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Stylish new pedals: Gurus Amps

You know how Italians are, right? Everything needs to be "BELLO," because... who on earth wants to see things that are "BRUTTE"? (By the way, we are using full caps because Italians are notoriously loud, and truly yours, who in the Mediterranean peninsula was born and raised, can certainly confirm that!). Well, maybe it's…Click on the title for more

Stylish new pedals: Gurus Amps

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

Some guitarists (the ones into shoegazer in particular) can be very attached to their digital reverb rack units from the '80s (Alesis ruled at the time), even though they have become obsolete and as ridiculed for their size as the primitive cellphones from that same decade. But sometimes you just need THAT sound,…Click on the title for more

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

Doom Metal Band, King Woman, Talks about Guitar and Bass Pedals

If the ground were to one day crack open, and the sounds of Tartarus began to seep out of the earth, I'd like to imagine the hellish cacophony would sound a bit like King Woman. The San Francisco-based four-piece crafts the sort of doom metal that seems to herald the…Click on the title for more

Doom Metal Band, King Woman, Talks about Guitar and Bass Pedals

Best of NAMM 2017: DigiTech’s FreqOut (Natural Feedback Creator)

Everybody's saying that the guitar pedal market has reached its peak, but after seeing how many new designs were unveiled at NAMM 2017, that notion seems rather debatable... It's particularly encouraging to see new technology applied to stompboxes, and DigiTech's FreqOut was one of the most intriguing new products in that department. So…Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: DigiTech’s FreqOut (Natural Feedback Creator)

Austin Stompbox Exhibit + Synth Expo! 03/17-18 at Lewis Carnegie Gallery

Add to your: A 13 minutes walk from the Convention Center - 12-6pm Everybody's favorite pedal and synth parties will be back in Austin (in the same awesome space!) on March 17-18, during the notorious live music festival. This year we have two great co-presenters, one per expo! STOMPBOX EXHIBIT Once…Click on the title for more

Austin Stompbox Exhibit + Synth Expo! 03/17-18 at Lewis Carnegie Gallery

Best of NAMM 2017: Chase Bliss Audio’s Brothers Analog Gain Stage Pedal

With regular sized pedals featuring incredibly deep functionality (but still holding on to - as they like to say - an "analog heart"), in just a few years Chase Bliss Audio (established in 2013) has been able to create a new standard for the beloved stompbox format. At the NAMM 2017 show,…Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: Chase Bliss Audio’s Brothers Analog Gain Stage Pedal

Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay

The first videos of the new EQD Space Spiral modulated delay are trickling in, and we thought you wouldn't want to miss this one! Always a pleasure to look at the demo videos shot by the guys at Knobs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJB7A48A3-0Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay

Sickest Stompbox Seen at NAMM: T-Rex Binson Echorec

We were all in awe at NAMM 2015 when we saw T-Rex's tape delay Replicator for the first time (a Eurorack model of it was then unveiled late in 2016 at our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit). Well, the Danish company managed to get us to... replicate that feeling at this year's NAMM, by unveiling the…Click on the title for more

Sickest Stompbox Seen at NAMM: T-Rex Binson Echorec

Delicate Steve’s Effect Pedals

This Is Steve by Delicate SteveIf music is language, Delicate Steve's mother tongue is electric guitar - with an assorted stompbox accent. Few contemporary guitarists master the six strings' vocabulary the way he does, unafraid as he is to experiment with tone, effects, and parts. Edgy and forward looking artists…Click on the title for more

Delicate Steve’s Effect Pedals

New Pedals: Empress FX Echosystem

We had this baby in our NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth and we thought you may want to check out the brand new demo video, since Empress FX's previous pedal Reverb (belonging to the same line) did extremely well. The pedal's name is Empress FX EchoSystem, and it's a dual delay. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGkFW5nCfD4Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Empress FX Echosystem

All the videos of new pedals at NAMM 2017

So are you browsing a hundred sites to see all the videos of the various pedals unveiled at NAMM? No need, it's all in one page over here! Clicking on the images will open the pedal's video. Click on the title for more

All the videos of new pedals at NAMM 2017

Boards at the NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth

Once again, we had a 10x10' booth at the Anaheim NAMM show with a bunch of "emerging" guitar pedal manufacturers, here are their boards and pedals! Thanks to PRS Guitars for providing six strings for demoing! Click on the thumbnails to see the full image.Click on the title for more

Boards at the NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth