Vibrato Review: Boss VB-2 vs Behringer Ultra Vibrato UV300

Vibrato Review: Boss VB-2 vs Behringer Ultra Vibrato UV300

It is important to spread out your purchasing power when it comes to pedals.  Basic pedalboards will consist of a tuner, a compressor, a fuzz or distortion or both, a modulation pedal like a chorus or vibrato, a delay and maybe some wild pedal.  Add that up and that becomes a lot of money for us musicians.

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Demo: TWA Fly Boys Echo FB-03

Demo: TWA Fly Boys Echo FB-03

Godlyke Distributing Inc. are known for some pretty radical sounding pedals. The Great Divide Analog Synth Octaver or the Little Dipper Envelope Filter are two fantastic examples of what Godlyke has to offer. Godlyke has now come up with a few smaller effects that deliver. Godlyke’s TWA Fly Boys series mini pedals, which include DistortionOverdriveChorusMetal and a great delay simply called Echo, are made with the aerial traveling & touring musician in mind.

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Demo: Okto-Nøjs by Emma Electronic

Demo: Okto-Nøjs by Emma Electronic

Okto-Nøjs - Just when you thought it was safe to turn up, the Okto-Nøjs by Emma Electronic gets you busted by the decibel police. The sure fire way to rattle the stage is to have an amazing ripper of a pedal like the Okto-Nøjs because it contains two lethal effects in one box!

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Reign in Fuzz!

Reign in Fuzz!

Got a short, but sweet one for you today! We have four of the most demonic fuzzes going head to head in an evil fuzz shootout! We featured four fuzzes that all have optimal LED placements on the chassis, so that when the pedals are engaged they simulate spooky glowing eyes or maybe something even more diabolic!

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Reverb Wars: Digitech, Mantic and Earthquaker Devices

Reverb Wars: Digitech, Mantic and Earthquaker Devices

Here we go with another war series Unlike other wars we have waged on Pedals And Effects, "Reverb Wars" is almost like the war that ends in great public relations (if there ever was one) because they all sound so beautifully together. The Digitech PolaraMantic Proverb and the Earthquaker Devices Levitation decided that joining forces is much better than war, and if you watch this here video, you will see exactly what we mean.

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Throwback Thursday: The Search for a 1970/71 Fender Precision Fretted Bass

Throwback Thursday: The Search for a 1970/71 Fender Precision Fretted Bass

I believe anyone who has followed my career or Pedals And Effects, knows my main bass is my 1970/71 Fender Precision Fretless bass. It’s a stock fretless that has had some minor modifications done to it. I am obsessed with this bass’s tone, look and feel so much that I have always dreamed of owning an exact era specific P-bass but with it’s original stock fretted neck. This is my story of how that came about.

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Show Me Your Pedalboard: Eric

Show Me Your Pedalboard: Eric

Today's Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Eric from Dallas, Texas. Eric's board is a who's who of Pedals And Effects favorites! I had to do a double take of his board because I thought I was looking at mine for a second. Eric's rocking some of my favorite pedals from all eras of my career, it's like a Pedals And Effects greatest hits! The usual suspects are here plus some surprises, so let's dive in and see what's up with Eric's board:

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Demo: MXR La Machine Fuzz

Demo: MXR La Machine Fuzz

The MXR Custom Shop has outdone themselves again with their new fuzz called La Machine which they made to drive the raw sounds of ’70s-style hard rock and modern garage rock. This fuzz is based on a vintage circuit that features an octave switch that adds an octave up tone to your fuzz signal to create a raw, searing sound!

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Demo: Keith McMillen 12 Step MIDI Controller

Demo: Keith McMillen 12 Step MIDI Controller

Keith McMillen is designing and building more great gear for the travelling musician. Keith was nice enough to send Nick Reinhart and I a 12 Step MIDI keyboard foot controller for us to use in our bands, and for review on Pedals And Effects. This foot controller is bullet proof and durable for any touring duties, and the back lighting makes it essential for MIDI stage use. See why this made Pedals And Effects "Best of 2015" list! 

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Throwback Thursday: Coachella 2003

Throwback Thursday: Coachella 2003

I never thought I would post about Coachella here on Pedals and Effects, but a conversation happened a few weeks ago that brought my attention back to when I played bass for Mars Volta in 2003 at this SoCal festival. That radical performance was my second gig ever with the band, and my first time to this crazy desert event.

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