Hell yes, I think we can pretty much thank Michael Robinson and his incredibly prolific Eastwood Guitars for finally proving beyond a doubt that the funky old guitars of yesteryear are still in vogue today. Adding to the current frenzy for retro guitars, VOX this week pulled the veils off two classic reissues––the Limited Edition Mark [...]
Continue reading...14. November 2007
Hehe… well, it looks like Michael Leonhart has done it again––he’s produced yet another refreshingly avant-garde video demo for Electro-Harmonix, this time showing off the company’s newly re-imagined Stereo Electric Mistress. As with Leonhart’s earlier video demos, you’ll probably either love this one or hate it, but either way you have to admit the guy is [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2007
» Love Pedal MORPH - Just checked out Love Pedal’s new Germanium/Silicon Hybrid Fuzz stompbox, the Morph, and I like what I hear. The unit allows you to morph good old fashioned Ge fuzz with as much dirty Si fuzz as you see fit… a fairly novel idea. Nice sound samples, but I wish there [...]
Continue reading...18. October 2007
When Electro-Harmonix announced the release of their new Micro POG effects pedal––essentially a miniaturized version of their incredibly cool POG polyphonic octave generator––I had to wonder how they were going to replicate the original pedal’s functionality in such a small configuration. As a dyed-in-the-wool Electro Harmonix fan I came about this close to purchasing the POG [...]
Continue reading...24. September 2007
I’d been in the market for an envelope filter for more than a few months when Godlyke approached me about reviewing their new Guyatone Optical effects pedals… so needless to say I just couldn’t resist taking them for a test drive. For those of you who aren’t already acquainted with this latest line of effects from [...]
Continue reading...20. September 2007
Well, it was leaked late last month, and the whole thing got kind of overshadowed by the news that Line 6 had developed a new line of hybrid tube/digital-modeling amps with Bogner, but today the company officially unveiled their latest line of POD products––the POD X3 and POD X3 Live. While the two products have entirely [...]
Continue reading...28. August 2007
Just got these two beauties in from the good folks over at Godlyke, and I thought I’d better give you all a sneak peek before we get too deep into the review process. Ultrem Optical Tremolo & Ultron Optical Auto Wah What you’re looking at here are the Guyatone Optical Hybrid Effects––a pair of pedals that mix [...]
Continue reading...27. August 2007
OK, so at this point all of the various parts and pieces have pretty much been installed into our BYOC Tri-Booster, short of two things––the vast majority of the wiring, and of course the star of the show, our Germanium transistor. Clip, Solder, And Repeat Probably the single most annoying step in this whole build is the [...]
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27. November 2007
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