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Oldies but Goldies: BBE Freq Booster

The now discontinued BBE Freq Boost is an interesting proposition for the vintage crowd: How far will you go to recreate the sound of the 1960s and 1970s? First a little background: The Freq Boost is a treble booster, which is essentially a precursor to the now-ubiquitous overdrive pedal. Guitarists…Click on the title for more

Oldies but Goldies: BBE Freq Booster

TC Electronic Polytune: a dream comes true.

We finally managed to put our hands on a TC Polytune - people at the Winter NAMM show back in January were pretty excited about this little white box. What makes this tuner truly revolutionary is the fact that it is poly-chromatic, providing the ability to tune all strings concurrently:…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Polytune: a dream comes true.

Maxon OD-820 Overdrive

The Maxon OD-820’s color—vibrant pea green—announces right off the bat that this pedal is from the same neighborhood as the classic Tube Screamer. But the DNA runs even deeper than that. Maxon pedals come from the same factory that made the original Tube Screamers, which Maxon sometimes built for Ibanez.…Click on the title for more

Maxon OD-820 Overdrive

Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy

The classic Electro Harmonix Memory Man series pedals are simply some of the best sounding analog delays ever made. The only problem is that they are HUGE, occupying about a third of the space of an average pedal board! The Memory Boy took a step back by removing level/gain knob,…Click on the title for more

Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy

Upcoming from Tech 21: Red Ripper for Bass

Tech 21 just unveiled a new distortion pedal for bass called Red Ripper, here's a quick peek at how it sounds + some details about the specks. • All-analog bass distortion with aggressive tones and vintage filter-style effects, • The R.I.P. knob, in conjunction with the drive, can create a range…Click on the title for more

Upcoming from Tech 21: Red Ripper for Bass

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone & Aria Disnortion Reviews

Obsessed with extending the expressive range of the guitar, I compulsively investigate gear that claims it can. I put Pigtronix, a company obsessed with ensuring a future of enhanced guitar expressiveness, to the test with their budget conscious Aria Disnortion overdrive+3 band EQ, and the Philosopher's Tone compression/sustain synthesizer pedals.…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone & Aria Disnortion Reviews

Pedal Review: Line 6 FM4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJJL175iL4Q Line 6 excels at packaging the best elements from a collection of vintage analog effects into a single digital stompbox. Their classic "green delay pedal" (DL4) is one of the most versatile delay modelers/loopers available. While the FM4 Filter Modeler is not as user-friendly or universally appealing as the…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Line 6 FM4

Eventide Pitchfactor Review

The PitchFactor is a “Best of” of Eventide's long history of harmonizers, and of all the 'Factor' series pedals, this one probably had to be simplified the most from its rack inspirations. Providing 10 different patches of pitch shifters and harmonizers, the PitchFactor shares a common setup and interface with…Click on the title for more

Eventide Pitchfactor Review

Great Guitar Pedals: Diamond Memory Lane 2

The Diamond Memory Lane 2 is a lush and expressive 100% analog delay pedal capable of producing some very convincing tape-style delays, consistently rich tones, and crazy spaceship noises. Equipped with an easily accessible tap-tempo switch, quarter note delays and triplet/U2 rhythms can be tapped in on the fly. The…Click on the title for more

Great Guitar Pedals: Diamond Memory Lane 2

Review: Malekko Barker Assmaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhXMBPSskI The Barker Assmaster from Malekko Heavy Industry is a hand built clone of the Maestro Bass Brassmaster harmonic octave fuzz. This updated version supplies the same classic fuzz tones as the original in a modern, rugged and reliable package. Although aimed at bassists, this pedal performs equally well on…Click on the title for more

Review: Malekko Barker Assmaster

The Martini Analog Chorus

In the contemporary boutique effects community, the hippest stomp-boxes offer bizarre and unprecedented ways to thoroughly dismember one’s guitar signal. Conversely, traditional effects like phasers and vibratos have become about as sexy as huge crimped hair and shoulder pads. The chorus pedal, like the floyd-rose tremolo and 12-string bass guitar…Click on the title for more

The Martini Analog Chorus

Pedal Review: Devi Ever’s Eye of God

Devi Ever is creating effects unlike most we’ve ever seen. Based out of Portland this one-woman show is breaking new ground with every product she produces. The Eye of God , a feedback loop equipped with a light sensing photo eye, is no exception. Although it produces no sound of its…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Devi Ever’s Eye of God