From smoother BD-2 flavored overdrive to fuzz, the Homework Series Blues pedal brings Canadian flavor to my board. Fresh off my first trip to Canada to spend New Years in Montreal, we have our first Canadian pedal review of 2024. There are a ton of great builders from up north, and sometimes I fail toContinue reading “Winnipeg Electrical Co. Puts Their Best Foot Forward With A Fuzzy Blues Driver”
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Rare Buzz Strikes Fuzz Gold Again With The Rubidium Superoxide Pedal
After wowing me with the Fuzz Bob-Omb, Rare Buzz has outdone themselves with this boosted octave fuzz. During 2022 I fell in love with Rare Buzz’s Fuzz Bob-Omb, a silly looking, grizzly sounding germanium fuzz based on some old forgotten Soviet tech. The pedal ended up in my top 10 list, right at #5 andContinue reading “Rare Buzz Strikes Fuzz Gold Again With The Rubidium Superoxide Pedal”
Meet The ALABS Audio Pedals: Novadrift Modulation and Orbit Pitch Pedals
Not quite expensive, but not quite cheap, these pedals bring a lot of the versatility of premium pedals to a more accessible level. Want to grab your own ALABS pedals? Go grab them here. While researching which pedals to cover in 2024, I stumbled across ALABS Audio on Instagram. They seemed familiar, even though I hadContinue reading “Meet The ALABS Audio Pedals: Novadrift Modulation and Orbit Pitch Pedals”
Sweetwater Gear Exchange vs Reverb: My Thoughts
As an avid Reverb user, I was pretty excited to try Sweetwater’s new competitor, but it’s been…slow. Reverb gets a lot of flak from the online guitar community, myself included. They have raised fees, been forced into reporting our sales to the IRS (though that’s not really on them), and generally had some bad PRContinue reading “Sweetwater Gear Exchange vs Reverb: My Thoughts”
This Is One Of The Prettiest Guitars You Can Buy, Made By Jade Works Instruments
A gold-on-purple singlecut with dual TV Jones Filter’Trons and endless chime that warrants your attention. Some of you may remember the name Jade Works Instruments from last year, when I got my hands on this fun offset guitar from the local luthier behind the company. After falling in love with that guitar after a fewContinue reading “This Is One Of The Prettiest Guitars You Can Buy, Made By Jade Works Instruments”
One Of My Favorite Brands, Howl Guitars, Is Back For 2024
Image credit: Howl Guitars on Instagram Some of you who have been long time readers here may remember the Howl Guitars Sirena 3 I reviewed many years back. It was one of my absolute favorite guitars for years and years, and reminded me of the pre-pandemic time where guitar manufacturing was booming. New brands andContinue reading “One Of My Favorite Brands, Howl Guitars, Is Back For 2024”
This Experimental Fuzz Pedal Is For You Earthy, Crunchy Types
Meet the Wonderful Audio Technology (WAT) Fuzz Lands, an ultra versatile fuzz pedal You really can’t have too much fuzz, and luckily there’s no shortage of fun fuzzes around these days. The last fuzz I raved about was a relatively simple, vintage circuit. But now we’re turning over to a much more complicated and powerfulContinue reading “This Experimental Fuzz Pedal Is For You Earthy, Crunchy Types”
Meet The ALABS Audio Pedals: Versatile Delay And Reverb Effects
Not quite expensive, but not quite cheap, these pedals bring a lot of the versatility of premium pedals to a more accessible level. Want to grab your own ALABS pedals? Go grab them here. While researching which pedals to cover in 2024, I stumbled across ALABS Audio on Instagram. They seemed familiar, even though IContinue reading “Meet The ALABS Audio Pedals: Versatile Delay And Reverb Effects”
Guitars For Idiots Is Going Grassroots For 2024’s Gear Reviews
There will be more of a focus on smaller, less talked about gear brands and builders, but still plenty of punk rock. 2023 was another great year for all things guitar. We unveiled our top pedal rankings, compared our favorite guitars, and even talked about all the accessories, parts, and amps too. And with allContinue reading “Guitars For Idiots Is Going Grassroots For 2024’s Gear Reviews”
Stromer Mutroniks Brings Vintage Fuzz To The Masses
This is a premier example of lo-fi vintage fuzz based on the old Shin Ei Super Fuzz Want one of these Superfuzzes? Of course you do, so go grab one at Reverb I have admittedly reviewed a lot of fuzz pedals since I started this job, but sometimes you just know when you struck gold.Continue reading “Stromer Mutroniks Brings Vintage Fuzz To The Masses”
