Electric Guitar Review

Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai

Chop Shop: Building The BYOC Optical Compressor

Wow… I had originally planned on writing a whole series of posts on my experience building the BYOC OptiComp Optical Compressor –– but the build had so few parts, and was so easy to put together that I think I can cover it all on one shot. Total build time for me was about three hours. [...]

And The Award For Ugliest Stompbox of 2008 Goes To…

The Ibanez Steve Vai Jemini Distortion Pedal… two channels of overdrive and distortion, each with individual Drive, Tone & Level controls, and all packed into a zinc die-cast chassis decked out to perfectly complement Vai’s famously color-challenged JEM guitar. Ibanez is calling this one Vai’s “first Signature Distortion pedal…” Can that be correct? I’m not a [...]

See The Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man With Hazarai In Action

The Myth of the Memory Man, Parts 1 & 2 M. Leonhart is at it again… this time getting deep (and I do mean deep,) into the workings and wonders of the new Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. A nice in-depth look at what this pedal can do, but definitely not for the faint of [...]

Speed Linking: Love Pedal’s New MORPH, Michael Kelly Patriot/Kustom Giveaway

» 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 [...]

Video Demo Of The New Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

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 [...]

Line 6 Debuts TonePort UX8 - Eight Channel USB Audio Interface

Nice… for the last two years I’ve been using Line 6 TonePort products to record sound samples here at EGR, and I have to say I’ve been more than satisfied with the results––not to mention the sheer affordability. Now, hot on the heel of last week’s POD X3 announcement, Line 6 has unveiled yet another new [...]

REVIEW: Guyatone’s ULTRON Optical Auto Wah & ULTREM Optical Tremolo

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 [...]