A good bass fuzz pedal can be instrumental in finding your ideal sound, whether you’re looking for the psychedelic bass fuzz of the ’60s or the grinding overdrive made popular in ’90s metal, grunge, and industrial. A lot of distortion and fuzz pedals that are aimed at guitarists will have a tight low end, achieved […]

Univibe pedals are similar to phase shifters, chorus, or vibrato effects, but give your tone a unique color that can’t be accomplished with any other pedals. Introduced in the 1960s to emulate Leslie speaker’s “Doppler sound,” the effect uses a staggered series of filters (instead of the aligned filters in other phasing pedals) to give […]

The original Tube Screamer was released in the late ’70s by Ibanez and was popularized when guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Joan Jett used it as part of their signature sound. This legendary overdrive pedal has since become one of the most cloned pedals in history; now, it seems like any company that makes […]

If there’s one thing that can really spice up the sound of a bass guitar and make it more prominent in the audio mix as a solo instrument and not just a groove machine, it’s the octave pedal. With this effect, the sound of your instrument will be kicked up a notch by the pedal […]

If you’re looking for a cool way to spice up your guitar playing – mainly your solo parts – we would like to kindly draw your attention to a neat effect called the octave pedal. The way these effects operate is that they take your original input signal and craft a synthesized signal with a […]

A loop pedal can be a useful addition to your guitar equipment arsenal in a number of ways. In a practice setting, it can help you work on your rhythm and lines when you don’t have other musicians around to play with. Loop pedals can also be very beneficial in writing tunes and working out […]

The custom amplifiers made by Alexander Dumble are some of the most sought-after and valuable amps around, costing as much as $35,000 a pop on the secondary market. Even if you have the money to spend on a true Dumble amp, they’re made in extremely limited numbers, often customized to their original purchaser, and can […]

The clean, bright tone of an acoustic guitar can serve as a nice contrast to your electric guitar sound, but with all the other gear you have to schlep to a gig, bringing along a second guitar is a hassle you doubtfully want to deal with just for some extra color. Adding an acoustic simulator […]

If you want a good pedal, do you need to spend a lot of money? Yes, you do, but a lot of money is only a must if you are after a GREAT pedal; for a good one, you will be absolutely surprised about how much of a solid sound you can get from a […]

A preamp pedal for your bass improves your instrument’s signal, raising the input to line level and making it easier for your amp or recording equipment to process. Used both in live and studio applications, a preamp pedal also shapes the tone, passing the signal through a series of processors before sending it forward to […]