While New England has become a destination for many reasons, luthiers and pedal builders are wrongfully excluded from the long list of regional highlights. Since 2019 I have spent quite a bit of my free time writing, recording video, and thinking about guitar gear. Many of the highlights have included working with the big brandsContinue reading “Exploring New England’s Underappreciated Guitar Gear Builders, Artisans, and Brands: The New England Guitar Gear Database Project”
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Loud, Buzzy, Glitchy, Germanium Fuzz: Fuzz Imp Has Gone All Out With The Machina II Pedal
I don’t know where to begin with this one, but I also can’t stop playing it. 2025 has been a year to say the least. As I detailed recently, it’s been a less than stellar year in the guitar gear industry. Unfortunately, some of those bad vibes have even spilled into my demos and reviews,Continue reading “Loud, Buzzy, Glitchy, Germanium Fuzz: Fuzz Imp Has Gone All Out With The Machina II Pedal”
No King Of Tone? No Problem – The Fuzz Imp Amity Is All You Need
A dual drive pedal for under $200 with two different flavored amp-like overdrives? Sign me up. No Need To Wait Forever For A Dual Drive Obviously the demand for dual overdrive pedals has skyrocketed in the past decade or so. The vaunted King of Tone from Analogman is considered the cream of the crop, butContinue reading “No King Of Tone? No Problem – The Fuzz Imp Amity Is All You Need”
Summer School Electronics Debuts A New Modulation Pedal: Meet The Middle School Chorus
Summer School’s latest pedal brings lush and easy to use chorus to any board in need.
Tulpa FX Bunyip Review: A Silky Smooth Phaser That’s More Subtle Than Straightforward
The Bunyip Phaser showcases Tulpa FX’s penchant for crafting pedals that provide versatility and wackiness.
Jade Works Instruments Introduces The MD96 Guitar Design
You have seen this guitar before, but it got a recent facelift and is ready for the limelight. You may remember Jade Works Instruments from a review we did earlier this year of their Butterfly model, which you can find by clicking here. But Jade Works is back again with another original guitar design, andContinue reading “Jade Works Instruments Introduces The MD96 Guitar Design”
Meet Audio! Audio!, A New Pedal Company From A Familiar Face
Lucky (the Monster), previously of Demonic Machines fame, has begun a new pedal building era with Audio! Audio!. Lucky (the Monster), as they often go by, has been one of my favorite pedal builders from the last few years of reviews. Their Homunculus was an all-time great Klon clone, and I also loved the FuktContinue reading “Meet Audio! Audio!, A New Pedal Company From A Familiar Face”
Bulinski Effects Pedals’ ASD-1 Is A Smart, And Thunderous Spring Reverb
The Analog Spring Driver uses an external spring tank and some clever controls to craft a range of tones. What Makes The ASD-1 Different? The Bulinski ASD-1 is not like other spring reverb pedals you may have seen me cover on this site or on Ultimate Guitar. It uses intuitive but creative controls to allowContinue reading “Bulinski Effects Pedals’ ASD-1 Is A Smart, And Thunderous Spring Reverb”
Maybach’s Little Wing Is The Perfect Guitar To Write A Song On
This guitar mixes the comfort of a parlor guitar with the output of a vintage electric guitar. Rounding out the 2023 guitar review season both here and for Ultimate-Guitar, we have the Maybach Little Wing. This perfectly comfortably, quirky guitar comes to us from Germany, and is my first time with a Maybach guitar. MaybachContinue reading “Maybach’s Little Wing Is The Perfect Guitar To Write A Song On”
Meet Shevlin Guitars And Their McKenzie Offset Model
With a stunning red finish over a resonant slab JM-style body, there’s lots of beauty in simplicity here. My love of simple guitars is well documented at this point. I love single pickup guitars, like the RWM Guitars RWDCT we’re giving away, or the Tom DeLonge Strat. Ironically I do have a relatively complex signatureContinue reading “Meet Shevlin Guitars And Their McKenzie Offset Model”
