulderaudio.com/ https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_5uiHtT4Hc…Click on the title for more

LunaStone True Overdrive 1