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  Pedal Review: Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay

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  Feb 17, 2015

  Backwards Delay, Danelectro, Delay, Digital Delay, DOD, juan alderete, pedal review, pedalsandeffects, Reverse Delay, Zavalaz

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  My friend and ZAVALAZ bandmate, Dan Elkan brought his Danelectro Back Talk Reverse Delay to 5starr Sound Labs because I don’t own one and he does! The Back Talk Reverse Delay pedal was part of the Miscellaneous Series Effects released in 2001 by Danelectro. Built in a sturdy die cast enclosure, running on 9V, it is a pure digital backward/reverse...

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  Show Me Your Pedalboard: Stephen

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  Feb 9, 2015

  bass, bass pedal, Boss, Deltron 3030, EHX, Electro-Harmonix, fuzz, Fuzz Wars, Jonathan Hischke, Korg, MXR, Pedals And Effects, show me your pedalboard, tc electronics, Zavalaz

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  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...

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  Hired Gun vs Bandmate. The ongoing debate.

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  Feb 20, 2014

  3030, Alderete, Bandmate, big, deltron, distortion, Doctor, Felix, Gilbert, Gun, Hired, Juan, Lisa, Mars, Octagon, Papineau, Paul, Racer, Records, Scream, Shrapnel, Sir, The, Volta, vs, X, Zavalaz

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  Throughout my career, I have explored two options as a working musician: being a part of a band and being a hired gun.  Though both carry positive and negative aspects, I find I prefer being in a band, but have taken on hired gigs due to financial, and sometimes, career affecting reasons. Up through...

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  Show Me Your Pedalboard Entry: Channing

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  Feb 6, 2014

  Bass octave deluxe, Boss, Boss Blues Driver, boss dd 20 giga delay, cathedral reverb, Electro-Harmonix, Ernie Ball, Flickinger, juan alderete, Line 6 DL4, MXR, MXR Bass Fuzz, MXR phase 100, show me your pedalboard, vicious cricket tremolo, Zavalaz

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  The submissions for PedalsAndEffects’ “Show Me Your Pedalboard” have kept rolling in and so many users have great boards to share. Today’s pedalboard comes from Channing who plays in a band called Alpha Cop. Channing has some guitar-oriented pedals and only a few designed specifically for bass, but this makes no difference as everyone’s choice...

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  Juan Alderete Interview with Reverb.com

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  Jan 16, 2014

  3030, Boss, cs-2, deltron, interview, Reverb, sovtek, Zavalaz

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  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…

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  ZAVALAZ In The Studio: Dan Elkan

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  Nov 13, 2013

  Dan Elkan, Electro Harmonix Cathedral, Ibanez Tube King, juan alderete, pedals, Red Panda Context, Red Panda Particle, Zavalaz, ZAVALAZ album, ZAVALAZ record

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  As you all know, ZAVALAZ is in the studio recording, and the process has really give us a chance to stretch ourselves and create some wild, new sounds that will end up on our record. The sonic assault of last week’s sessions was lead by Dan Elkan (guitar) who used no fewer than 40...

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  ZAVALAZ Update

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  Oct 30, 2013

  AMPEG, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Dan Elkan, Earthquaker Devices, Fender, Gregory Rogove, juan alderete, Zavalaz, ZAVALAZ album

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  The first leg of the Deltron 3030 tour has wrapped, and now my focus is back on ZAVALAZ.  My bandmates have been busy working on ideas for our recording session next week, and I’m spending this week catching up and practicing. We shared MP3s via email which will do when we’re not together, but...

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  Red Panda Particle Video Featuring Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos)

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  Oct 23, 2013

  bass pedals, Dan Elkan, Jonathan Hischke, Josh Klinghoffer, juan alderete, Nick Reinhart, Pedals And Effects, Red Panda Particle, Tera Melos, Zavalaz

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  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...

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  Tour Diary: Settling In – Deltron 3030

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  Oct 14, 2013

  Dan The Automator, Del The Funky Homosapien, Deltron 3030, juan alderete, Juan Alderete tou, Kid Koala, pedalsandeffects, The Automator, tour, Zavalaz

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  This Deltron 3030 tour is in full effect and, as I wrap up my first week, I want to thank everyone who has come out to support us and watch us play.  I’m so lucky to be surrounded by such great people like Del, Dan The Automater and Kid Koala.  These artists are so...

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  Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator

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  Sep 30, 2013

  guitar pedal, juan alderete, new pedal, pedal review, pedalboard, Pigtronix, Quantum Time Modulator, Zavalaz

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  Pigtronix’s new time stretching effect, the Quantum Time Modulator is a vibrato, a chorus and a wild time stretching effect that provides some pretty cool and useful sounds.  Pigtronix was inspired by Frank Zappa’s MicMix DynaFlanger sound, and although I am not familiar with that pedal, I am sure Dave at Pigtronix achieved it because he...

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  #ThrowbackThursday: My Audition with Pet

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  Sep 19, 2013

  Alex Locasio, band audition, Beck Pet, juan alderete, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Lisa Papineau, Nine Inch Nails, Pet, Throwback Thursday, Tori Amos, Tyler Bates, Zavalaz

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  In the mid 90’s my friend, Robert Carranza recommended me for an audition with a band he was working with.  The band was called Pet, and they were signed on to Tori Amos’s label, Igloo/Atlantic.  The very talented Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Nine Inch Nails, Beck) was the original bassist and recorded the album with them,...

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  Show Me Your Pedalboard Entry: Michael

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  Sep 11, 2013

  digitech whammy, Dunlop crybaby, Ernie Ball, ibanez ts9, juan alderete, leslie cabinets, Line 6 DL4, moog music, pedalsandeffects, ring modulator, rothwell compressor, show me your pedalboard, tube rotosphere, xotics effects RC booster, Zavalaz

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  “I have enough pedals now that I’ve run out of room on my actual pedalboard, which is kinda fun because I can sub one for another to get a variety of combinations while still giving myself some limitations to work within. I’ve had a few mods done that may be difficult to see –...