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Seen at NAMM: Dwarfcraft Devices Memento Prototype

One of the most fun tricks we learned in our youth from great indie bands like The Pixies and R.E.M is to use the guitar's pickup switches to turn the long notes on-and-off, generating some sort of manually controlled square tremolo effect. But what about having a stompbox that lets you…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Dwarfcraft Devices Memento Prototype

Seen at NAMM: Stomp Labs’ MaX O.D. – expression madness!

MaX O.D., part of an upcoming series called "XPressWay," which is said to produce "the world's first fully expression enabled guitar pedals." The MaX O.D. sounds good, but what's really mind blowing about it is what it lets you do to control it - something that opens a lot of…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Stomp Labs’ MaX O.D. – expression madness!

Pedal News: Pigtronix Echolution 2 Delay

NYC based stompbox maker Pigtronix follows up their 2006 Echolution delay pedal with its badass sequel, the Echolution 2 standard and deluxe (pictured). With basic delay function that spans from 10ms to 10s repeat time and secondary delays to generate multi-delay patterns, this pedal is already extremely versatile, but it’s the…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Pigtronix Echolution 2 Delay

Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack Logarithmic Overdrive

New from the legendary team at Electro-Harmonix (who've been churning out a considerable amount of new pedals in the last few months), the Lumberjack Logarithmic takes a new approach to the design of the overdrive pedal. By sticking with classic volume and boost knobs, which respectively control overall output level and…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack Logarithmic Overdrive

Stompbox Exhibit at NAMM 2014 – Booth 1472 in Hall E!

The Deli’s Stompbox Exhibits have become a crucial component to what The Deli does, and thanks to the interest they triggered among pedal lovers and also in social media, they are slowly becoming an event that’s recognized by most musicians in the US. In 2013, we brought this pedal expo…Click on the title for more

Stompbox Exhibit at NAMM 2014 – Booth 1472 in Hall E!

Pedal Reviews: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz

There sure are some pretty wild boutique stompbox manufacturers out there. That being said, I can pretty easily say that the Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz (DrFF-3) is the weirdest pedal I have ever come across. This pedal sounds like it’s straight out of a monster movie, with “frighteningly loud”…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz

Black Cat’s Mona Wah

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Black Cat’s Mona Wah

Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

The smallsound/bigsound's Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine has all the features of a classic germanium fuzz pedal, but includes a few interesting quirks that lift it a cut above other comparable stompboxes. The interface is easy to understand after a short amount of tinkering, with a dry channel controlled by volume and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

Recording Tips: Editing Live Drums

The most important thing when editing multi-track drum recordings is to make sure you ALWAYS cut, paste and move around ALL the drum tracks at once - DAWs have ways to group them to facilitate this. After you do that you can start cutting and moving hits that are late…Click on the title for more

Recording Tips: Editing Live Drums

MOOER Spark Series

There is obviously a competition among stompbox manufacturers these days to see who can build the guitar pedals with the smallest footprint, and it seems like Chinese builder MOOER is comfortably in the lead. After releasing, in recent years, a ridicolous amount of tiny rectangular pedals for every taste (called…Click on the title for more

MOOER Spark Series

Stationary Set’s Recording Process

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Stationary Set’s Recording Process

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz

Eccentrics sure know how to get noticed, which is an important first promotional step. Then - if they are talented - people will remember them, otherwise they won't. Jack White doesn't need introductions, but the announcement that his record label Third Man Records released a... guitar pedal is so surreal…Click on the title for more

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz