A Pedal Junky’s Best Friend
The wonderful world of stompboxes. What a magnificent thing it can be. For those of us who dabble in the art of noise nothing can be better. For me it is the hunt that attracts me to it all and keeps things exciting. The tweaking and experimenting of different sounds, the blending and pairing of … Read more
HAO
Those of you who have been doing their thing in the boutique pedal world for sure have come across the HAO name. On many guitar players pedalboards have seen these pedals mounted and ready for war. In fact I myself have had much experience with these pedals, at one time the HAO Rust Driver was … Read more
April Updates 2010
Wow! What a busy busy schedule we’ve had around here the last couple months. The crazy cool gear just keeps on coming, and more and more amazing builders keep popping out of nowhere. I really thought 2010 was going to be mellow as far as new and innovative gear goes, but that has not been … Read more
Mar: Monthly Pick / Backbeat Electric
We’ve had some awesome luck here at AWC hunting down and discovering a ton of killer sounding tone tools. Our first year saw many innovative, revolutionary, and one-of-a-kind music gadgets. Along with the pedal boom also came many many builders producing their take on vintage voiced effects pedals. If there’s one thing we can never … Read more
Mod Amp Kits
ModTM Kits are designed to give both novice and experienced musicians the opportunity to build their own amps and effects pedals. All kits come with easy to follow instructions and use point-to-point wiring. Pre-drilled enclosure and all parts are included. All you need to provide are hand tools, a soldering iron and solder. All effect … Read more
Sweet Sweet Sweet!
Sweet Sound Electronics, talk about cream of the crop! It was the Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe that hooked me by the gills and put me in the Sweet Sound grip forever more. It was in the beginning of my studio session days that I first heard the Sweet Sound name. Cats would swear by the … Read more
*DMB* Pedals
Mike Blakmore and Daniel Minton, the gifted two-man crew that make up the DMB Pedals company. I say gifted because of the splendid tone quality and very hip look of their stompboxes. In the last couple years I have come across a handful of DMB effect pedals, all of them impressive, and each one very … Read more
Big is Beautiful
We’re back with another sweet creation from our good friend at BMF Effects, and this one is equally as impressive as the last one. There is no doubt in my mind that Scott Kiraly (BMF owner/builder) possesses the unique ear and talented hand that comes with designing Grade A effects pedals. There is definitely an … Read more
An absolute work of art
AUDIO CORP. Pay attention kids, here is a pedal company that is going to absolutely blow your mind. And they’re gonna do it with only one pedal design. The name is South Wave Audio Corp, and if you were to ask most players they’d say they’d never heard of these cats. This is one of … Read more