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Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

Brooklyn via Boston avant-punks Guerilla Toss are ready to enter the next stage of their career with the release of a new full-length (entitled "GT ULTRA") on DFA Records. The album steps up the production values by several notches, broadening the act's appeal without affecting the "edge factor" that allowed them to…Click on the title for more

Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

Magical New Pedals: Lightning Wave Effects

In our search for new things in life, anything "borderline magic" always strikes a special cord, maybe because it awakens the child in us - that little version of us that, in all likelihood, was a lot more familiar with fun and awe than we are in our adult version. Lee…Click on the title for more

Magical New Pedals: Lightning Wave Effects

Sonicsmith – Squaver P1 & ConVertor

Running your guitar through real synths (not just "pedal synths") is something not every guitarist is fond of, but those who do have a lot of fun with it. It takes a certain mindset (not to mention patience) to comprehend all the functions and options offered by synths, and many guitarists…Click on the title for more

Sonicsmith – Squaver P1 & ConVertor

DS-1-4A celebrates BOSS compact series’ 40th Anniversary

They say that Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was that stompbox empire that goes under the name of BOSS compact pedal series, arguably the most popular pedal line out there, loved as much by top notch pro guitarists and by more or less clueless novices. In the beginning were three, brightly…Click on the title for more

DS-1-4A celebrates BOSS compact series’ 40th Anniversary

If you really think about it and aren't afraid to sound a little cheesy, love is always behind the founding of a manufacturing company. Why would anybody otherwise pretty much "condemn" him or herself to building something in (hopefully) humongous quantities for the rest or their lives? In this light, Peter…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Chellee

Recording Guitar Advice: the Importance of Phase

Most engineers and producers, to allow themselves more options at the mixing stage, record guitars (electric ones in particular) with two or more microphones placed at a different distance from the sound source. Shoegazer bands are particularly famous for using this technique, which indeed can help give the guitar a…Click on the title for more

Recording Guitar Advice: the Importance of Phase

20 Best Selling Boutique Fuzz Pedals in 2017

In recent years Reverb.com has become one the of biggest online retailers of guitar pedals in the US, so it's safe to say that any of their "best selling" pedal charts have a good statistical chance of reflecting the national trends. Here at Delicious Audio we regularly publish extremely thorough shopping…Click on the title for more

20 Best Selling Boutique Fuzz Pedals in 2017

Ryan McCaffrey was a firefighter in central Wisconsin when the pedal bug bit. A member of the Air Force before that, you could say he knew a thing or two about discipline. So it was not without a lot of research (and some trepidation) that he chose to take his…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer profile: McCaffrey Audio (from Gearphoria)

Bangladeafy Jon Ehlers’ pedalboard (Bass)

If you understand music from a technical and creative angle, Brooklyn/Long Island duo Bangladeafy will, in all likelihood, blow your mind. We praised them enough already in our sister blog The Deli (they placed 2nd in our Best of NYC 2017 Yearly Poll for emerging artists, and their 2016 album…Click on the title for more

Bangladeafy Jon Ehlers’ pedalboard (Bass)

New Pedal Manufacturers: Beetronics FX

The look of Beetronics FX's pedals made me think of a conversation I had years ago with a friend who was scandalized at the fact that there was a factory whose sole purpose was to wear down new pairs of jeans and make holes in them so that they looked "cooler." At the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Beetronics FX

Seminal, vintage pedals: the Rosac Nu Fuzz (from Gearphoria)

Nu-Fuzz designer Ed Sanner (of Fuzzrite design fame) was working on the new pedal as Mosrite filed for bankruptcy in 1969. Out of the bankruptcy sprang Sierra Electronics, a new partnership that would release the Nu-Fuzz, which was basically a Fuzzrite with a tone control. Sierra was forced to change…Click on the title for more

Seminal, vintage pedals: the Rosac Nu Fuzz (from Gearphoria)

Summer camp can really have a crucial impact on people's lives. Just ask Dave Fox, owner of New Jersey's pedal company Foxrox Electronics: My fascination with electronics began as a kid at summer camp, where I learned how to solder parts into circuit boards. From then on, I was intrigued with…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Foxrox Electronics