Strymon Deco Secondary Functions: Making Them Easier to Remember
The Strymon Deco is one of my favorite pedals that anyone has ever made. The Tape Saturation side makes a lovely warm boost and overdrive. The Doubletracker side is a lush flanger that, of course, can do a lot more than flange. If I fell on hard times, I’d sell my body before selling this…
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Reviewed: Monark Pedalboards Mainframe
About two years ago, we did a preliminary inspection of a rather neat and highly engineered take on the pedalboard. Fast forward to very recently and Monarch Monark Pedalboards has finally brought their product to the public. We got our hands on their flagship product, the Mainframe (specifically a 26×16 version with a wedge) to…
Review: Modern Sound Amplifiers “Vibrolush”
60 years from now, I don’t think any guitarists out there will be swooning over a 2015 Blackstar or Peavey amplifier the way we currently do over Fenders from 60 years ago. But it will be interesting to see if those future folks are paying top dollar for 2015 recreations of amps from 1965. By all accounts,…
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The Strymon Mobius Rabbit Hole
Technology is great, but we can easily become trapped in an endless maze of possibilities that it creates. This is bad when it gets in the way of just creating new stuff. That’s exactly my fear when it comes to putting the Strymon Mobius on a pedal board. (more…)
PedalGenie – Finally, a Modern Take on the Gear Shop
This is how you buy pedals: Way #1 – Go to the local guitar store, where they have 30-50 pedals from a handful of manufacturers, if you’re lucky. You try one out using not-your-guitar into not-your-amp. This combo sounds terrible, but the pedal improves it, so you get excited and buy. When you get home,…
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Tested: Source Audio Orbital Modulator
You want a flanger for your pedal board, right? And a phaser too, right? Crap… Well, two new pedals isn’t so bad. You know, that Diamond phaser is really nice… but you probably want a Phase 90 for everyday use. That’s like $400 in phasers. Weren’t we talking about a flanger too? How often do…
Re-Review: Metallica
If I had to sum up this album in one word it would be “WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.” (more…)