If you're playing in a band that's as innovative and out there as Hella, you're going to need a guitar that's equally as crazy! Picking up where we left off last week with Spencer, we take a look at what might be the world's weirdest, strangest, guitar. Plenty of knobs, switches and even a built in egg shaker? Spencer takes us through his history with the instrument and more.
Read MoreA long time ago, in what seems like another lifetime, I was fortunate to have met and toured a few weeks with Spencer Seim who was the guitarist and co-founder of the legendary Sacramento band, Hella. Spencer and the ripping Zach Hill on drums were one of the fiercest guitar/drum duos ever created. The duo had just turned their band from a two piece into a four piece and were opening a tour I was a part of, that was headlined by System Of A Down and Mars Volta.
Read MorePedals and Effects coming at you with a no-nonsense, no-frills, in your face, fuzz pedal. TC Electronic are at it again with a super robust, easy to use fuzz pedal. If you're looking for a vintage gated type fuzz with, (in their words) "velcro-like fuzz tones" look no further than the Rusty Fuzz. The Rusty Fuzz is everything you need in the search for that brown sound.
Read MoreAfter returning from tour, Nick and I are back with a fresh, new Pedals and Effects video! Taking center stage today is the Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer granular delay.
Read MoreThings have been busy here lately at the Pedals and Effects camp, I'm still out on tour and Nick just got back from a tour in Japan! I still get your emails with your pedalboards and I managed to grab time to take a look at some. Let's resume Show Me Your Pedalboard with this wonderful entry from Craig from New Zealand! We've actually featured Craig here before a few years ago, but he has since gone and made some revisions along with a few upgrades:
Read MoreNAMM is definitely a whirlwind of a weekend, for us there isn't a whole lot of time to really dig into new stuff. We caught buzz of a few guys walking around the convention center in beekeeper outfits and were told by multiple people to check out their stuff. On the last day of NAMM 2017, we found out that these guys fresh from Brazil ran an effects pedal company called Beetronics.
Read MoreAt Pedals and Effects, we LOVE old school Electro-Harmonix pedals. The vintage Bass Microsynth is one of my all time favorites, I used it extensively on the Vato Negro records. I recently got a vintage Deluxe Memory Man, and big metal box is definitely the way to go with Electro-Harmonix. Jonathan over at Future Music (shouts out Highland Park) lent me this vintage Graphic Fuzz, Electro-Harmonix reissued these but I wanted to try out the real deal.
Read MoreOf all the constants in my career, I've used Dunlop picks with just about every project I've been involved with. Whether it was Racer X, Vato Negro, Mars Volta, and now, Marilyn Manson, I've been using Dunlop picks every on stage every night.
Read MoreIt's a new year, which means new videos, and new effects! It's 2018, and without further ado, we're proud to reveal the new EarthQuaker Devices Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator!
Read MoreAs 2017 comes to an end, we look back on all of the new effects that we managed to play and really dig into in the past year. There were so many pedals that made their debut in 2017, but these are our top ten pedals (in no order) that, in our opinion have stood out all year.
Read MoreThe fifth annual 12 Days of Pedals and Effects has come and gone. We want to thank all of the amazing brands for donating their amazing products, and YOU the reader for another great year of Pedals and Effects! Winners announced below:
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