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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

Pedal News: GloKnob

It's not too often that I see a product that seems like it actually adds something new, useful and exciting to the drab world of pedal accessories. The GloKnob is an exception to that rule. Ever wanted to automate a pedal knob while in the middle of a solo or…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: GloKnob

Pedal Review: VFE Blues King

For irredeemable tone tweakers, this “low-gain” distortion pedal (it actually has plenty on tap) VFE’s Blues King (street $144) is a Pandora’s box of grind. Built by hand by a small family business out of Pennsylvania, the Blues King has “Buy American” credibility right off the bat. Couple that with…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: VFE Blues King

Pedal Review: Electro Harmonix Ravish Sitar

Unless you've been living under a rock you have most likely heard the sitar, an Indian instrument which creates a very complex and distinct sound derived by the use of sympathetic strings, a long neck, and gourd chamber. The Ravish Sitar (whose name is probably a play off of the…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Electro Harmonix Ravish Sitar

Production Corner: Experimenting with Effect Plug-Ins

Audio Plug In effects give musicians with experimental tendencies a lot of options to play with. Here are a few cool ways to create some original sonics. EVER CHANGING BACKGROUNDS (OR DRUMS) (pictured): Create three or four radically different effect buses featuring several plug ins as inserts, and using your DAW’s…Click on the title for more

Production Corner: Experimenting with Effect Plug-Ins

Pedal Reviews: EHX Crying Tone Wah Pedal

The Wah pedal has long been a staple in rock, funk, r & b and many other styles of music. The concept of the Wah was created by accident by an electrical engineer in the mid 60's who was commissioned to redesign a tube amp as a solid state for…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: EHX Crying Tone Wah Pedal