Here is Vato Negro at Fuji Rock back in 2010.  Deantoni Parks kinda steals the show but that is what happens sometimes in Vato Negro!  This show was initially set up to be just a duo performance w D and me but we ended up doing a trio.  Enjoy! A new cut that I just...

This week’s “Show Me Your Pedalboard” entry comes from Dominique, all the way from France. Dominique starts his signal into TC Electronic PolyTuner. This is a reliable and fairly recent tuner and what makes this tuner so unique is its ability to detect multiple strings simultaneously, allowing you to quickly find where you may...

2014’s first Fuzz Wars is here at PedalsAndEffects and this time Jonathan Hischke (Dot Hacker, Hella, Broken Bells) and Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails) review four fuzz pedals! This installment features Justin Meldal Johnsen’s signature Diabolik fuzz (we featured recently here on PedalsAndEffects), Fuzzrocious’s Heliotropic (also featured before, here on PedalsAndEffects but Justin wanted to hear it so we threw it in!) Cog...

I can’t recall having so many requests for a video from one Instagram shot.  So here it is! Digitech has updated their Bass Whammy and it out performs the old one by a long shot! Working with updated converters, The Bass Whammy has better tracking, and the pitch shifting is spot on!  If you...

I wanted to let any of you attending NAMM 2014 that I will be performing at Earthquaker Devices Booth 2884 in Hall D.  Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos will also be doing two slots as well. • Thursday, January 23 @ 11:00 AM – Juan Alderete • Friday, January 24 @ 2:00 PM – Juan...

This is the war you have all been waiting for that isn’t Fuzz Wars!  After many requests, PedalsAndEffects has done a Sub Wars, and we hope your speakers can handle it! In our first Sub Wars, we feature Mantic Conceptual’s Density Hulk, Godlyke’s Great Divide 2.0, Ashdown’s Sub Octave Plus, and the famous DOD Meatbox....

Check out Juan’s interview over at Reverb.com. They dig in to fuzz, compression, delays, Precision verses Jazz basses, and a lot more.  There’s even a little talk of Deltron 3030 and Zavalaz. And here is a little something for Throwback Thursday…

One of the hardest working bassists in Los Angeles found time to come over to PedalsAndEffects to show us his new pedal: The Diabolik! Justin Meldal-Johnsen has been bringing bass to modern music for over twenty years.  In addition to performing with Beck, Nine Inch Nails, and Dixie Chicks, Justin has also produced some wildly...

Here we go with Round 2 of Overdrive Wars! In this round, we take a look at MXR’S Micro Amp, Earthquaker Devices’ Monarch, Xotic Effects’ Bass RC Booster and Darkglass Electronics’ Microtubes B3K CMOS Bass Overdrive. The Micro Amp, by MXR, has been used on several Mars Volta and Vato Negro records. Yes, it...

Everyone can appreciate a good end of the year top-ten-list. One of my personal favorites is CNET‘s top electronic products.  Lists like these can help consumers make an educated choice on the millions of products that come out at such a rapid rate these days. Pedals are no different: whether it’s the music gear companies...

As if Fuzz Wars wasn’t enough, PedalsAndEffects has decided to make a segment for overdrive pedals called, what else, Overdrive Wars!  This the first time I have actually done a comparison of overdrives so, as you can see in the video, I learn something about overdrives while making the video. The Overdrive Wars shows...