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Hear Amplitube Jimi Hendrix In Action… Courtesy Of Guitar Player Magazine

16. July 2007

As a companion piece for their upcoming review of IK Multimedia’s Amplitube Jimi Hendrix digital modeling software, Guitar Player Magazine’s Michael Ross has recorded a pretty impressively authentic Hendrix-style jam in Ableton Live, and uploaded it to their website as an mp3. For the recording he apparently used a vintage ’65 Strat fitted with DiMarzio [...]

First Look: Effectrode’s All-Tube Phaseomatic Deluxe

13. July 2007

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Before I sign off for the weekend I just wanted to leave you all with a quick look at this beautiful stompbox I just got in for review––a brand spankin’ new prototype of Effectrode’s Phaseomatic Deluxe. The pedal is essentially a re-ingeneered “Deluxe” version of the world’s first photo-optical, vacuum tube phaser, and like its [...]

BOSS Recreates Roland RE-201 Space Echo In A Digital Pedal

12. July 2007

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Apparently continuing with their recent push towards digitally re-creating some of the world’s most beloved analog guitar gear, BOSS today unveiled the RE-20 Space Echo twin pedal––a digitally modeled re-working of the classic RE-201 tape echo machine. The original Space Echo (right,) which was first offered by Roland beginning in the early-’70s (and stayed on [...]

Electro-Harmonix Unveils Old-School Germanium OD Pedal

10. July 2007

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OK, maybe it’s because a mid-’70s Big Muff was the very first effects pedal I ever owned, but I’ve been an Electro-Harmonix fan as long as I can remember, and I’m always a bit excited when they announce a new gizmo for the guitar. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t tend to be really good at PR, [...]

GP’s Video Roundup: 19 Guitar Effects Pedals Tested

5. July 2007

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If you’re a reader of Guitar Player Magazine (Hunny, I swear, I only read it for the articles,) you may have caught their recent effects pedal “Pow-Wow” (July, 2007 issue.) It turned out to be a fine roundup of a whole slew of new effects, but the big news for me is that they’ve just [...]

Line 6 Goes Small With Pocket POD & TonePort GX

27. June 2007

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Line 6, makers of what is easily some of the most affordable digital modeling gear available to guitarists today, have released two new products that appear to be aimed squarely at those looking for portable solutions to their signal processing needs. The Pocket POD is an extension of Line 6′s popular POD line of digital [...]

Guitar Player Puts Four Looping Pedals Through Their Paces

21. June 2007

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There’s a great in-depth comparison and review of four different looping pedals over at Guitar Player right now, and reading through it made me realize just how far the whole technology of looping has come since I first messed around with it in a very primitive form nearly two decades ago. The pedals covered here [...]

Speed Linking: Build A Big Muff With IG, Alexi Laiho Signature Guitar

25. May 2007

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Thank gawd it’s Friday! I’ve been burnt-out and jet-lagged all week, and I could really use a chance to catch up on my sleep… anyway, I wanted to throw out some quick links this morning before I get too deep into writing my next full-on review. In case you missed it, Ig is running a [...]

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