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

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  Oct 1, 2015

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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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  PedalsAndEffects Song Dissection: Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine

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  Sep 30, 2015

  bass pedal, bass pedals, Digitech, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Max Kane, Pedals And Effects, Rage Against the Machine, Song Dissection, Tom Morello, Wah, whammy

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  Today’s PedalsAndEffects Song Dissection focuses on a song by a group that pushed musical boundaries and blurred the lines of musical genres back in the nineties. Their political styling, the onslaught of sonic aggression and groovy beats still resonate with listeners to this day. There can be no other such group as Rage Against...

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  The Pedals and Effects 5 with James Valentine of Maroon 5

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  Sep 29, 2015

  bass pedals, efffects pedals, guitar pedals, James Valentine, juan alderete, Maroon 5, Pedals And Effects, The Pedals and Effects 5

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  (5 questions we ask artists – the same 5, every time) Pedals and Effects coming at you with another new column! We’d like to introduce you to our newest feature, called “The Pedals and Effects 5”, where we ask musicians of all styles and all walks of life how they first got into pedals, and...

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  Show Me Your Pedalboard: Andy

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  Sep 28, 2015

  bass, bass fuzz, bass pedals, Boss, Boss Pedals, cog effects, compressor, Digital Delay, effects pedals, EHX, Electro-Harmonix, fuzz pedals, guitar fuzz, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Lateral Sound, moog, multi-effects, octave, Origin Effects, overdrive, Pedals And Effects, show me your pedalboard

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  Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Andy, a bass player from the UK! Andy has previously submitted his board to PedalsAndEffects, so let’s take a look and see how his pedalboard has evolved:     From Andy’s bass things kick off into a Cali76 compressor from Origin Effects, then straight into an Electro-Harmonix...

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  Vintage Pedal of the Week: Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory

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  Sep 24, 2015

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  Attack of the clones! Today’s vintage pedal of the week is the Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory! The Clone Theory is a combination chorus/vibrato pedal that was made popular by Peter Hook (of Joy Division and subsequently New Order) and defined the sound of the 80’s new wave.     Photo credit: fxdoctor Like all older...

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  Looking Back: Research And Sound Design At PedalsAndEffects

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  Sep 22, 2015

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  We here at PedalsAndEffects have the wonderful privilege, and opportunity to get hands on with some amazing equipment. Whether its Earthquaker Devices, Digitech, or pedals from smaller boutique companies, we do our best to really get in-depth with effects pedals before we even shoot a single second of film. We want to give you guys the best idea...

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  Review: Keith McMillen 12 Step MIDI Controller

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  Sep 21, 2015

  12 Step MIDI Controller, bass pedal, bass pedals, efffects pedals, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Keith McMillen, MIDI, Nick Reinhart, Pedals And Effects, Review

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  Keith McMillen  is designing and building more great gear for the travelling musician. Keith was nice enough to send Nick Reinhart and me a 12 Step MIDI keyboard foot controller for us to use in our bands, and for review on PedalsAndEffects. This foot controller is bullet proof (I think they have a video or picture...

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  Vintage Pedal of the Week: BOSS DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay

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  Sep 17, 2015

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  Today’s Vintage Pedal of the Week entry is short and sweet, just like this week’s pedal! Today’s vintage pedal is the BOSS DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay!     Photo credit: reverb.com The BOSS DSD-2 was manufactured by BOSS in Japan in a very limited run from 1985 to 1986. BOSS developed the pedal to compliment...

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  PedalsAndEffects Song Dissection: Knights by Minus the Bear

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  Sep 16, 2015

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  PedalsAndEffects coming at you with another entry of our Song Dissection column! This time it’s Seattle indie-rock band Minus the Bear! Again, to start off with a disclaimer: some bands/artists are very protective about their sonic secrets so some of these dissections are based solely on our own knowledge of the capabilities of effects...

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  Looking back at how to order your pedals.

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  Sep 15, 2015

  bass, bass pedal, efffects pedals, guitar pedals, juan alderete, Pedals And Effects

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  Way back in 2013 I had uploaded a video for the new year talking about my new (at the time) pedal chain order. One way to really explore innovation is to experiment with a different ordering of pedals. What would it sound like if I fuzzed the delay instead of delaying the fuzz? You can...

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  Vintage Pedal of the Week: Arion

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  Sep 10, 2015

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  Today’s Vintage Pedal of the Week entry might only be known by some, but the few who know these pedals absolutely swear by them. Today we’re spotlighting Arion pedals, a budget Japanese pedal maker whose pedals only really became appreciated shortly after their unfortunate discontinuation. Much like when we covered Pearl pedals, these Japanese...

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  Show Me Your Pedalboard: Cedric

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  Sep 9, 2015

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  Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from bass player Cedric from Quebec, Canada! Cedric’s not rocking just one, but two boards to suit his needs. He has his main board that he usually gigs with but when a certain side project of his calls, he puts both boards to good use. Both boards are...