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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

New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost

Accomplished guitarist and National Music Journalism Award winner Joe Gore has designed a line of pedals available via Vintage King, offering his take on a series of gain related circuits ranging from classic to quirky. A throwback to the vintage days of the 1960’s, the Cult Germanium Channel is a dynamic and exciting…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost

Digitech unveils the Whammy Ricochet

DigiTech today announced the Whammy Ricochet, a pedal that takes the popular Whammy pitch shifting effect and places it in a box with a small form factor. Instead of using a foot treadle to manipulate pitch bending rate, such as those found on traditional DigiTech Whammy pedals, the Whammy Ricochet bends…Click on the title for more

Digitech unveils the Whammy Ricochet

Featured pedals: Severe by Tone Freak Effects

Founded in 2007 by Los Angeles based engineer Dereck Tabata, Tone Freak Effects has built a reputation for stompboxes familiar in design, with a few special tweaks for added versatility. We were intrigued by one of their older models, called Severe, a meaty medium-to-severely-high gain pedal with tones reminiscent of some of the most notorious…Click on the title for more

Featured pedals: Severe by Tone Freak Effects

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

UK manufacturer Cog Effects designs great analog pedals for guitarists and bassists, and one of their newest offerings is a take on the classic octave effect. While many newer octave pedals rely on digital processes to achieve their sound, the idea behind the T-16 goes back to the original intentions…Click on the title for more

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

Featured pedal: Dirty Boy Shifty

The California based stompbox manufacturer Dirty Boy Pedals bring an interesting back story to the boutique pedal game. The company was founded by Alex Saraceno - the father of session ace and former Poison guitarist, Blues Saraceno. Dirty Boy aims to create only high end handmade pedals for the most…Click on the title for more

Featured pedal: Dirty Boy Shifty

Kevin Garrett’s Gear and Creative Process

KEVIN GARRETT'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Roland SPD-SX Moog SubPhatty --------------------------------------- Kevin Garrett has emerged in 2015 as one of NYC's most prominent young songwriters. Unapologetically moody, soulful at heart, incurably ballad-prone, Kevin's songs have the aura of old time classics, but their production process is as modern as it gets, centered - as…Click on the title for more

Kevin Garrett’s Gear and Creative Process