Summer School Electronics updates their beloved Gus Drive for bass players. Fresh off the madness of Black Friday, Summer School Electronics announced and released their newest pedal, the Gus Plus. The Gus Plus is their Gus Drive pedal, but with a clean blend knob added to it. This makes it ideal for bass players, whoContinue reading “A Crisp, Crunch Box For Your Bass From Summer School Electronics”
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Fox River Devices Autumn Drive Is Their First In A Line Of Seasonal Gain Stages
A new brand, a new pedal, and four seasonal takes on drive pedals start now with Autumn. One of my favorite aspects of running this blog is that I can cover new and upcoming brands that most of you probably wouldn’t otherwise find. Sure, I do review Fender, PRS, Walrus, Strymon, and other big nameContinue reading “Fox River Devices Autumn Drive Is Their First In A Line Of Seasonal Gain Stages”
Pedals For A Cause: Electric Love Pedals Fund Breast Cancer Research
100% of proceeds from this pedal brand will go directly to help combat breast cancer. When we talk about guitar pedals, and guitar gear in general, we’re often worked up in a frenzy of aggressive comments, stubborn opinions, and subjective views. All of those minor arguments of importance are dwarfed by the ever present importanceContinue reading “Pedals For A Cause: Electric Love Pedals Fund Breast Cancer Research”
Is This The Frankenstein Of Gain Pedals? Check Out This Half Tube Screamer, Half Rat
An idea that popped into my head has turned into a crazy cool pedal from Summer School Electronics. I know what you’re thinking, another Summer School Electronics review on this website? Well too bad, because this one is basically as close to getting a signature pedal as I’ll get. What started off as a sortContinue reading “Is This The Frankenstein Of Gain Pedals? Check Out This Half Tube Screamer, Half Rat”
Meet Fish Circuits And Their Model One Overdrive
Check out this new Orange-inspired gain stage hand built in Montreal, Quebec. Learn more or grab your own from Fish Circuits website! Fish Circuits is the newest kid on the block when it comes to boutique overdrives, though their offering is quite a bit more eye catching than most Instagram fodder I scroll through. ButContinue reading “Meet Fish Circuits And Their Model One Overdrive”
What The Heck Is This Guitar From Might Be Famous?
This affordable Strat-Tele hybrid certainly sticks out of a crowd, but is it any good? Visit the Might Be Famous website for more details, specs, and purchasing. Very rarely are there guitar brands (or shapes) that I’ve never heard of before. In this case, both the brand and design were very new to me, butContinue reading “What The Heck Is This Guitar From Might Be Famous?”
Caline’s Got A New Line Of Pedals, Are They Worth Checking Out?
Caline is usually my go-to affordable pedal brand, will the new line keep that trend going? Image credit Go grab your own Caline pedals to help support my work! Caline has been making my favorite cheap pedals on the market for some time now. The Caline Lucky 7 is a staple of many of myContinue reading “Caline’s Got A New Line Of Pedals, Are They Worth Checking Out?”
My Least Favorite Guitars I’ve Ever Reviewed
Not to be confused with the worst guitars I’ve reviewed, instead the ones that didn’t inspire me regardless of quality. This list is a reflection of instruments I just never connected with, even if they are objectively good, well made, popular, or a great value deal. They may have flaws, they may be flawless, itContinue reading “My Least Favorite Guitars I’ve Ever Reviewed”
Guitar Review Three Piece: Quick Hits On Three Guitars
Short write ups of three guitars I had the chance to review this year for Ultimate-Guitar! And go find your next guitar on Reverb or Amazon using these links to help me continue to review gear! Fender “Hitmaker” Stratocaster – UG Review This was a tough one to record while I was in between movingContinue reading “Guitar Review Three Piece: Quick Hits On Three Guitars”
5 Ways To Better Use Reverb.com
Some tips, tricks, and more importantly advice on how not to piss anyone off. My love of Reverb.com is well known by this point. I buy and sell almost all of my gear through their website, I recommend it to everyone, and more importantly, I use it as an important metric for observing guitar/pedal/gear trends.Continue reading “5 Ways To Better Use Reverb.com”
