Sep 29, 2011
http://www.earthquakerdevices.com Another great EQD pedal! And it’s not a fuzz….. this is an amazingly tweakable overdrive for all of you guys that aren’t as into fuzz as I am The treble and bass controls on the Monarch are amazing and allow you to completely dial in the exact tone you want. I have a couple [...]
Sep 27, 2011
http://www.maritimeanalog.com and http://www.klhcustomrelics.com Tonebender fans unite! From our neighbors to the north comes the Firing Line MK II fuzz from Canadian company Maritime Analog. Firstly, they have a good amount of pedals at great prices, so check them out. It is a germanium based fuzz and uses three new old stock trannies. Lots of classic fuzz tones [...]
Sep 26, 2011
http://www.catalinbread.com and http://www.reverendguitars.com (At the 6:14 minute mark is one of my favorite settings) There are a lot of weird noises I made with this pedal, so please do give the whole demo at least one full view The beauty lies in the oddness of this pedal. I recently heard that Catalinbread is thinking of phasing this [...]
Sep 24, 2011
by Daniel Kreps for Amplifier So today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time, Nirvana’s Nevermind. A week after its release in 1991, the LP debuted at Number 144 on the Billboard 200. Two months later, it went platinum. Two months after that, Nevermind unseated Michael Jackson’s Dangerous at Number One, and Nirvana [...]
Sep 23, 2011
Sure, we all own at least one of the those dollar bin Ernie Ball straps…either as a backup or your main strap. I am guilty of owning two But every once in a while, we want to feel like rock stars…. complete from head to toe…. maybe not [...]
Sep 21, 2011
One of the first CDs I ever received was an old, beat-up copy of R.E.M’s Automatic for the People. I loved that CD and played the hell out of it. Now, I wouldn’t say that the entire R.E.M catalogue was all that amazing in the grand scheme of things, however, I feel that I could [...]
