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  Looking Back: Mystery Green Monster Fuzz Pedal from Swansea, Wales

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  Oct 1, 2015

  bass pedal, bass pedals, Big Sir, efffects pedals, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Mystery, Pedals And Effects, Swansea, Throwback Thursday

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  Touring definitely has its perks, and I’ve been so blessed and fortunate over the years to receive such wonderful gifts. Among some of the many things I’ve received over the years are some custom built pedals that YOU guys have made. One such pedal is this mystery “Green Monster” from Swansea, Wales. The pedal...

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  Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at Big Sir

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  Jul 30, 2015

  bass, Big Sir, juan alderete, Lisa Papineau, Pedals And Effects, Throwback Thursday

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  Fans of Big Sir have always been one of a kind. The people who write or come up to me usually say they love Big Sir. They may have our shirts or they have copies of all our records or they know all of our songs. I always wondered what that meant but after...

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  Interview: Troy Zeigler of Beat Music part II

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  Sep 30, 2014

  beat music, Big Sir, Earthquaker Devices, efffects pedals, mark guiliana, pedals, Pedals And Effects, pedalsandeffects, show me your pedalboard, troy zeigler

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  I am very happy to see the enthusiasm here on PedalsAndEffects for some great musicians who deserve to be heard! A lot of you have been asking, “where is the gear” for Troy in my interview? Well, here is part II of PedalsAndEffects interview with Troy Zeigler of Beat Music. Troy goes through his...

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  Interview: Sound Manipulation with Troy Zeigler of Beat Music

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  Sep 24, 2014

  bass player magazine, beat music, Big Sir, Earthquaker Devices, efffects pedals, hotone, juan alderete, mark guiliana, Pedals And Effects, pedalsandeffects, recovery effects, tim lefebvre, troy zeigler

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  When I hear there is some new pedal on the market that does something that no other pedal does, I immediately check it out, either through a store, video or sound clips that I dig up on the internet. Once I own the pedal, and that thing delivers the goods, I rave about it...

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  Pedal Review: Cusack Screamer Fuzz

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  Aug 11, 2014

  bass, bass pedal, bass pedals, Big Sir, efffects pedals, fuzz, fuzz pedals, juan alderete, overdrive

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  Here is a tube screamer type overdrive/fuzz pedal made by Cusack that was given to me on Big Sir’s tour while we were in Portugal. The guitarist who gifted it felt the Screamer Fuzz pedal was a little too much for him and since he knew I love over the top pedals, he gave...

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  Pedal Review: Green Fuzz from Swansea

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  Aug 6, 2014

  bass, bass pedal, Big Sir, efffects pedals, fuzz, fuzz pedals, juan alderete, Pedals And Effects, pedalsandeffects

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  Touring has its perks and a lot of time, I am at the receiving end of gifts from show attendees! I have been given salami, amaro, wine, champagne, cheese, cookies shirts, cd’s but  relevant gifts to PedalsAndEffects are pedals people bring me! This Big Sir tour was pretty amazing because I was given at...

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  BIG SIR-DIGITAL GARDENS GETS HIT WITH A FUTURISTIC AND VINTAGE ONSLAUGHT

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  Jun 10, 2014

  a/da, bass, bass pedal, bass pedals, Big Sir, Boss, Digital Gardens, efffects pedals, flanger, fuzz, fuzz pedals, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Particle, pedalboard, Pedals And Effects, red panda, sovtek

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  Big Sir has always been a great avenue for bass and low end and this new DIGITAL GARDENS record is about as bass heavy and wild as any record I have heard. On PedalsAndEffects, I have been revealing what I used on this record, while saving the best secrets for last. As I have...

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  BIG SIR / DIGITAL GARDENS How I Got My Bass To Blow Up My Fliptop Speaker!

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  May 29, 2014

  AMPEG, bass, bass pedal, bass pedals, Big Sir, blown speaker, Boss, DOD, efffects pedals, fuzz, fuzz pedals, MEATBOX, octave, Pedals And Effects, pedalsandeffects, speaker, subharmonic

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  This month on PedalsAndEffects, we have been running a series on the making of Big Sir’s DIGITAL GARDENS album. I have been writing about what I used to get the bass sounds on this record and other insider info. Last week, I revealed how I got the loudest, most distorted tone with out feeding back...

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  BIG SIR/DIGITAL GARDENS: BASS GEAR BREAKDOWN FOR TRACK 1-INFIDELS

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  May 6, 2014

  AMPEG, bass, bass pedal, bass pedals, big, Big Sir, Boss, Dunlop, efffects pedals, Ernie Ball, fuzz, fuzz pedals, juan alderete, pedalboard, Pedals And Effects, pedalsandeffects, sovtek

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  It is not often that I get to break down, track per track, what I used on an album I made but here we go! PedalsAndEffects is going to get the gear listing for each track I played on the new Big Sir DIGITAL GARDENS record we released last week. The first track on...

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  RECORD RELEASE! BIG SIR releases DIGITAL GARDENS today!

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  May 1, 2014

  Atari Teenage Riot, bass, Big Sir, Dave Elitch, Deantoni Parks, Digital Gardens, Digital Hardcore, fuzz, Lisa Papineau, Pedals And Effects

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  In today’s music world, it is a huge feat for any band or artist to release a record. Since most artists I know are responsible for the upfront financing of their creations, it is a huge accomplishment when there is a completion and release of their work.  Such is the case of Big Sir...

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  #ThrowbackThursday: My First Band – Black Page

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  Aug 22, 2013

  Big Sir, Black Page, Frank Zappa, juan alderete, Led Zepplin, My First Band, The Mars Volta, Van Halen

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  I have to admit, nostalgia can be both good and bad.  I look at the photo of my first band, Black Page, and I look like such a dork.  My sister took the photo at our rehearsal spot and I remember being a little nervous because of my acne that I’d tried to hide...

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  #ThrowbackThursday: My Audition with Billy Corgan’s Zwan

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  Aug 8, 2013

  Auditions, Barry Squire, bass, Bassist auditions, Big Sir, Billy Corgan, Distortion Felix, El-P, Jimmy Chamberlin, juan alderete, Matt Sweeney, pedalsandeffects, Smashing Pumpkins, The Mars Volta, Throwback Thursday, Zavalaz, Zwan

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  Another #ThrowbackThursday, another look back at a memorable audition! As I mentioned last week, I haven’t had to audition much over the course of my career.  The few times I did audition usually ended in a gig, but in this particular instance, that wasn’t the case. Let’s just say playing the music wasn’t the...