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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

How to improve your tone with an EQ pedal (by Wampler)

Pedal geeks on a constant quest to conquer their dream distortion try (and buy) pedal after pedal in search of "the sound in their heads." EQ pedals might sound like a boring option in the pool of exciting devices available out there, but they are actually a powerful tool in…Click on the title for more

How to improve your tone with an EQ pedal (by Wampler)

Pedals at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2017 [A-E]

The Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit is in less than a month, so we thought you may enjoy a little intro to all the participating manufacturers... Since there are so many (full list here), we thought we'd break the list down into three sections. Here's the first one, featuring effects from manufacturers from…Click on the title for more

Pedals at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2017 [A-E]

Salt Cathedral’s Live Rig

This is a cool interview by REMEZCLA with synth pop duo Salt Cathedral about their gear and live show set up. This is a really talented, Brooklyn based band hailing from Columbia that has been covered extensively in our sister blog The Deli NYC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3m4YecxdnE The pedals they use are mostly for vocals,…Click on the title for more

Salt Cathedral’s Live Rig

Review: Old Blood Noise Fault OD/Distortion [by Gearphoria]

The Fault overdrive/distortion is the latest straightforward entry from Old Blood Noise Endeavors. OBNE started by taking commonplace effects and twisting them to do unusual things. Lately, though, they’ve been slowly building a toolkit they call their Utility Line: a few simple tools, like an EQ Buffer pedal, a headphone…Click on the title for more

Review: Old Blood Noise Fault OD/Distortion [by Gearphoria]

Rage Against The Machine’s debut album turns 25!

Believe it or not, this year Rage Against the Machine's incendiary debut album is turning 25 years old (it came out in 1992!), and, as of today, it still ranks on the top of our list of records with the most original guitar sounds (OK, we'll admit it's not just…Click on the title for more

Rage Against The Machine’s debut album turns 25!