gear giveaway

Violet Sands’ creative process and gear

Featuring the mellow vocals of former Savoir Adore lead singer Deidre Muro, the atmospheric guitar work of MGMT collaborator Derek Muro (her brother), and the virtuoso electronic programming of French Horn Rebellion's David Perlick-Molinari (her husband), Violet Sands sounds like a musical experiment aimed at demonstrating that quirky arrangements and intense vocals can coexist, and that…Click on the title for more

Violet Sands’ creative process and gear

New Pedals: Seymour Duncan’s Forza Overdrive

In what seems to be becoming a popular trend for pedal manufacturers recently, Seymour Duncan has teamed up for an exclusive release with Chicago Music Exchange for a limited run pedal in their new Forza Overdrive. Unlike a lot of newer drives, this pedal aims to add a more refined…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Seymour Duncan’s Forza Overdrive

TEEN’s favorite pedal: Eventide Pitch Factor

TEEN's 2016 album Love Yes is a playful aural kaleidoscope that follows in the footsteps of imaginative, brainy, NYC based pop bands like The Talking Heads and They Might Be Giants. In the NYC scene, these ladies are a force to be reckoned with, relentlessly prolific and musically always interesting. We asked main guitarist/songwriter Teeny Lieberson…Click on the title for more

TEEN’s favorite pedal: Eventide Pitch Factor

Corbu’s Synths and Live Setup

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Corbu’s Synths and Live Setup

Pedalboards at the Toronto Stompbox Exhibit 2016

Place your mouse on the thumbnails to see the manufacturer, click for extra info and news. Here are all the boards participating in the first Toronto Stompbox Exhibit hosted by Moog Audio!Click on the title for more

Pedalboards at the Toronto Stompbox Exhibit 2016

Dilly Dally introduces us to Wounded Paw’s Battering Ram

Dilly Dally is not a new band in the Toronto scene (they were born in 2009), but it's one of those rare ones that get better with time. 2015 was their year, thanks to their deliciously noisy debut album 'Sore,' a record that aims straight at the hearts of those who can relate…Click on the title for more

Dilly Dally introduces us to Wounded Paw’s Battering Ram

Gothic Tropic’s favorite pedal: EQD’s Afterneath

Cecilia Della Peruti is a creative force to be reckoned with in the LA scene. Her band Gothic Tropic's musical output could be seen as a permanent effort to defy categorizations: disparate influences like rock, pop, ambient, African melodies and even jazz find a place in her repertoire without affecting its cohesiveness. The…Click on the title for more

Gothic Tropic’s favorite pedal: EQD’s Afterneath

New Pedals: Hungry Robot’s The Wash

Iowa based Hungry Robot Pedals has been active since 2012, with owner Eric Laverne Junge slowly refining its rigorously hand made stompboxes, and gradually shifting his attention from effects belonging to the gain realm to more sophisticated and experimental ones dealing with ambiance. Guitarists into dreamy and "shoegazy" sounds should check out all his…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Hungry Robot’s The Wash

Tall Juan’s Classical Guitar Driven Garage Pop

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Tall Juan’s Classical Guitar Driven Garage Pop

Featured Pedal: Big Tone Brewery’s Maggie Tremolo/Vibrato

Keith Vonderhulls, the mind behind the beloved Build Your Own Clone idea, has launched another guitar pedal-related company called Big Tone Brewery. One of their best designs comes in the form of a stereo vibrato – dubbed the Maggie. Designed as an emulation of the legendary Fender Magnatone 280 in mind,…Click on the title for more

Featured Pedal: Big Tone Brewery’s Maggie Tremolo/Vibrato

The Beaches’ Guitar Pedals

Power girl band (or girl power band?) The Beaches made quite a splash last year in Toronto. In honor of our upcoming first Toronto Stompbox Exhibit, we asked guitarist Kylie Miller to tell us about her favorite guitar pedals... here's what she had to say! "Here’s my pedal board, pretty simple rig going on.…Click on the title for more

The Beaches’ Guitar Pedals

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious’ Feed Me EQ/Preamp/Tone Shaper

' If you think three years of age is too young to work in the family business, Ryan Ratajski of Fuzzrocious Pedals begs to differ. Together with his wife, painter Shannon, he's been designing stompboxes since 2008, letting Kaeden (6) and Raeven (3) paint the “kidpainted” pedals, which are highly recommended for those who…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious’ Feed Me EQ/Preamp/Tone Shaper