I'm sure by now you've heard of the fuzz that has taken the guitar world by storm: the Pharaoh. Let's see if this pedal lives up to the crazy hype it's received the past couple months.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Review: Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Fuzz
I'm sure by now you've heard of the fuzz that has taken the guitar world by storm: the Pharaoh. Let's see if this pedal lives up to the crazy hype it's received the past couple months.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Review: Catalinbread Manx Loaghtan Fuzz
The Manx Loaghtan is Catalinbread's latest entry into the world of fuzz. It has a very muff-like character and has tons of flexibility with a Baxandall tone stack. Let's see how this fuzz stacks up to the competition.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Dr. Scientist Interview
I figured those more interested in Dr. Scientist after my review of the Frazz Dazzler might want to get to know the duo (yes it's all done by two people) behind all of these great effects pedals. I present to you, an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Scientist: Ryan and Tanya!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Review: Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler
Sorry for the long delay everyone, I finally have a new review for you all: The Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler. I have no pictures of the exact unit as it is a demo unit, not a production unit. Instead I'll be showing off all the cool finishes Ryan has done for the production models!
The Frazz Dazzler is a high gain fuzz with a few unique features and a very unique and aggressive tone. Not to mention it has soft touch switching, which is so much better than your standard 3PDT true bypass footswitch if you ask me. Read on to hear more about Dr. Scientist's fuzz creation.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
It's been a while folks...
Sorry for the lack of content in recent weeks, final projects and tests have been kicking my ass. Enough with the excuses though, I have some great stuff coming up this summer. I can promise you I will be busy interviewing and reviewing my ass off!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Guest Review: Effector 13 Test Pattern (By Robert Furtkamp)
This is an initial observation and review of a Devi Ever "Test Pattern" fuzz pedal. Basic features are simple: a volume control, an Intensity Knob (which goes from oscilation/feedback at the lowest level and goes to really hard gating and odd at the far end), and a gate on/off switch. Turning the gate on and off opens up the pedal's sound but at the expense of the trademark pseudo-tremolo.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Guest Contribution: Kevin Ian of The Common Men and His Rig
Hello!
Kevin Ian. Vocalist/Guitarist of The Common Men. Post-Punk with shades of Shoegaze, Alternative, Pop, and Post-Rock. Now with the formalities aside, allow me to take you on a guided tour of my rig. As I break down elements of my sound, I will try to give as best I can the background stories surrounding certain pedals.
I am currently going through another reconfiguration of my board. I tend to be fickle in certain areas of my sound, but I can break everything down into dirt and delay. As my rig expands, I may find more of a use for filters and modulation in my actual guitar rig, but space issues keeps me focused for now.
My sound is broken into two distinct rigs: Guitar and Texture. The picture included is the most recent picture I have of my rig. The guitar rig is on the right, and the texture rig is on the left.
Kevin Ian. Vocalist/Guitarist of The Common Men. Post-Punk with shades of Shoegaze, Alternative, Pop, and Post-Rock. Now with the formalities aside, allow me to take you on a guided tour of my rig. As I break down elements of my sound, I will try to give as best I can the background stories surrounding certain pedals.
I am currently going through another reconfiguration of my board. I tend to be fickle in certain areas of my sound, but I can break everything down into dirt and delay. As my rig expands, I may find more of a use for filters and modulation in my actual guitar rig, but space issues keeps me focused for now.
My sound is broken into two distinct rigs: Guitar and Texture. The picture included is the most recent picture I have of my rig. The guitar rig is on the right, and the texture rig is on the left.
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| Kevin's guitar and texture rigs |
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Review: Catalinbread Montavillian Echo
The past week or so I have been playing around with this unique little echo pedal. It provides some unique delay tones, runs on 9 and 18 volts and self-oscillates creating some crazy noise, read on to find out more about this delay from Catalinbread.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Builder Interview: Brian of smallsound/bigsound
Smallsound/bigsound has been making waves in the effects community with it's interesting lineup of fuzz, overdrive and just plain undefinable effects. I got a chance to ask Brian a few questions about his business, his inspirations and what the future holds.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Bass Demo Added to Internet Review!
I gave Kbithecrowing from the Shoegazers and ILoveFuzz forums my Internet to try it out on bass and he recorded a cool clip showing off the various tones it gets on bass. Video after the break and also the Internet review page is updated if you haven't checked it out yet.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Need a Clean Boost, EQ, Overdrive and Distortion in One Tiny Box?
Well look no further than the upcoming Dr. Scientist Elements distortion!
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| An unfinished Elements |
Monday, April 4, 2011
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