gear giveaway

Matthews Effects’ Conductor and Cartographer

In an industry overflowing with boutique pedal manufacturers, Matthews Effects has delivered two very interesting products with with their Conductor Tremolo and Cartographer parametric overdrive pedal. The Cartographer is capable of delivering everything one could want in an overdrive pedal – clean boost with the gain down and tube amp-like…Click on the title for more

Matthews Effects’ Conductor and Cartographer

Buscabulla’s gear and creative process

BUSCABULLA'S CRUCIAL AUDIO GEAR Art Tube Pac With their sophisticated, bi-lingual synthpop, full of texture and pretty melodies, Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla - now Brooklyn residents - conquered The Deli NYC's staff, who declared their debut, self-titled EP NYC Record of the Month in October 2014. We asked Raquel and…Click on the title for more

Buscabulla’s gear and creative process

New Pedal makers: McCaffrey Audio

Wisconsin' s McCaffrey Audio may sound like a new name in the world of guitar pedals, but the company's CEO and founder Ryan McCaffrey is not a novice to the manufacturing game, having been running RJM Effect before starting this new adventure in 2014. The company's goal is to create…Click on the title for more

New Pedal makers: McCaffrey Audio

Elliot Moss: the gear and the creative process

ELLIOT MOSS'S CRUCIAL AUDIO GEAR OBERHEIM SEM " src="http://delicious-audio.com//wp-content/uploads//2015/05/dsi_tetra1-e1430498342433.jpg" alt="" width="357" height="231" /> Dave Smith Tetra (click the image for more info)What one piece of hardware would you most like to add to your setup? Some Eurorack modular stuff! I don’t have any Eurorack(s) so it’s a community / format…Click on the title for more

Elliot Moss: the gear and the creative process

For Whammy fans: Molten Voltage G-Quencer

Here’s an innovative niche pedal for fans of the DigiTech Whammy, courtesy of Molten Voltage, an Oregon based manufacturer of guitar effects with a specialization in MIDI controls, displays and interfaces with other pedals. Their latest development is called the G-Quencer, and it serves as a controller and interface for…Click on the title for more

For Whammy fans: Molten Voltage G-Quencer

Future Punx and the creative process

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Future Punx and the creative process

New Pedals: Digitech Obscura Altered Delay

The concept of what a delay is capable of has been turned on its head with the release of the Digitech Obscura Altered Delay. The Obscura allows for standard delay, but that's only the beginning. You can literally twist, turn, chew, and spit out any kind of demented delay you…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Digitech Obscura Altered Delay

New Pedals: F-Pedals’ Edstortion and Phazevibe

Italian manufacturer (with a base in LA) F-pedals is a brand new company that is a bit of an enigma, yet has some very interesting endeavors underway. At the moment, they sell just two micro pedals (the Edstortion and the Phazevibe, see demos below) and a line of cables (with…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: F-Pedals’ Edstortion and Phazevibe

EQD introduces the Levitation Reverb

It's official: pedal manufacturers are getting creative about their new releases: EarthQuaker Devices might have had a great idea in this regard - one that, considering our sister site The Deli's obsession with musical genres - we fully support. EQD just announced the release of Levitation, a pedal inspired and…Click on the title for more

EQD introduces the Levitation Reverb

Howard: Q&A about gear and inspiration

HOWARD'S CRUCIAL AUDIO GEAR Apogee Duet Howard is a Brooklyn band that plays an atmospheric brand of melodic post-rock (although the band, on their Facebook page, refers to it as "Folktronica"), where gentle textural experiments, synths, samples, varying percussive elements and electric guitars blend effortlessly, guided by the mellow tenor…Click on the title for more

Howard: Q&A about gear and inspiration

Fuzz + Reverb in one pedal: Keeley’s Sojourner

Edmond, Oklahoma manufacturer Keeley Electronics just announced the release of the Sojourner Fuzz/Reverb, a pedal that will surely tickle the curiosity of guitarists into psych rock and shoegaze, genres that make heavy use of both effects, normally in the same chain. The fuzz side of the circuit is based off…Click on the title for more

Fuzz + Reverb in one pedal: Keeley’s Sojourner

Kuroma’s gear and their creative process

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Kuroma’s gear and their creative process