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Pedal News: Xotic SP Compressor

The new Xotic SP Compressor offers the same OTA (operational trans-conductance amplifier) technology used in what many guitar players consider the best compressor ever, the Ross Compressor. This new SP Compressor reportedly has superb tone quality featuring a wide variety of compressor tones from vintage, to subtle, to modern and…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Xotic SP Compressor

Pedal News: Visual Sound Time Bandit

The new Time Bandit from Visual Sound controls your tap tempo delay pedal with a click track: dial it in with a BPM generator, and will work with just about any delay pedal that has an "external tap tempo" jack. Whether you have the Visual Sound Dual Tap Delay, a…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Visual Sound Time Bandit

Pedal News: Catalinbread Callisto Chorus/Vibrato

Now for a modern spin on the Chorus/Vibrato pedal using vintage chips. Catalinbread recently released its Callisto Chorus/Vibrato pedal. Based on a 4-knob simple interface, this Chorus/Vibrato pedal can go from subtle and shimmer to rotary speaker-like to off-kilter warping/warble sounds. A twist of the Density knob continuously adjusts the…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Catalinbread Callisto Chorus/Vibrato

Retro Corner: Uni-Vibe

The Uni-Vibe was introduced in the 1960s by Shin-ei, and was intended to emulate the "Doppler sound" of a Leslie speaker. It is a footpedal-operated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. Despite not being used to recreate the Leslie, it has…Click on the title for more

Retro Corner: Uni-Vibe

Pedal Review: T-Rex Roommate Junior

Most Digital Reverb Stomp Boxes attempt to recreate the authentic sounds of the classic Spring Reverb, but then provide other options utilizing the convenience and diversity of digital modeling. The reverb pedal on my bench today is called the Roommate Junior by T-Rex of Denmark, and it’s based on the…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: T-Rex Roommate Junior

Electro Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai

The Electro Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai is a stereo looper/delay pedal bursting with exciting features - in fact “Hazarai” is a Yiddish word that roughly translates as ‘everything but the kitchen sink’. To put into perspective just how much you’re getting for you’re money, the Electro Harmonix stereo…Click on the title for more

Electro Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai

T-Rex Tap Tone Delay Review

Boutique purists must have winced when Danish pedal maker T-Rex partnered with Guitar Center on four new pedals, but judging by the Tap Tone Delay (TTD), they don’t need to worry. At $169, the TTD is at least a Benjamin short of T-Rex’s regular pricing, but its makers don’t seem to have cut many…Click on the title for more

T-Rex Tap Tone Delay Review

Maxon RTO700 Review

This summer, Maxon released the latest in a line of great overdrive pedals, the RTO700. The “RTO” stands for real tube overdrive, and indeed houses a tiny dual triode preamp tube instead of the usual clipping diode. Maxon certainly isn’t the first manufacturer to use real tubes in its overdrive…Click on the title for more

Maxon RTO700 Review

Oldie but Goldie: Ibanez DE-7 delay

The Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo is part of Ibanez’s Tone-Lok series of effects. At the time of their release, these pedals were geared toward the upcoming Nu-Metal scene but they have found their way onto the pedal boards of many different musicians due to their sturdy construction and great sounds. The…Click on the title for more

Oldie but Goldie: Ibanez DE-7 delay

Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic and Twin Tube Blues

Seymour Duncan’s Twin Tube series are tube powered preamp/overdrive pedals. They come in three flavors: “Blues”, “Classic”, and “Mayhem”! Each of the two-channel pedals are powered by a pair of mil-spec (Military Spec), subminiature (very small), USA-made Phillips-Sylvania® dual triode tubes. According to Duncan, “Too often, inexpensive tube gear runs…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic and Twin Tube Blues

Digitech JamMan Stereo Looper / Phrase Sampler

The face of live music is constantly evolving and more and more performers are relying on modern technology to stay competitive. Expensive computer based DAW systems are finding their way onto stages accompanying a wide range of artists in almost every genre closing the gap between live performance and studio…Click on the title for more

Digitech JamMan Stereo Looper / Phrase Sampler

Pedal Review: Hardwire RV-7 Reverb

The Hardwire line of Guitar Effect Pedals is made with the touring musician in mind. They are solidly built and full of useful extras (see upcoming full review of the full set for details). The promotional materials for the company's reverb pedal RV-7 regularly and enthusiastically tout Hardwire’s partnership with…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Hardwire RV-7 Reverb