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High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

The Brooklyn-based quartet High Waisted is a fierce garage pop band that dwells in sunshine surf vibes. Though they draw from the sound of the mid-'60s, the four musicians are fearless in their determination to put their own quirky spin on each one of their tunes. The band is fronted by the formidable…Click on the title for more

High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Those wondering why there are so many emulations of the Ibanez Tube Screamer should find a final explanation in this chart of the best selling overdrive pedals of 2017: 35 years after its launch, the green stompbox known as TS9 is still the best selling guitar overdrive on the market,…Click on the title for more

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIso5qj4_lg One cool thing about Livingroom Gear Demos' "Best of Pedals" lists is that they always feature more than one unexpected stompbox - overdrives in particular. Here's Eirik's list of his favorite pedals of 2017 (from the video streaming at the bottom of this page). It's organized in our usual…Click on the title for more

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

BestGuitarEffects.com’s Best New Guitar Effects Pedals of 2017

Our friends at BestGuitarEffects.com just published two comprehensive lists of the best pedals of 2017 according to them and their readers - you can read it here!Click on the title for more

BestGuitarEffects.com’s Best New Guitar Effects Pedals of 2017

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

Brooklyn's post-hardcore/metal quartet Husbandry sounded pretty darn heavy on 2016's debut full length "Fera," but the 2017 EP "Bad Weeds Never Die" takes things to an entirely new level, with metal influences seemingly taking over emo and post-punk ones. Their distorted guitars, in this new record, are a lot more explosive…Click on the title for more

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

This blog and its blogger have seen a fair amount of gear in their lives, but an outboard rack effect that deals with distortion (not just saturation or subtle "warming") was missing from the list. This changed today, when, while looking into PA-based pedal builder smallsound/bigsound, we realized that its…Click on the title for more

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

A the end of each year, most of us enjoy reading "Best of" lists of all kinds - a habit that helps us simplify choices, in particular when faced with fields overcrowded with products (like the gain stompbox one!). Guitar critics can say whatever they want about what new pedals…Click on the title for more

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

Best 5 Stompboxes of 2017 according to The Tone Report

Andy from the The Tone Report / Reverb.com just published this video (also streaming at the bottom of this post) listing the Top 5 Pedals of 2017. For your convenience, we created this interactive gallery linking to all these pedals' demos. Catalinebread Belle Epoch Tape Echo Greer Amps Lamplighter Optical…Click on the title for more

Best 5 Stompboxes of 2017 according to The Tone Report

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

One of the coolest new pedals we were able to try at the latest L.A. Stompbox Exhibit was the Grain, a creation of California based manufacturer Nunomo, run by Japanese designer Ryosuke Kojima. This stompbox is an intriguing take on granular tremolo with added overdrive and pitch shifting circuits -…Click on the title for more

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

L.A. Stompbox Exhibit 2017’s Best Emerging Manufacturer Contest Results

The results for the Best Pedal Emerging Manufacturer Contest at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit 2017 are in! But, before we get to the results, a little explanation: WHAT IS THIS? The Stompbox Exhibit's "Best Emerging Pedal Manufacturer Contest" is an idea we launched in September of 2017 at the 7th…Click on the title for more

L.A. Stompbox Exhibit 2017’s Best Emerging Manufacturer Contest Results

All the boards of the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit 2017

Here are all the boards of the 2nd L.A. Stompbox Exhibit, organized analphabetically according to an entirely subjective impulse - crowd pictures of the event here! Thanks to Sam Ash and all the manufacturers and the pedal lovers who participated in this event, fun times were had by all, see you…Click on the title for more

All the boards of the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit 2017

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

We blogged about Canadian pedal manufacturers 6 Degrees FX a few months ago and were thoroughly impressed with the 3rd generation of their four pedal line, comprised exclusively of gain stompboxes. We are proud to announce that the company will unveil a new overdrive this coming weekend at our Los…Click on the title for more

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit