Top Ten Pedals of 2019

Top Ten Pedals of 2019

As we make our way into the new decade, we here at Pedals and Effects wanted to take a look back at the pedals that really impressed us in 2019. The last few years have really shown us that we truly are in the golden age of effects pedals. Smaller pedal operations have been enough to shake up the industry with their output, and even get the titans of the industry to notice and do similar things. In the end we all benefit from innovation. So let’s take a look at what innovation brought us in 2019!

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NAMM 2019: Editor's Picks with Premier Guitar

NAMM 2019: Editor's Picks with Premier Guitar

Another NAMM is in the books! It was a whirlwind of a weekend but we’re stoked on all the gear we got to try, all the familiar faces we got to see, and all the new friends we made. We saw a lot of really cool stuff at NAMM, and during all the chaos we got to sit down with Premier Guitar to talk about all the coolest pedals and effects we saw at NAMM 2019.

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Fender: Pugilist Distortion

Fender: Pugilist Distortion

Diving deeper into the new Fender effects pedal line, today we're checking out the Fender Pugilist Distortion! The Pugilist has not one, but two distortions, which you can A/B, stack, or even blend. Like a pushed Fender amp, the distortion is well defined, but you can absolutely get gnarly when you start to stack the distortions. In case you were curious "Pugilist" means "boxer", and this pedal is a knockout!

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Fender: Santa Ana Overdrive

Fender: Santa Ana Overdrive

Earlier this year at NAMM, Fender announced that they were putting out a new line of effects pedals. Fender went all out! The entire line includes Overdrive, Distortion, Reverb, Delay, Compressor and Buffer pedals. (All with appropriately California themed names!) If the pedals are anything like their instruments we knew they would be worth checking out, and they absolutely were. Nick and I got to playing with the Santa Ana Overdrive, and we dug what we heard!

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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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Throwback Thursday: How To Build A Great Pedalboard

Throwback Thursday: How To Build A Great Pedalboard

Throwback 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. 

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How To Chain Pedals On A Pedalboard

How To Chain Pedals On A Pedalboard

Here is a post that is long overdue, because the #1 question I get on this site, hands down, is  “How do I chain pedals on a pedalboard?” It seems that many of you think there is a right way and a wrong way.  I am here to tell you that your “perfect” pedalboard is in the eye of the beholder- YOU.

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