Today'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.
Read MorePedals And Effects had such a huge response to our 100 Pedals video that we asked ourselves "what could be bigger than that?" and the answer was "let's set the world record!" After doing a couple of hours of research on the largest pedalboard/most pedals chained, we found what we believe to be the world record at 142 pedals.
Read MoreToday’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry just might be the most aesthetically uniform pedalboard we’ve featured yet! Today’s board comes from Tim, and he’s rocking a very modest, but very color coordinated board! You can tell a lot of thought was put into this board. Each pedal has its purpose and while there’s no excessive frills there’s still plenty of room to get crazy. Check out that cable management too! Let’s take a look at what Tim get’s to see when he’s looking down on stage!
Read MoreSince 2001, I have been aware of the Japanese band the B'z. I auditioned for their live band for their 2001-2002 Japan/Asia tour, not knowing much about them except for the few songs I had to learn for the audition. My wife Anne, being Japanese and having worked in the Japanese music business, described to me that the B'z were the biggest rock band in Japan!
Read MoreIt is not often that I get to break down, track per track, what gear I used on an album. So I felt like doing a retrospective feature on Big Sir's Digital Gardens - so here we go!
Read MoreHere 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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