ElectroHarmonix are finishing the year the way they started it, with continued awesome releases. Earlier in the year it was the Green Russian reissue and now they have released the Op-Amp version of the Muff. This is the Muff of the Smashing Pumpkins sound and who better to tell you about it than Billy Corgan […]
Initially the article was going to be ‘Best Guitar gear of 2017’ but due to the amount and quality of releases this year the article would have dragged on and on, so I decided to split it – today looking at the best of pedals this year that we have either purchased or reviewed. Best
Reverb.com have released their best selling pedals over the last year and you can find it here and there are the usual suspects on there. What can we learn? Loopers are in high demand, but maybe people don’t know how to use them (or they really do).. I say this because the TC Electronic Looper takes
I wrote a piece a little while back on Kink Guitar pedals and now have had the chance to review their Charlie Fuzz. Now, I am under no illusion and my playing can’t match the playing of someone like Brett Kingman, so I will let his video demo show you how it works. As for
The Xvive Golden Brownie was one of the pedals that made it into the Gear of the Year for the Guitar Nerds last year, so it has to have some chops, right? Oh yes it does! I reviewed this pedal that was sent to me from Artist Guitars, a company which I have been well impressed
This week we are looking at another small Australian builder, who is churning out some great Fuzz at the moment – Kink Guitar Pedals. Mark, the guy behind Kink was kind enough to give us some time to talk about his company. I have the Charlie Fuzz sitting on my shelf at the moment, ready
The EHX Big Muff Pi is a pedal that has probably been on most pedal boards, from the beginner to the advanced it has been a staple. Most people will also know that there have been several iterations of the pedal with a particular few hailing from Russia. The Black and, particularly Green Russian muffs
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
EHX continue to be on the up and up with releases, this month with the Tone Corset compressor and now the Platform Stereo Compressor Boss have extended their Katana range (which I am a big fan of) with the new Boss Katana Mini, a battery powered amp with quite a few of the Katana range of
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