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Vintage Pedals: the Steelphon ‘Pep’ Fuzz [by Gearphoria]

In the early 1960’s an Italian electrical engineer by the name of Mario Ferro started making and selling guitars under the moniker “Steelphon” out of a little shop in Turin. Sound-wise, this is an just an awesome box, but there is a bit of difference between its two versions. The SFT…Click on the title for more

Vintage Pedals: the Steelphon ‘Pep’ Fuzz [by Gearphoria]

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

We have both watched each episode of Futurama (Season 1-5) at least 100 times each. So think about that. Really think about what a commitment to TV that is. What’s been inspiring your latest album, and why is it entitled "Episodic"? There was a lot of stuff that had happened…Click on the title for more

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Blast Furnace Gated Fuzz

We missed this new release by Fuzzrocious from a few weeks ago, but lateness is a minor sin in the world of rock'n'roll! The Blast Furnace Gated Fuzz is, quite peculiarly, a collaboration with Lehigh Mining & Navigation, an advertising/public relations group based out of Bethlehem, PA. No mention about whether the company has…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Blast Furnace Gated Fuzz

Electro-Harmonix Platform Stereo Compressor/Limiter

NYC's Electro Harmonix just unveiled a new studio quality compressor named Platform. It's presented as a Stereo Compressor/Limiter, but you can tell from the knobs' descriptions that it does a lot more than that - the video intro actually says it can be used for any instruments, including on a drums stereo…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Platform Stereo Compressor/Limiter

New Pedal Manufacturers: Electronic Audio Experiments

Out of Boston comes a very interesting stompbox manufacturer called Electronic Audio Experiments, whose effects have already found a spot in boards of established, edgy bands like The World is a Beautiful Place... and Foxing, among others. "The sound in a guy's head" (obviously unachievable through existing pedals) is once again responsible…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Electronic Audio Experiments

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Review [by Best Guitar Effects]

Best Guitar Effects just posted an in depth review of the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers... The Chase Bliss Audio Brothers stands up to the hype it generated upon its announcement and meets the CBA standard by delivering some of the best overdrive tones I’ve ever heard in an easier delivery system…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Review [by Best Guitar Effects]

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