Well, if you frequent the popular guitar forums you’ve probably noticed there’s been a lot of conflicting opinion on whether Electro-Harmonix’s new Hum DeBugger effects pedal truly lives up to the company’s hype of “Dead silence in your signal chain.” Not being one to shy away from opinion, I figured it was time to put one [...]
Continue reading...27. March 2007
At this year’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Line 6, arguably the world’s top manufacturer of digital modeling gear, updated its line of multi-effects/modeling pedals with the introduction of their new Floor POD Plus––billed as a single “road-ready” unit to cover all of your guitar’s signal processing needs. The Floor POD Plus apparently builds on the [...]
Continue reading...23. March 2007
Death By Audio today announced the release of its latest 100% analog overdrive creation––the divinely titled Interstellar Overdriver Supreme. Apparently an evolutionary step up from the exceedingly simple Interstellar Overdriver pedal, the new Interstellar Overdriver Supreme features two independent channels: one that pumps out classic old-school overdrive tones, the other one capable of producing six different [...]
Continue reading...14. March 2007
If you’ve been looking for an authentic, over the top tube distortion tone, but aren’t necessarily in the position to plunk down a small fortune on that menacing wall-o-Marshalls, you might want to check out Guitar Player’s recent review of three Vox CoolTron pedals––the Big Ben Overdrive, Brit Boost, and Bulldog Distortion. I’ve been eyeing the [...]
Continue reading...13. March 2007
As a long time fan of Electro-Harmonix (not to mention the fact that I live in a 100-year-old house with really funky wiring,) I was more than a little intrigued last year when the company announced their new hum eliminator––the aptly titled Hum Debugger. I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled ever since for a good demo [...]
Continue reading...21. February 2007
When BOSS & Fender announced their new ‘59 Bassman pedal last month I greeted it with more than a bit of skepticism… to be honest, as a dyed-in-the-wool vintage tube-amp fiend I actually found the whole idea rather unsavory. Not that I begrudge anyone for wanting to get some of that classic tone without shelling out [...]
Continue reading...15. February 2007
It’s all fine and well that there are literally thousands of stomp-boxes and rack-mount effects available for guitar players these days, but try to find a brick & mortar retailer who actually carries a decent array of them––you know, so you can actually take one for a test drive––and you’ll find yourself SOL. If you’re a [...]
Continue reading...19. January 2007
OK, really, I’m the farthest thing from a Luddite folks––I’m a computer professional and blogger for gawd’s sake––but this move towards ‘digital everything’ is really starting to get on my analog-lovin’ nerves. Yesterday I discovered Fender’s new digital modeling Stratocaster, and this morning I got an e-mail from BOSS pointing me towards another new Fender/Roland collaboration: [...]
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16. April 2007
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