Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
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
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
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
If there’s one stompbox company you can be sure will always come through and never disappoint it’s Visual Sound. From their first generation pedals on down to their V2 models I have always been highly impressed with their products. It was Visual Sound’s first generation Route 66, and H2O pedals that first caught my attention. … Read more
I knew from the second I first head of this company that the music world was going to be in for a real treat. For those of you not hip on Emma Electronic’s pedals get out there and get your hands dirty, some of the best stompboxes you will ever play. These aren’t pedals with … Read more
One of the coolest things to hit the pedal scene last year was the return of the Way Huge pedal line. Anyone who’s hip on hip stompboxes knows the name of Way Huge and the man behind the plan, Mr. George Tripp. I had a chance to put the first three Way Huge pedal releases … Read more
Tech 21 NYC. One of the heavyweights of our time and true innovators of the gear world. I will never forget the first time I had a chance to try the Tech 21 SansAmp. It was about 20 years ago while rocking out in a garage playing Metallica and Slayer covers. My friend had always … Read more
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of plugging into a Fuchs amplifier you know just how much attention to detail goes into their sound, build, and design. Of gear that has landed on our doorsteps in the last decade or so I can honestly say the Fuchs Audio Tech is amongst the top 10 names … Read more
THE SAN DIEGO PEDAL CO. San Diego, California Builder/Designer: David Loo Years in the Game: 5 Influence: The Dark Side of Man I’d like to introduce you to the new kid on the block. New on the scene this company may be but that means nothing, this little outfit is producing some of the most … Read more
There was one mission at hand this month here at Analog War Cry, and that was to bring you cats as much killer gear as we could get our hands on. Well strap in to your chair, grab your reading glasses, and get ready for a class in Tone 101. The top notch gear continues … Read more