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New Pedals: F-Pedals RobotHolic Distortion/Lo-Fi

If you belong to the category of guitarists who enjoy stompboxes that have the potential to inspire with their versatility and uniqueness, you should take a look at F-Pedals' RobotHolic. This is an interesting pedal that - quite surprisingly - manages to pack the following effects in a tiny (and truly…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: F-Pedals RobotHolic Distortion/Lo-Fi

Featured Pedals: HDR Amplification Bluerider

Another interesting Tubescreamer variation has come out of Czech Republic's HDR Amplification's labs, by the name of the Bluerider Overdrive. Offering the beloved mid-range warmth and classic bite of the venerable Ibanez design, HDR has expanded on the idea to create a slightly more versatile and far-reaching overdrive. The control scheme…Click on the title for more

Featured Pedals: HDR Amplification Bluerider

TC Electronic Body Rez Pickup Enhancer

Have you ever found your acoustic to be less than desirable-sounding when using your D.I.? TC Electronic has come up with a nice solution to restore some of the fullness in your sound that's inherently lost when going D.I. with your acoustic guitar, it's called the BodyRez stompbox. A very simple one…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Body Rez Pickup Enhancer

Unique pedals: Beard Custom Reverber

Russian guitar pedal manufacturer Beard Custom has designed a unique take on reverb, in the form of the Reverber pedal. While this stompbox can produce very pleasant reverb sounds like spring and plate, what sets this unit apart is the on-board effect loop. It's possible to get some crazy sounds from experimenting with…Click on the title for more

Unique pedals: Beard Custom Reverber

A Urei 1176 on your board? Origin Effects’ Cali76 Compressor

It seems like the new trend for guitar pedals is to go after the quality of high end studio effects... think about what Strymon and Eventide are doing in the stompbox department, or the genius idea JHS had with the Color Box - an analog recreation of a legendary, vintage…Click on the title for more

A Urei 1176 on your board? Origin Effects’ Cali76 Compressor

New Pedals: L0/Rez’s Mona Lisa

We are always excited when we find out about a new pedal manufacturer based in our hometown, NYC - there aren't many! Enter L0/rez, a north Brooklyn based company owned by engineer/designer Jared Hiller, that just introduced it second creation, the Mona Lisa Overdrive & Oscillation pedal. You may have stumbled upon L0/Rez's name in this interview we…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: L0/Rez’s Mona Lisa

Salt Cathedral and the creative process

--------------------------------------- If you like the idea of parallel worlds, you should immerse yourself in the music of Brooklyn's (via Colombia) duo Salt Cathedral. Their gently impressionistic arrangements and celestial atmospheres, combined with Juliana Ronderos' angelic voice and melodies, might transport you to the closest thing to the seventh heaven you've ever experienced - or at least a…Click on the title for more

Salt Cathedral and the creative process

New Pedals: EQD’s Tentacle Octave Up

Ohio's Earthquaker Devices has emerged in the last few years as one of the companies truly pushing the boundaries of the stompbox. They continue to come up with fresh ideas and innovations in the community of guitar FX manufacturers, and even though they normally don't disdain depth of features, one of…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: EQD’s Tentacle Octave Up

New Pedals: MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive

The 5150 amplifier, originally designed by Peavey, is well-known in the guitar and audio worlds as one of the best-sounding amps around, capable of delivering a very wide range of tones. MXR/Dunlop and guitar god Eddie Van Halen have had a successful partnership for years, and their latest signature pedal…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive

Novation Circuit – Video from the BK Synth Expo

Novation debuted their new "groove box" Circuit at our Synth Expo in early November. We caught the opportunity to shoot this rather in depth demo of it, check it out!Click on the title for more

Novation Circuit – Video from the BK Synth Expo

WychElm Effects Dharma Drive

Working in your own studio with other artists can lead to great gear discoveries. I was turned onto the Dharma Drive from WychElm Effects by a band I was engineering due to its unique graphics, and stumbled on one of the best drive pedals I've tried in a while. Truly one…Click on the title for more

WychElm Effects Dharma Drive

Test Video Tag

Open Video Open Video Packed with features, the Dept 10 Dual Drive is an expanded, dual overdrive circuit plus USB interface featuring an ECC83 Triode Valve driving 2 voices per channel, for a total of 3 crunch/overdrive voices alongside the clean channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8t8qz0qv4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ0CO8wqW4 Click on the title for more

Test Video Tag