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Hotone’s striking product line: Skyline mini-pedals, Nano Legacy Mini-Amps and Xtomp

We were recently introduced to Hotone, the winners of "Best in Show" at NAMM 2015. Reminding me much of the now-discontinued Guyatone mini series (I still treasure my lil' green compressor!) Hotone's Skyline pedal series is a great collection of tiny pedals with a unique look. Eschewing the "double-pack of…Click on the title for more

Hotone’s striking product line: Skyline mini-pedals, Nano Legacy Mini-Amps and Xtomp

Build a DIY guitar amp with DIY Mod Kit’s MOD 102+

Many guitarists are familiar with MOD Kits DIY for their pedal kits, which allow stompbox geeks to build their first effects following the provided instructions, and at once learn about simple electrical engineering concepts applied to pedals. What they may not know, though, is that the manufacturer also offers a…Click on the title for more

Build a DIY guitar amp with DIY Mod Kit’s MOD 102+

And So I Watch You From Afar’s Gear and Creative Process

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR'S CRUCIAL GEAR Orange Thunderverb The guys in Irish "post-math" band And So I Watch You From Afar are the kind of people who never choose the simple route. Bblending metal, psychedelia, post rock and prog rock, their music is like a kaleidoscope of…Click on the title for more

And So I Watch You From Afar’s Gear and Creative Process

Greer Ghetto Stomp Overdrive

What's so great about another 3-knob overdrive? In an industry saturated with overdrive pedals, Greer makes an interesting offering with the Ghetto Stomp. This stompbox is designed to emulate the heavenly harmonics and sweet saturation of Tweeds and Valcos amps pushed into overdrive. I find this is one of the…Click on the title for more

Greer Ghetto Stomp Overdrive

Turbo Fruits’ Gear and Creative Process

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Turbo Fruits’ Gear and Creative Process

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