All posts by Benjamin Ricci
Practical Tips and Tricks for Stacking Gain and Overdrive Pedals
In the guitar world, especially when it comes to tone, everyone has an opinion on what’s “right.” However, between the blurred lines of audio science...
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FUZZ, OVERDRIVE AND DISTORTION PEDALS?
They all do the same basic thing – add harmonics and clip the audio signal. However, the sounds that they produce, and the amounts of...
Top Six YouTube Pedal Channels
THOSE PEDAL SHOWS Smash That Like Button: These Are Our Fave YouTube Pedal Shows Ah yes, the tube of you. We’ve all embraced the YouTube...
The Ultimate Guitar Pedal Buyer’s Guide
OK, pedal newb, listen up! Making music should be fun! So don’t let any jaded a-holes talk down to you, and especially don’t let anyone...
Audio-Technica Introduces ATH-M50xSTS StreamSet, World’s First Streaming Headsets
Audio-Technica today announced the release of its ATH-M50xSTS and ATH-M50xSTS-USB StreamSet™ streaming headsets. These models are the world’s first headsets specifically developed to address the...
The special PEDAL ISSUE is out now!
Performer Magazine is psyched to bring you our special PEDAL ISSUE, bought to you by our premier sponsor, the RAT DISTORTION PEDAL. We’ve been working hard on...
COVER STORY: Samara Joy, Making Jazz Cool Again for a New Generation
To the casual listener, the cool and loungey sound of a jazz ensemble is likely to conjure up images of elegantly smokey and dimly-lit nightclubs...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Aaron Kellim Performs “Hold You” with Mojave MA-1000 Microphone
We recently hooked up LA-based artist Aaron Kellim the amazing MA-1000 from Mojave Audio — in this latest video series we watched him go from...
The Global Leader in Music Streaming You’re Ignoring
It’s not Spotify, it’s not Amazon, and it’s not Apple. It’s not web3 and it doesn’t run on a blockchain. It’s not TikTok. It’s available...
How to Take Your Stage Show WIRELESS with Xvive
We recently sent the amazingly talented band @FirstToEleven a slew of new Xvive wireless products to test out live, with the hopes they could show...
