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REVIEW: Pigtronix Star Eater Analog Fuzz Pedal
Not all fuzzes are created equal; the various vintages and versions, the tweaks, the re-issues,...
REVIEW: Palmer PWT08 Powerbar
Pedalboard power supplies are often overlooked, but it’s an area that can not only mess with your...
Warm Audio Jet Phaser Pedal REVIEW
Vintage styled pedals usually have a few issues; some copy a circuit, and in the process of updating it for modern manufacturing, lose the nuances. Some get so accurate, that the prices just...
Warm Audio Foxy Tone Box Fuzz Pedal
Warm Audio has really established themselves as producers of high-quality audio gear with attention to the classic aspects, now they’re stepping into the guitar pedal arena, and their Foxy Tone is...
BOOK REVIEW: Patch & Tweak with Moog
When we received Patch & Tweak in the mail, all work in the office stopped for about an hour – the true sign of any engrossing work. And P&W, at least for the synth nerds out there, is as...
BOOK REVIEW: Pedal Crush
Guitar related books are plentiful, and many have become the respected bibles for the instruments they have covered. They’re part informational/reference items, but the glossy pictures make them...
REVIEW: Boss RC-5 Loop Station Pedal
Looping in general is a pretty simple process using a footswitch-enabled recording and playback device. In practice, it can take, well...practice, even getting the hang of simple units. Sometimes...
REVIEW: Boss OC-5 Octave Pedal
Boss pedals generally set the standard, right from the get-go, of that particular effect device, until they re-set and raise the bar. Their OC-2 octave pedal is a classic. Now they’ve updated things...
REVIEW: Boss RC-500 Loop Station Pedal
https://youtu.be/X3JY03lsebc It’s no surprise that looping pedals can be a way of providing personal accompaniment to performances, but in many cases, getting a small one-button device to get into...
REVIEW: Boss GT-1000CORE Multi-Effects Processor
When you take a flagship product, and streamline/consolidate it, the results in many cases are less than half the value. Boss figured out how to make a new axiom: “less is equal” by taking their...
REVIEW: CopperSound Third Man Triplegraph Octave Pedal
Back in 2017 we got to review Coppersound’s Telegraph Stutter pedal with its unique momentary switch that uses the mechanical concept of old timey telegraphs. Now Coppersound has gone to a whole new...
REVIEW: CopperSound Strategy Analog Preamp Pedal
OK, yes the new CopperSound Strategy pedal looks like a Jeff Goldbloom/fly merger/accident happened with a stompbox and a Strat. The input is the same jack that’s been around since 1954, along with...