Show Me Your Pedalboard: Drew

Show Me Your Pedalboard: Drew

Today's Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Drew from Michigan! Drew plays in a grindcore band and his board features the bare essentials, as well as some fun, and some weird noise makers. Let's dive in and take a look at what Drew is rocking!

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Demo: Last Gasp Art Laboratories Super Oscillo Fuzz & Gommorah

Demo: Last Gasp Art Laboratories Super Oscillo Fuzz & Gommorah

Years ago, there was some store in Sacramento (where fellow reviewer in this video, Nick Reinhart, hails from) that sold pedals and had the advantage of also providing audio clips. I bought a few winners, and a few losers from them, but the clear winner out of all my purchases from that store was the Last Gasp Art Laboratories Super Oscillo Fuzz! 

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Throwback Thursday: My First Van Halen Show

Throwback Thursday: My First Van Halen Show

Van Halen was a huge band in their day, and are still considered by many to be one of the greatest bands of all time. Their self titled debut was on every kid’s stereo when I was growing up; I remember staring at the album cover wondering where the brothers, guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, were from. He was the first musician in my experience that made even scratching the strings sound musical and awesome.  I was an obsessed kid and wanted to know what I had to do to blaze a trail like Eddie did.

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Show Me Your Pedalboard: Chris

Show Me Your Pedalboard: Chris

Today's Show Me Your Pedalboard entry belongs to Chris from Salt Lake City, Utah! Chris has a very modest board which he mainly uses for his bluesy/stoner rock band. Chris is hardcore repping DOD, as well as rocking some other surprises too, so let's dive in.

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Demo: Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator

Demo: Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator

Pigtronix's Quantum Time Modulator is a vibrato, a chorus, and a wild time stretching effect that provides some pretty cool and useful sounds. Pigtronix was inspired by Frank Zappa's MicMix DynaFlanger sound, and although I am not too familiar with that specific unit I fully trust that Dave at Pigtronix managed to achieve that exact sound. Dave, and the crew at Pigtronix are all pedal wizards, and are constantly coming out with new pedals to change the effects game.

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Demo: Iron Ether FrantaBit

Demo: Iron Ether FrantaBit

There are many pedal makers out there and more are sure to come. It’s not easy to stand out in that crowd, but what I believe sets builders apart from the others are innovative and functional designs. Iron Ether is no exception this. With their function, utility and creativity, Iron Ether have quickly found themselves amongst today's great pedal makers. 

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Show Me Your Pedalboard: Lawrie

Show Me Your Pedalboard: Lawrie

Pedals And Effects is back with another entry for Show Me Your Pedalboard! For those unfamiliar, Show Me Your Pedalboard is a series where the pedal pimps from all over the world send in their boards, we display them to you Pedals And Effects faithful and make suggestions on how to best utilize their gear. Today's board comes from Lawrie, all the way from Scotland! Lawrie's got a really modest board, but he's got a lot of pedals that you don't see all too often. 

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Peter Hook & the Light Perform "Substance - The Albums of Joy Division & New Order"

Peter Hook & the Light Perform "Substance - The Albums of Joy Division & New Order"

Peter Hook has been one of my absolute biggest influences since when I first started playing bass. The bands of that emerged from the 80's new wave scene is without a doubt my favorite era of music. The sounds Joy DivisionNew OrderKilling Joke, and U2 are permanently ingrained in my musical DNA. It was such an honor to interview Peter Hook for Pedals And Effects, and now I am proud to help announce Peter Hook and the Light's world tour!

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Demo: Nemesis Delay by Source Audio

Demo: Nemesis Delay by Source Audio

Every now and then, a stomp-box comes to Pedals And Effects that is so powerful, so radically researched and designed, that it takes a while to fully grasp that pedal's ability. That is exactly what the Source Audio Nemesis Delay is all about. With a staggering amount of features and customization, if you can dream it, the Nemesis Delay can create it. I believe Source Audio set out to conquer the delay world and the Nemesis Delay is pretty damn thorough! 

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Interview: Bassist and producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Interview: Bassist and producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Justin Meldal-Johnsen has carved himself a very successful career in the music industry. Not only is he known for having played bass with Beck and Nine Inch Nails, but his talents are highly sought after for production. Justin has applied his talents to such acts such as M83ParamoreTegan and Sara, and many more. 

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