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The MOBILE ISSUE is out now!
Performer Magazine is psyched to bring you our special MOBILE ISSUE celebrating how today's...
Donner Announces Amazon Prime Day Discounts
Save up to $180 off digital pianos and guitars in Donner's massive Amazon Prime Day sale including...
REVIEW: Palmer Pedalbay 40PB and 60PB Pedalboards
The slat wall pedalboard design has offered up a platform for guitarists that is flexible, but always needed add-ons such as power supplies and mounting brackets. Palmer’s Pedalbay system is an...
How musicians can make money through their website
[Guest article courtesy of Melanie Kealey of Bandzoogle] Even in a time when new platforms and online technologies are exploding in popularity – Web3, TikTok, Yubo, and more – it has never been more...
REVIEW: Coppersound Strategy Two-Channel Preamp and Overdrive V2
Back in March of 2021 we reviewed Coppersound’s Strategy pedal. The cool Strat-inspired design is as unique as the sound, and now Coppersound has updated it with an additional overdrive mode. Enter...
How to Use an FX Loop on Your Amplifier
FX Loops and You: Unlock Better Tonal Possibilities What is an effects loop, you may ask? Well, it’s an “opening” on an amp allowing effects to be run after the preamp, and before the power amp...
The Difference Between TRUE BYPASS and BUFFERED BYPASS
It’s impossible to shop around for effects pedals without noticing claims of “true bypass” coming from a wide range of manufacturers. Like many things in the guitar effects world, there is some...
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 and the endless chatter of gear forums finding...
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 distortion can be quite different. OVERDRIVE GUITAR PEDALS An...
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 culture in which we now find ourselves living in, and in so...
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 this one for a while, and it even has a...