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Hungry Robot The Monastery

One of the edgiest "emerging" manufacturers of guitar pedals, Hungry Robot specializes in effects that sound, in two words, droney and ambient-y. Most spaces used for religious functions (or retreats) tend to transform any sound into a cascade of ghostly reflections, so we are not surprised by the fact that…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot The Monastery

Overlake’s Pedals and Creative Process

Overlake specializes in serving up gazey and delicious tracks that showcase strong songwriting chops. Though there’s enough wall-of-sound goodness to sink your teeth into, the band also manages to meld upbeat, indie-inspired choruses that you may find echoing up in the space between your ears all day. We asked them…Click on the title for more

Overlake’s Pedals and Creative Process

Win $2k+ in Pedals through the BK Stompbox Exhibit!

The thing with guitar pedals is that (like Depeche Mode used to sing in that paradoxically guitarless song): we "just can't get enough" (of them)... can we? That's why winning this giveaway linked to our 7th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit might be good for you, it may give your stomping cravings a little…Click on the title for more

Win $2k+ in Pedals through the BK Stompbox Exhibit!

New at the BK Stompbox Exhibit: VHT Micro 6 Pedal/Amp

Fresh from summer NAMM is the VHT Redline Micro 6, an ingenious 6 watt miniature amplifier packed into a standard stompbox size. Controls for volume and tone help dial in your sound. The Micro 6 has some cool I/O features that make it incredibly versatile, including input, AUX input, speaker…Click on the title for more

New at the BK Stompbox Exhibit: VHT Micro 6 Pedal/Amp

New at the BK SBE 2017: Wampler The Doctor Lo-Fi Delay

Wampler's The Doctor Lo-Fi Delay is one of the very new pedals that will make their debut at the upcoming 7th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. This 100% analog stompbox is Brian Wampler's take on the popular "colored delay + modulation" concept and was born from a collaboration with superstar, tele-master Brad Paisley. Although…Click on the title for more

New at the BK SBE 2017: Wampler The Doctor Lo-Fi Delay

Pedals at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2017 (M-T)

The 7th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit is just a few days away, so we thought you may enjoy a little intro to all the participating manufacturers... Since there are so many (more than 40! Full list here), we thought we'd break the list down into a few galleries. Here's the third one, featuring effects…Click on the title for more

Pedals at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2017 (M-T)

Hotone introduces XTOMP Mini

In many games, the most valuable card is not the Ace or the King but the Joker: lacking a fixed identity, that (supposedly) funny guy can be whatever you want it to be. In the pedal realm, Hotone’s XTOMP Bluetooth Modeling Effects Pedal covers that same role: a smartphone-hosted “Bluetooth Modeling” app can…Click on the title for more

Hotone introduces XTOMP Mini

New at the BK SBE 2017: Atomic Amp’s Ampli-Firebox

Atomic Amps and Studio Devil, who've been providing amp emulation for our Stompbox Exhibits in the shape of this rad red baby for a few years now, just released a new pedal called Ampli-Firebox, and ya'll be able to put your hands on it at the upcoming Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit! This pedal takes…Click on the title for more

New at the BK SBE 2017: Atomic Amp’s Ampli-Firebox

Heaven’s Pedals & Creative Process

A staple of the NYC music scene, Brooklyn band Heaven play music that sits somewhere between shoegaze and psych sensibilities and produces songs that act as sonic love notes to both genres. Their mind bending tracks have the ability to sound vast, sweeping and decidedly, not of this earth. Being the word…Click on the title for more

Heaven’s Pedals & Creative Process

“Amazon doesn’t create demand” – Interview with Mike Matthews of EHX

In 2004, The Deli Magazine (the music publication that launched the Stompbox Exhibit and this very blog) was born with the mission of being on the side of small, independent, and local bands and artists, rather than the big, mainstream, and internationally recognized ones all the other music rags competed to…Click on the title for more

“Amazon doesn’t create demand” – Interview with Mike Matthews of EHX

Stompbox Exhibit issue of The Deli is up online!

Oy Pedal cravers, The Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit issue of The Deli NYC is out digitally, check it out below, it's chock full of pedals! Ian Sweet is on the cover! The physical edition will hit the streets of NYC on September 1st. https://issuu.com/the-deli-magazine/docs/the_deli_mag__51_-_ian_sweet__brook/30 Click on the title for more

Stompbox Exhibit issue of The Deli is up online!

Mutoid Man’s Pedals & Creative Process

only way to get any gain was to pin every knob to 10 and strum the guitar as hard as possible - even then it provided soft gain at best. Several broken strings later, I'd managed to savesome paper route money and bought my first distortion pedal - the DOD American…Click on the title for more

Mutoid Man’s Pedals & Creative Process