Love Your Tone
1) Chase Bliss Audio Brothers 2) Matthews Effects Architect V3 3) Neunaber Neuron 4) Hungry Robot LG+HG 5) Pelican NoiseWorks 50/50 (60 Cycle Hum) 6) JHS AT+ (Andy Timmons Angry Charlie) 7) Loophole Pedals Grey Matter 8) Xotic RC Booster V2 9) Jackson Audio Broken Arrow 10) Foxpedal Kingdom Drive/City Drive
As space becomes more and more of a premium, are even mini pedals too big for todays pedalboards? For those who are looking to save even more space, here are a few of the smallest effects pedals on the market: 1) Hotone Skyline 2) Henretta Engineering 3) Joyo Ironman 4) Mooer Spark
Mini pedals seem to be taking over the pedalboard world, but just because many people are moving to smallboards it doesn’t mean you have to without your trusty volume pedal. Here are 5 of the best mini volume pedals available: 1) Hotone Soul Press Volume/Expression/Wah Going further than all the other companies on this list,…Read More
You may or may not have heard that PRS recently released the Silver Sky, a signature model for John Mayer. It quickly blew up the internet with lots of opinions for and against. What was missed though, was that this wasn’t that different a departure from some previous PRS models. So here are 5 times…Read More
Whether for backup, or an ultra portable rig, there has been a steady growth in the number of guitar amps built into a pedal format. We count down some of the most popular listed by wattage. There was also a recent episode of That Pedal Show comparing a few of them, along with the latest…Read More
Much has been made of a recent article in the Washington Post about the death of the Electric Guitar. The Tone King recently bought this up in an excellent interview with the CEO of Fender, who said he didn’t see it that way at all. We must say we agree, and it doesn’t seem like…Read More
1) The Roaster (JHS Pedals Amp) 2) TC Electronic Vacuum Kill Switch 3) EarthQuaker Devices Tune Job Quadraphonic Modulated Tuning Device 4) Sweetwater Heavy Metal 5) Reverb HotNoize Signature Artist Sample Pack 6) Andertons / Wampler 7) Chicago Music Exchange
1) BluGuitar BluBox 2) Torpedo C.A.B. 3) Neunaber Iconoclast 4) Atomic Ampli-Firebox 5) AMT “Pangaea” CP-100 6) Digitech CabDryVR 7) CFI Cabzeus 8) Torpedo Wall Of Sound 9) Analog Solutions Hughes Kettner Readbox, DI’s from Palmer, Mooer, JOYO. 10) Built In Solutions A staple of many beginner and practice amps, this feature is starting to…Read More
Another theme from NAMM this year was higher quality speaker sims and other direct solutions. 1) Blu Guitar Blubox The Blubox is a studio quality impulse response speaker sim in a small easy to use package. 2) Atomic Ampli-Firebox Atomic bring their excellent modelling to a small tiny package with the Ampli-Firebox 3) Mooer Preamp…Read More
1) PRS J-MOD 100 Coming in at around $6000, the John Mayer collaboration isn’t a cheap amp, but sounds stellar none the less. 2) Wampler Bravado Amp Brian Wampler has brought is discerning ears to bring us what could be the ultimate pedal platform. 3) PRS Sonzera Amps Going in completely the other direction from…Read More