Pedals And Effects loves to show how deep the whole pedals scene gets into the pop world, and today's post features Simon Francis of Ellie Goulding's band. Hailing from London, Simon plays electric bass but its not your ordinary pop bass. Mr. Francis plays effected electric bass that is not just effected but heavily effected. He's definitely, one of us!
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Read MoreThe Pedals And Effects 5, builders series, concludes this run with the guys from WMD - William Mathewson and Alex Anderson. I have known WMD's big cheese, William Mathewson, for years. He was one of the first interviews I ever did for Pedals And Effects. He came to 5 Starr Sound Labs when I only had half of my gear in there and three lights and he was the only employee at WMD. These guys are known to make the gnarly stuff for us sound freaks so we're stoked to have them for The Pedals And Effects 5.
Read MoreI am in awe of Goya Panther basses. Ever since Josh Klinghoffer lent me his for the Deltron 3030 tour. I got to borrow and tour with it for two years, and I couldn't get over how easy they are to play, how tight they look, how great they sound and the variety of tones you can achieve with them.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: A brief retrospective on my pedalboard while in the Mars Volta. How large it got, how I downsized it, and the steps that I took, and that you can take in building a better board for yourself, and your music.
Read MoreToday's Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Brian. Brian definitely makes the most out of the real estate of his board with pedals packed to the brim! Brian's definitely rocking some Pedals And Effects favorites, along with some goodies that Brian uses to craft his own unique individual sound.
Read MorePedals And Effects goes way back with this week's Pedals And Effects 5 guest, Ben Hinz. I met Ben in 2010 after he had hooked me up with one of his Eau Claire fuzzes. Ben drove from Eau Claire Wisconsin (where he lives), to Chicago to see Mars Volta open for Soundgarden. Ben and I hit it off instantly and we have remained friends ever since.
Read MoreHaving a website of your own has it's perks, being able to write about the pedals and effects I have used on any given record is one of them! Digital Gardens by Big Sir is essentially a harder rocking re-work of our album Before Gardens After Gardens. This record's distorted bass is the music's driving force and I want to share what I used to get the bass tones!
Read MoreClass is in session! We have all been there. You are either being rushed on stage, or being yelled at to get off stage, but you know in your head you have to take care of your cables. Don't do what I do and just stuff your cables into a bag or case. It's bad for the cables, and bad for you the next time you have to grab those cables. Do what Nick Reinhart does and wrap your cables right!
Read MoreThe Pedals And Effects 5 is swinging hard with the notorious Jack Deville from Mr. Black pedals. Jack and I became friends during an Earthquaker Devices bowling party they throw every year at winter NAMM. He and I hit it off big time. Jack is super cool, very smart and is obsessed with pedals. I love his builds and I love his ideas. So much so that Pedals And Effects did a promotion with him a few months ago with his amazing envelope filter the Fwonk Beta!
Read MoreMy friend, and Broken Bells/Hella guitarist Dan Elkan brought his rare Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay to 5starr Sound Labs because I don’t own one and he does! The Back Talk Reverse Delay is a discontinued reverse delay that's out of this world.
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