(5 questions we ask artists – the same 5, every time) Pedals and Effects is back with the first Pedals and Effects 5 entry of the new year! For those unfamiliar, “The Pedals and Effects 5” is where we ask musicians of all styles and all walks of life how they first got into pedals, and what...

It has been a while since PedalsAndEffects has done a round of Fuzz Wars but Jonathan Hischke cruised out from the desert to come in and shoot the Meatbox video so I suggested we knock one out! Jonathan has ears I trust when it comes to checking out fuzzes for bass, and he ended up...

Today on PedalsAndEffects we have a very special pedal review! We’re proud to showcase the reissue of the highly coveted DOD Meatbox Subharmonic Synthesizer/octave pedal. The original issue of this effect has had mostly downs but that was then and this is now. Today, all musicians know the value of bass and there is...

PedalsAndEffects 3rd year anniversary week continues with a Throwback Thursday post! And here we are! PedalsAndEffects has carved out its place in the massive gear website landscape and I want to thank all of you who support the site!. With all the touring, clinic runs and recording sessions I do, I always find a...

PedalsAndEffects 3rd year anniversary week starts off with a bang with the announcement of the return of the DOD MEATBOX! Anyone who has followed my career knows that there is a sub pedal made by DOD called the Meatbox that has lived on my pedalboard since one of my favorite bassists, Jonathan Hischke, gave...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from bass player Clarence! This week it’s been all about modest boards. Clarence has the bare necessities on his board as well as some vintage surprises! Let’s take a look: First up is a Fender PT-100 Stage Tuner. While not as ubiquitous as the BOSS or KORG...

The pedalboards keep rolling in! Today’s pedalboard submission comes from Stephen all the way from Melbourne, Australia! Let’s take a look at what Stephen’s working with: Stephen’s bass goes into a Korg Pitchblack tuner, a great alternative to the BOSS TU-2 Tuner. The Korg pitchblack is a very accurate tuner and is very easy...

Today’s pedalboard comes from Alec, a solo multi-instrumentalist who utilizes both effects pedals and loop machines to round out his sound. Alec’s Fender Bass VI starts its signal into a Korg Pitchblack tuner, which is a great alternative to the Boss TU-2. From the tuner the signal goes into an EHX Micro POG. From...

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...

The Red Panda Particle is my new favorite effect pedal;  it’s a granular delay/pitch shifting pedal but also offers so much more. When Jonathan Hischke first brought over Josh Klinghoffer’s Particle, we plugged it in and spent about an hour playing through it and looking at each other in amazement.  The way this pedal manipulates...

This week’s video features guitarist Nick Reinhart, who I’ve been a fan of since hearing about him a few years ago when he was playing in Bygones with Zach Hill.  I’d hear from other musicians, such as Jonathan Hishcke, that Zach was playing with a whiz kid who had a deeper understanding of pedals than...

We’re back with more Fuzz Wars here at PedalsAndEffects and this time Jonathan Hischke (Dot Hacker, Hella, Broken Bells) and I review four under the radar fuzz pedals! This installment features Heavy Electronic’s Grind Fuzz, Idiot Box’s Blasteroid Fuzz, Fuzzrocious’s Heliotropic and Pedal File’s “The Fuzz Where There Was No Fuzz Before” (man, that name sucks).  Of these four rarities,...