One of my favorite pedal builders has a new treble boost and ultra flexible drive pedal for your gain needs. Today on Guitars For Idiots we’re covering two fantastic new pedals from Drunk Beaver Pedals. The Polish-based builder was a big winner in my 2023 pedal review rankings on Ultimate Guitar, and recently landed inContinue reading “Drunk Beaver Pedals Unveils The Hoverla & Forest Song, New Pedals For 2024”
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Winnipeg Electrical Co. Puts Their Best Foot Forward With A Fuzzy Blues Driver
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
How Good Is This Cheap Spring Reverb From Mosky?
I’ve been on a big spring reverb kick, but how will this $35 mini pedal stack up to my previous boutique choices? 2023 had a lot of fantastic pedal reviews on this website, but was lacking when it came to affordable pedal reviews. I’ve done a lot of cheaper pedal articles in the past, andContinue reading “How Good Is This Cheap Spring Reverb From Mosky?”
The Guitars For Idiots 2023 Guitar Review Rankings Are In
Guitar reviews from Fender, PRS, and more face off for the internet’s most coveted guitar title. 2023 saw a return to regular guitar reviews here on Guitars For Idiots, which was fantastic news for me. Guitar reviews are what this site has been built off of. While we’ve also done lots of pedal reviews andContinue reading “The Guitars For Idiots 2023 Guitar Review Rankings Are In”
