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James Supercave’s favorite pedal and synth

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James Supercave’s favorite pedal and synth

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

New releases by Keeley Electronics always tickle the wallet of many pedal aficionados. We are detecting an above average amount of buzz for the company's new high gain distortion that's about to drop in stores, called Filaments, maybe because the stompbox in question doesn't have one, nor two, but THREE stages of gain, which,…Click on the title for more

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

The pedal demos by Knobs are unmissable, here's the one for the new Chase Bliss Audio dual distortion, named Brothers. We highlighted it a few weeks ago as a "Best of NAMM 2017" pedal here and had the pleasure of seeing it/hearing it at our Austin Stompbox Exhibit a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jn_hEd-FIClick on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

Q&A with Kevin Henretta about the new H-Bomb line

Hailing from Saint Paul, MN, Henretta Engineering got us accustomed to tiny stompboxes with a big sound and hidden tweakability. However, they recently came out with a new line of regular sized pedals under the "H-Bomb" line, which we actually had a chance to see and hear at our latest…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Kevin Henretta about the new H-Bomb line

New Pedals: Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar

Here at Delicious Audio we always appreciate pedal designers who think outside the box, and London's Rainger FX surely excels at that kind of thinking, offering pedals that will inspire guitarists equipped with an experimental mind. The manufacturer's latest product is called Deep Space Pulsar - it's so new there's no…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar

Here's an excerpt from the excellent Gearphoria feature on Red Panda Lab, by Blake Wright: Curt Malouin has an expansive vision and concept of sound, and Red Panda is his laboratory: "Most of our manufacturing is done at factories because we use surface-mount for reliability and because all of our stuff…Click on the title for more

From Gearphoria: Red Panda Lab – Manufacturer Profile

Lola Colt’s guitar pedals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_s2nakjoNw London-based sextet, Lola Colt, is moody, enigmatic, and offer such a palpable, otherworldly music that it's easy to find yourself swept up in their sound and tumbling down dark corridors led by a slew of fuzzy guitars, soaring melodic swells, and a set of siren-like vocals. With such a layered,…Click on the title for more

Lola Colt’s guitar pedals

Dusky Electronics: More Me Boost, Toasted Drive and Octomotron Fuzz

Based out of Durham, NC, Dusky Electronics is a relatively new manufacturer of pedals, amplifiers and speaker cabinets - incidentally, their D?O amp looks absolutely delicious and won Premier Guitar's "Premier Gear" label in 2016. But we ain't interested in amps over here, pedals only (or "petals" like our terrible intern from…Click on the title for more

Dusky Electronics: More Me Boost, Toasted Drive and Octomotron Fuzz

Foxpedal unveils three updated V2 pedals: Magnifica, Refinery and Wrath

Born in 2013, Richmond, VA's Foxpedal follows its mission to "create products for musicians who thrive on art and beauty" through a proud no-nonsense philosophy that makes them state, in their "about us" page: We are not boutique - Well, at least in the worst sense of the word. In the guitar-effects world,…Click on the title for more

Foxpedal unveils three updated V2 pedals: Magnifica, Refinery and Wrath

Kassassin Street’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uyYOZ7lXs4 Hailing from the UK's Southsea region, Kassassin Street brings a refreshingly breezy approach to psychedelia, with a danceability factor that will intrigue music fans nostalgic of the glorious psych pop British bands of the late '80s and early '90s, from the Charlatans to The Stone Roses to Happy Mondays. Throughout their still…Click on the title for more

Kassassin Street’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Pictures of the Austin Synth Expo 2017

Yes folk, this blog is mostly about pedals, but yours truly also organizes a Synth Expo. Its latest installment was in Austin, in the same room that hosted the Austin Stompbox Exhibit, check out a selection of pictures below, more pictures here!Click on the title for more

Pictures of the Austin Synth Expo 2017

All the boards at the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2017

Here are all the boards participating in our Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2017 - click on the thumbnail to see the full size image. Some pictures courtesy of Gearphoria.Click on the title for more

All the boards at the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2017