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D’Addario Launches NYXL Line of Strings – Made in NY!

Leading string manufacturer D'Addario recently launched a new line of guitar strings that proudly features the letters "NY" in its name: NYXL. This is to bring attention to the fact that the Long Island based company, after spending the last few years working towards centralizing every step of their operation,…Click on the title for more

D’Addario Launches NYXL Line of Strings – Made in NY!

Guitar Pedal Spotlight: Emma Electronic DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter

It's not too often we hear about a pedal manufacturer from Denmark. Emma Electronic makes a few boutique quality units, but the DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter seems to be getting some decent buzz. They claim that this little puppy can track to any source from guitar to bass to whatever you…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Spotlight: Emma Electronic DiscomBOBulator Envelope Filter

Pedal Reviews: Earthquaker Devices Terminal Fuzz

I get excited every time I get a new pedal in from one of my favorite companies, Earthquaker Devices. This one is no exception. It's a fuzz pedal called the Terminal Fuzz modeled after the tone and vibe of the JAX Fuzz. For those who aren't aware of the JAX fuzz,…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Earthquaker Devices Terminal Fuzz

Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Azar Swan's Gear: Akai MPD18 " The Akai MPD 18 is probably the most inspiring piece of equipment " Emerging from the ashes of previous incarnation Religious to Damn, Zorah Atash and Joshua Strawn have spent the last year creating a compelling new sound and image as Azar Swan. Their recently…Click on the title for more

Azar Swan and the Recording Process

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Godlyke has announced the release of seven new pedals designed to reproduce the unique sounds of the world’s most desirable vintage fuzz pedals called Maxon Fuzz Elements. Maxon has modeled and mapped the complex elements using modern software technology that make up the core sounds of these legendary effect units, reproducing them using…Click on the title for more

Maxon Fuzz Elements

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

Baby Alpaca's Gear: MacBook Pro " Mac Book Pro, Apogee, Logic. They make it so easy to record the music we play. " This is one of those projects that's seemed to come out of nowhere but now it's everywhere.Baby Alpaca, originally from Ohio, this Brooklyn-based duo is currently recording…Click on the title for more

Baby Alpaca and the Recording Proces

Pedal News: Electro-Harmonix Tortion JFET Overdrive

The folks at Electro-Harmonix are always working on something. This time it's a new JFET Overdrive unit that they consider to be one of their new flagship devices. This looks to be a well rounded pedal that can achieve all sorts of distorted tones. Under the hood we're looking at a…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Electro-Harmonix Tortion JFET Overdrive

Pedal News: Korg Nuvibe Vibrato Chorus Effector

Looks like Korg's bringing back a retro classic in new school fashion. For those that know the legendary Uni-Vibe effect originally produced by Shin-ei in the 60's, you'll love this. Korg's new Nuvibe pedal was designed under close supervision by the original designer and sports many new modern features that just make…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Korg Nuvibe Vibrato Chorus Effector

Pedal Reviews: Earthquaker Devices Pitch Bay

One of two new pedals I spotted at NAMM coming from hot boutique manufacturer Earthquaker Devices is on my bench for review. They call it the Pitch Bay Dirty Polyphonic Harmonizer. This pedal is quite simply a three part harmonizer pedal with a preamp that gets just the right amount…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Earthquaker Devices Pitch Bay

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

I played bass in a band in high school, but because I was 16, I wasn't familiar with the concept of discretion and constantly played through a cheap fuzz pedal with all the knobs turned all the way up. My band mates would complain that I was too loud and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: El Rey Lucha Fuzz

Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

As you probably know, at our Stompbox Exhibits we always have some mixed boards organized by kind of effect - this year Guitar World had also their featured mixed boards. DISTORTION/FUZZ BOARD DELAY BOARD MODULATION BOARD PITCH + OTHER BOARD GUITAR WORLD MIXED BOARDSClick on the title for more

Mixed Boards at the SXSW Stompbox Exhibit 2014

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer

Lotus Pedal Designs is a Minnesota based stompbox manufacturer that focuses on the beauty of simplicity. Designer Sean Earspamer's credo, “I design Lotus pedals to be simple, because I want to keep your focus on playing guitar, not fiddling with your gear” is readily apparent just from looking at any…Click on the title for more

Lotus Pedal Design – a new Stompbox manufacturer