May 11, 2011 | Guitar Pedals
I used a DOD digital effects pedal for years on a solid state amp, and one day a friend came over to jam – and he had his pedal board with him. He plugged it into one of my amps and we were playing some classic rock, and he was using this overdrive pedal that...
Feb 27, 2011 | Guitar accessories, Guitar Amps, Guitar Pedals
If you are a guitar player and you use effects there are traditional analog and digital pedals, and then there are digital modeling effects. This can be very confusing if you don’t know much about either one. This article is an attempt to give you a brief...
Feb 3, 2011 | Guitar accessories, Guitar Pedals
Electro Harmonix has been around a loooong time. The first guitar pedal I ever owned was an Electro Harmonix fuzz. That thing was indestructible! You’re lucky to find some of the original vintage effects on eBay from time to time, but many companies are now...
Feb 1, 2011 | Guitar Pedals
If you’re using digital effects – you haven’t seen squat until you’ve checked out this delay pedal! The Carl Martin DeLayla XL Delay Pedal was designed and developed to have the same sonic quality as the original DeLayla and adds a second...
Jan 29, 2011 | Guitar Pedals
A preamp is something you might want to use to plugin directly into your PA or sound system. The Carl Martin 3-Band Parametric EQ/Pre-amp is designed specifically for use with such acoustic instruments as guitar, violin, and harmonica. We plug things into our PA all...
Jan 22, 2011 | Guitar accessories, Guitar Pedals
The Uni-Vibe guitar effect pedal was used on some of the most classic guitar recordings of all time by guitar players. It was made by the “Univox” company (hence the name Uni-vibe). They created the Uni-vibe pedal to emulate the sound of rotating speaker...
Jan 17, 2011 | Guitar accessories, Guitar Pedals
I wanted to write a review for this “Sanyo Pedal Juice” unit I got at the end of December. Sanyo was nice enough to send me one to review, and it’s pretty cool. It’s a rechargeable lithion ion battery to power your guitar pedals. The unit I...
Jul 8, 2010 | Guitar accessories, Guitar Pedals, Guitar Reviews
The Polytune guitar pedal is getting rave reviews by all the musicians that I know (that have used it). It’s made by TC Electronics, and I first saw it when my friend picked one up at the local Guitar Center. My lead singer was just saying the other day “I...
Feb 21, 2010 | Guitar Pedals
The Digitech RP80 is a very versatile guitar modeling pedal that you can get for a fraction of it’s original cost. This is one of the first multi effect pedals to become popular, and it’s been out now for about 10 years. I’ve owned this pedal for...
May 23, 2009 | Guitar Pedals
The Vintage Octa Screamer pedal is not for the faint at heart! It recreates the famous and instantly recognizable octave doubling effect immortalized by Jimi Hendrix. The Vintage Octa Screamer is based on a unique new circuit design that greatly improves the octave up...
