Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
In the world of music gear we come across many many strange gadgets, gizmos, and gimmicks. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen an advertisement for a piece of gear that claims it can give you that “holy grail” tone. The only way I’ve been able to get great guitar sounds is by hard … Read more
The limits for what is possible with our stompbox units these days are damn near endless. The materials and technology to go forward has always been in the grasp of our hand. It is those few gear builders and imaginative fellows that take us forward on a daily basis. In the last couple years there … Read more
Why is it that we in the music world see so many rebuilds and spin-offs of gear from 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s? With many other tools, designs, and practices, people move on and never look back. Take the television for instance. Not one person by choice would ever choose an ancient, black & white, dinosaur … Read more
I think it’s safe to say that when it comes to our guitar’s root tone we can get a bit on the obsessive side. Tinkering and molding things until our heads are spinning, and always on the hunt to make things sounds better is something any “tone chaser” will always get stuck doing. But obsessive … Read more
The Landgraff Super Hard On: Updated 24th December 2012 Mojo version for axial components and 1/2W carbon comps added
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
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
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
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
