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Speed Linking: 30 Years Ago Today… Elvis Left The Building, Pocket POD Review,

16. August 2007

The King Is Dead, Long Live The King – Hard to believe it’s been so long, but today marks the 30-year Anniversary of the rather unseemly early death of Elvis Presley. To commemorate his momentous passing, Gibson’s got a pretty good video interview with the true guitar genius behind Presley’s pretty face––six-string legend Scotty Moore. [...]

Electro-Harmonix Beefs Up XO Line With Q-Tron+ & Octave Multiplexer

14. August 2007

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Wow, these guys just can’t stop… apparently not content with their recent release of six brand new pedals, Electro-Harmonix has added yet two more effects to their new XO Line––updated versions of both the Q-Tron and Octave Multiplexer. Q-Tron+ The Q-Tron+ appears to be a suped-up version of E-H’s classic Q-Tron envelope filter––now loaded into [...]

Building The BYOC TriBooster: Part Two – Populating the Circuit Board

13. August 2007

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OK, so we’ve got all of our parts, pieces and tools laid out, and we’re ready to actually start building the BYOC Tri Booster. Populating the circuit board is easily the most time-consuming part of this whole project, so while I think you’ll enjoy the process––don’t expect it to be quick work. This section of [...]

Building The BYOC TriBooster: Step One – Get Your Stuff Together

10. August 2007

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OK, so we’ve got our TriBooster Kit from the good folks at Build Your Own Clone, and I’m happy to say they threw in a few extras as well (who doesn’t like extras?) Yeah, it’s cheapy promo stuff, but still fun: two guitar picks with the BYOC “Cloned” Sheep logo printed on them, and a [...]

REVIEW: The Phaseomatic Deluxe – Effectrode’s All-Tube Phase Shifter

8. August 2007

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Model Effectrode Phaseomatic Deluxe Intro The Phaseomatic Deluxe is boutique effects company Effectrode’s handsome new photo-optical vacuum tube phase shifter. Like something straight out of an old Sci-Fi film, this imposingly sturdy little stomp-box features the kind of retro-50′s styling that would look right at home perched on top of your grandfather’s old television console, [...]

Sneak Peek: Six New Stomp-Boxes From Electro Harmonix

6. August 2007

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OK, specs are still pretty shady at this point, but being a long-time fan of Electro-Harmonix I couldn’t resist getting you these photos ASAP. Holy Stain Over the weekend Electro Harmonix hinted at a number of new additions to its XO Line of guitar effects, so I thought I’d give you the lowdown as it [...]

Lovepedal’s New Eternity Overdrive Getting Some Pretty Rave Reviews

31. July 2007

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With Andy Summers using their Eternity Overdrive pedal extensively on the Police’s current blockbuster World Tour, boutique guitar effects maker Lovepedal has got to be feeling pretty pumped right about now. Unfortunately, while I’ve been hearing good things about the company for quite some time, so far I haven’t had much luck locating any of [...]

Welcome To The EGR Chop Shop: Let’s Build Us A Boost Pedal

20. July 2007

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Inspired by my recent successful foray into Strat mods, not to mention IG’s great “Gator Muff” Pedal Build Project, I’ve decided to tack a new department onto Electric Guitar Review––the EGR Chop Shop. Heck, I figure if I’m gonna’ get my hands dirty poking around inside various guitars, amps, stompboxes and the like I may [...]

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