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RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

The prototype “RAT-in-a-Jack” cable that blew everyone’s mind at Summer NAMM 2017 is becoming a reality. Dubbed RAT Tail, the cable features built-in distortion circuitry that employs the same clipping diodes used in vintage RAT distortion pedals. It offers two flavors—distortion overdrive with unity gain, and distortion overdrive with 3dB…Click on the title for more

RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

The Brooklyn-based quartet High Waisted is a fierce garage pop band that dwells in sunshine surf vibes. Though they draw from the sound of the mid-'60s, the four musicians are fearless in their determination to put their own quirky spin on each one of their tunes. The band is fronted by the formidable…Click on the title for more

High Waisted’s Gear & Creative Process

Manufacturer Profiles: Dawner Prince

Destiny can manifest in unexpected ways, and, sometimes, a rather unprofessional guitar player is all that's needed to trigger a career in pedal-making. When, during his college years, Croatian emerging musician Zoran Kraljevic was dabbling in drums, his band's guitar player was more interested in spending money on alcohol and…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profiles: Dawner Prince

Coppersound Foxcatcher wins Premier Guitar Gear award

Congrats to the folks at Coppersound Pedals for landing the Premier Guitar's prestigious Premier Gear award for their 2-in-1 OD & Boost, the Foxcatcher. The pedal, which was recently featured in our list of affordable overdrives with a boost footswitch, received a "5 picks" ratings under the "Tones" category with the following praise:…Click on the title for more

Coppersound Foxcatcher wins Premier Guitar Gear award

Heaven’s Pedals & Creative Process

A staple of the NYC music scene, Brooklyn band Heaven play music that sits somewhere between shoegaze and psych sensibilities and produces songs that act as sonic love notes to both genres. Their mind bending tracks have the ability to sound vast, sweeping and decidedly, not of this earth. Being the word…Click on the title for more

Heaven’s Pedals & Creative Process

JHS Pedals Double Barrel V4 (demo)

New Living Room Gear demo of the JHS Pedals Double Barrel V4! JHS calls this their "Everything low-to-medium gain" pedal. From the manufacturer's website: The Double Barrel V4 is for the player who needs a versatile but transparent overdrive at medium and light gain levels. You won’t find face melting…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Double Barrel V4 (demo)

Mutoid Man’s Pedals & Creative Process

only way to get any gain was to pin every knob to 10 and strum the guitar as hard as possible - even then it provided soft gain at best. Several broken strings later, I'd managed to savesome paper route money and bought my first distortion pedal - the DOD American…Click on the title for more

Mutoid Man’s Pedals & Creative Process

Germany, considered the manufacturing engine of Europe, may not be the first (or the tenth) country that comes to mind when you think of guitar effects, but Munich-based Ohmless Pedals is working on changing that. The boutique pedal company, which has been churning out stylish looking stompboxes since 2014, has…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – Ohmless Pedals

Sharkmuffin’s Pedals & Creative Process

NYC-based Sharkmuffin creates punchy garage rock wrapped in a fuzzy, '60s cool that is at once feminine and fearless. On the heels of a new album release, the masterminds behind the band, Tarra Thiessen (guitar/vox) and Natalie Kirch (bass/vox) gave us an in-depth look into the meaning behind their latest tracks,…Click on the title for more

Sharkmuffin’s Pedals & Creative Process

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

We have both watched each episode of Futurama (Season 1-5) at least 100 times each. So think about that. Really think about what a commitment to TV that is. What’s been inspiring your latest album, and why is it entitled "Episodic"? There was a lot of stuff that had happened…Click on the title for more

Field Mouse – Q&A about Pedals and the Creative Process

If you really think about it and aren't afraid to sound a little cheesy, love is always behind the founding of a manufacturing company. Why would anybody otherwise pretty much "condemn" him or herself to building something in (hopefully) humongous quantities for the rest or their lives? In this light, Peter…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Chellee

Color Tongue Pedals & Creative Process

Color Tongue is a spacey, indie-psych rock band hailing from Brooklyn. Their latest release, Sprouts, is 8 tracks of inventive, sometimes atmospheric tracks, that while feeling expansive, ground itself with both its fun and infectious qualities. With such a myriad of different sounds coming from their latest record, we were curious…Click on the title for more

Color Tongue Pedals & Creative Process