Tube screamer style pedal on left side. Right side thickens it up and gets occasional use. I’ve had it since I think the late 90’s. Lately I just stack this on other drives when needed for a solo section. Both sides on gives nice feedback when cranked up. Users: Phil Keaggy Submitted by Steve, Instagram GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES, CONTEST INFO, SEE OUR LATEST DEMO VIDEOS AND MORE:
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The Ditto Looper from TC Electronic is a 1 knob, live musician-friendly pedal! It has a simple configuration of a playback volume knob to set how loud you want your loop to be. Then it has a soft touch on/off switch, which is brilliant because most looping pedals have a standard stomp switch which does produce a significant amount of noise which if you have a delay on that pop of the pedal can be heard in your loop. So the soft touch...
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Tone Factor is a great place to get great pedals, but did you know they used to BUILD them, too? This is one of their oldest (and best, IMO): The NEBULA Phaser. The circuit is loosely based on the Phase 45 / DOD 201 circuit, a 2-stage phaser that is more subtle than a 4-stage model. Lots of Uni-Vibe-type tones coming out of this little box, sitting more in the high-end and adding a liquidy texture and clarity to your tone. Simple...
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The Übermut is an all-analog, hand-wired, true bypass, mod-ready overdrive pedal. What is Mod-Ready? Its a socketed pedal that allows you to change out a few parts using just your fingers and takes a few seconds. The pedal is capable of literally thousands of tones ranging from clean boost to warm overdrives all the way to raging fuzz and distortions by just swapping out our “Tone Packs”. For an excellent demo by a couple...
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Before we get ahead of ourselves, let me just brief you on all things ‘vibey’. The Uni-Vibe as used by Hendrix (listen to ‘Machine Gun’), Robin Trower, Stevie Ray and a host of other guitarists is at its heart, a phaser pedal. It uses a different approach than your basic phase 90 type pedal to get its sound such as transistors instead of op-amps and a lamp and LDR’s (light dependant resistors) to control...
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As far as modern (affordable) analog delays are concerned, you’re be hard pressed to find a better pedal than the Carbon Copy Analog Delay from MXR. The 600ms of delay time is ample for most applications, almost twice what a lot of older delays offer, and you can dial in that classic slap back sound with ease. Plus, the optional Modulation button adds more tones and possibilities to your arsenal, and you can even trim the...
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We all search for warmth in our amps and pedals; I don’t know one guitarist who doesn’t. That was one of the main factors in selecting the Cream Overdrive from Plush/Fuchs, and it is the reason my tone sounds so good. No bells and whistles, nothing too fancy, just a great overdrive pedal, with ranges from a kind of bluesy mild drive to a thick, sonic distortion when really cranked. 3 simple knobs to control Gain, Tone and...
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For those searching for the modern metal djenty tone, the Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer is best used with the overdrive on 0 so all gain comes from the amp. The pedal is great and the reviews speak for themselves, but Keeley is a god – he can bring things out of pedals you didn’t know existed. So much middle and the bass is as tight as it gets, it’s a stand alone pedal and the most interesting things happen in the...
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Most of us are familiar with the famous ROSS Grey Compressor from the ’70’s, and the RC-3 from Barge Concepts uses that original design as a launchpad to a great new stompbox. The Volume, Sustain and Attack knobs allow you to control the output signal, the sustain amount and how much your signal is “squished”. Plus, there’s an added bonus inside, in the form of an internal switch for selecting a larger...
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We’re trying something new today, and we hope that more people do their reviews this way in the future! Here is our first VIDEO pedal review, for the Juliet Collective OrangeCream Overdrive. This thing is a monster, as you’ll see in the clip below. Make sure to check out Kyle’s other reviews using the links under the video – Click ‘PLAY’ and enjoy the show! Submitted by Kyle
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People at shows are always asking me, “Dude, how do you get that tone?!” My reply, which is pretty well-rehearsed by now, is, “I have a bass preamp pedal called a Rusty Box. It’s made by a company in New York City called Tronographic.” The Rusty Box is housed in a sturdy, attractive, white and orange enclosure with controls for Level, High, Low, Mid, and Gain; a mini-toggle switch to select between Hi and Lo gain inputs,...
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This was VERY exciting when it first arrived on my doorstep, and hasn’t gotten one bit dull since then. The EP2 Envelope Phaser from Pigtronix will take you clear to outer space, and then a bit further, before pulling you back slowly into sublime reality. You can switch between the envelope filter and the phaser with a tap of your foot, or use them both in conjunction to set the controls for the heart of the sun. Use the Depth...
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The BD-2 Blues Driver delivers the creamy, yet crunchy sound associated with great blues guitar. This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually reserved for 30-year-old tube amps. With the JHS Blu-Drive mod, however, the BD-2 becomes very transparent and extremely amp-like in its response and character. You will notice a huge range of gain that reaches from clean boost to all...
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As a dirt-obsessed bass player, I’m often disappointed by the lack of distortion options for us dudes in the rhythm section. Most bass overdrives sound flabby and unfocused; poor recreations of that famous “vintage” amplifier that rhymes with BLT, and, though I enjoy the upper-midrange growl I get from guitar-oriented overdrives, they’re chronically lacking in bottom-end, and that gnarly tone gets lost in a full-band...
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Introducing the Cusack Music Sweet Verb. A bit springy to big cave with the twist of the Size knob. Separate Wet and Dry controls allow for as much or as little of each signal as you want. Also featured is a Texture knob to adjust the tone of the reverb signal, and of course our True Bypass Switching system. Get some sweetness on your board today! Controls Knobs: Dry, Wet, Texture and Size Users: Bobby Schneck Submitted by Tony from...
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For musicians who love their guitar and amp’s tone. The Pharaoh pedal, while its roots and DNA are classic fuzz, has a few twists. The Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh has a wide range of clipping and tonal options. From a cleanish boost, to a light OD, all the way to saturated fuzz. It sounds clear and natural, strong and bold. Your guitar sound isn’t high jacked, and your amp’s tone is not destroyed. The Pharaoh utilizes a dual tone...
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The Semaphore Tremolo Delivers classic tremolo sounds from the smooth and buttery coaxing of vintage “harmonic vibrato” to more modern aggressive hard chop “repeat percussion”. There are of course plenty of non-traditional trem-based sounds too – pulses, swells, blips, & surf amplitude modulation can all be found inside. It wouldn’t be a Catalinbread pedal if it didn’t do some weird stuff too, right?...
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The Ibanez DFL was the first flanger to use digital processing, the IDPC (Ibanez Digital Processing Conversion) system which permits wideband, brighter flanging effects that were previously available only with rackmount digital processors. The DFL also features an extra wide 8:1 sweep ratio for deeper, wide-ranging flanging effects. This flanger can be heard throughout Rage Against The Machine’s music catalog, and can go from...
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The DM-3 was the last analog delay pedal produced by Boss, and it is one of my favorite delays EVER. The circuitry is similar to the DM-2’s but it isn’t identical. The DM-3 has a built-in high speed noise reduction circuit and an additional filter, which make the delayed tones sound smooth and oh-so-analog-warm. You can mix-and-match settings between the Repeats and the Echoes, which can do a killer slap back (what this...
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