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Pedal Review: Modtone Funk Filter Enveloper

Funky automatic filters are one of my favorite alliterations in the guitar effects world. As bizarre as this may sound, these kind of effects seem to bring a level of consciousness to the guitar notes played through them - it's like if that riff was talking to me! The effect…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Modtone Funk Filter Enveloper

Pedal News: Barefoot Sea Blue EQ

The Sea Blue EQ is a clear warm tubelike treble/bass booster - the EQ controls do go +/- and it is built in such a way that if pushed hard, it will distort in a pleasant way much like an expensive tube EQ would. It is also said to have…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Barefoot Sea Blue EQ

Backwords and the Recording Process

Backwords' Gear: CAD Equitek E-100 " I was never a mic expert, but these 90's CADS are fairly cheap, sound clean and a little vintage, and have done the trick on so many Backwords recordings. " Our friends at The Deli NYC are big fans Backwords' chilled and poli-instrumental approach to…Click on the title for more

Backwords and the Recording Process

Pedal News: EH Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi

Electro-Harmonix have recently announced the Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi to be launched in early January. It adds additions such as a -10dB Pad button to ensure the effectiveness of the pedal with both active or passive pickups. Also new, is a Blend knob to control the percentage of the…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: EH Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi

Pedal News: The Verb Deluxe – Reverb Pedal Kit

New from MOD Kits DIY, The Verb Deluxe kit is built around the Belton Digi-Log Mini Module. Some notable features include both Dwell and Mix controls, allowing the dry signal to be blended with the processed signal from just a hint of reverb to deep, cavernous echoes. The Dwell control…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: The Verb Deluxe – Reverb Pedal Kit

Pedal News: Mesa Boogie announces 4 overdrive pedals

Mesa/Boogie just announced a new line of overdrive pedals called "Four on the Floor" and consisting of the Tone-Burst, Grid Slammer, Flux-Drive, and Throttle Box, created using the same craftsmanship and quality components from their custom amplifiers. Here's a quick look at them: The Throttle Box is the most aggressive of the bunch, featuring…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Mesa Boogie announces 4 overdrive pedals

Pedal News: Visual Sound Time Bandit

The new Time Bandit from Visual Sound controls your tap tempo delay pedal with a click track: dial it in with a BPM generator, and will work with just about any delay pedal that has an "external tap tempo" jack. Whether you have the Visual Sound Dual Tap Delay, a…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Visual Sound Time Bandit

Mooer Hustle Drive

Mooer’s Hustle Drive distortion pedal ($88), packs a surprising amount of versatility into a very small package. Though the Hustle Drive’s footprint is not much bigger than a couple of packs of chewing gum, you’ll find mini-knobs for volume and tone, plus a two-way switch for choosing high-peak or low-peak distortion characteristics, basically…Click on the title for more

Mooer Hustle Drive

Pedal News: Catalinbread Callisto Chorus/Vibrato

Now for a modern spin on the Chorus/Vibrato pedal using vintage chips. Catalinbread recently released its Callisto Chorus/Vibrato pedal. Based on a 4-knob simple interface, this Chorus/Vibrato pedal can go from subtle and shimmer to rotary speaker-like to off-kilter warping/warble sounds. A twist of the Density knob continuously adjusts the…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Catalinbread Callisto Chorus/Vibrato

Foxygen and the Recording Process

Foxygen's Gear: Drum Lamps " We like old stuff, guitars, rollerblades, stuff like that. I drum on groovy old lamps sometimes. " A bit of advice: If you've just listened to the first track off Foxygen's debut LP 'Take The Kids Off Broadway' and are a bit puzzled, don't worry! That's just…Click on the title for more

Foxygen and the Recording Process

Pedal News: Devi Ever Console Project

This is one of the coolest and most innovative inventions I've seen in pedals, well, ever! The Console : FX platform is an open source platform developed by devi ever: fx and engineered by Instruments for a New Electric Music. The goal for this platform is to create a standard…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Devi Ever Console Project

Retro Corner: Uni-Vibe

The Uni-Vibe was introduced in the 1960s by Shin-ei, and was intended to emulate the "Doppler sound" of a Leslie speaker. It is a footpedal-operated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. Despite not being used to recreate the Leslie, it has…Click on the title for more

Retro Corner: Uni-Vibe