We have previously looked at how to build your first pedal board – but what actually goes on the boards of real players? This week we are looking at the essential pedals from a range of music industry pros to see what they feel are the best pedals for their play style. I think you’ll […]
This series will start to look at some of the terms and concepts that new players may not be aware of and may be afraid to ask. Today, we are looking at the concept of ‘Amp in a Box’ – what the hell is it and why do people use them? All amps are in
It seems that a month doesn’t go by that EHX aren’t releasing something new and cool – this week it is something for the Bassists of the world – the BATTALION From EHX: : Electro-Harmonix announces the Battalion Bass Preamp and DI for bass featuring a four-band equalizer, fully-featured MOSFET distortion section with three signal path
Time for a bit of a roundup of what has been recently released, both at home and abroad. Firstly is the Pelican Noiseworks Half Horse – the smaller sibling of the Pelitaur. The Half Horse is the left hand side of the Pelitaur and is a pretty special fuzz. Leon from Pelican has told me
Bondi has a special place in the hearts of Australians. Whether it is your local haunt, or the beach that you avoid due to it being ‘too popular’ that little cove holds a special part of Australia within it’s rocky walls. So it is with Bondi Effects, holding a special place on the pedalboards of
Since NAMM ElectroHarmonix has been killing it in the new releases. I am a big fan of EHX and it seems that they are one of the only big companies that are willing to push the envelope with new and unique products. I thought that today we could have a quick look at a few
I was going to be influenced by the most popular sellers of last year and buy the TC Electronics Ditto Looper, but there was a few things that threw me off, most notably that I couldn’t save loops between playing sessions. The EHX 360 Looper, however, allowed me to do that. The 360 stands for the
This new series is going to start to look at some of the great guitarists of the modern era, especially those that are a little less well known. The posts are generally going to be pretty short and will feature a video and where to find the guitarist in question, should you want to seek
It is 2017 and probably time to look back on the year that was and the big sellers of 2016, we will look at a couple of sources for what was popular, starting with Amazon. Best Selling effects on Amazon If we sort most popular on Guitar Effects, you can see that the Donner Yellow
After a brief hiatus for the Christmas period, we are back again with a new featured builder – Leon of Pelican Noiseworks. Sure, not an Australian company, but a small business with a product that is now available in Australia (Pedal Empire). Leon and Pelican first came to my attention through the 60 Cycle Hum