Tour of the Wampler Production Facility
Although Wampler is one of the more recognizable boutique pedal builder names, I was still surprised at the size and sophistication of his factory. Especially since so many builders are one-man operations run from basements or garages.
Wampler Ecstasy & Rockett Blue Note Compared
Brett Kingman made this video when one of his friends commented that these two pedals seemed to be suspiciously similar. Usually I’m very impressed with Wampler pedals, but put next to this very organic sounding “Blue Note” overdrive, the Wampler seems flatter and less interesting. Though I agree they are actually very different pedals, that […]
TryAPedal.net – Rent Boutique Pedals
So many pedals, so little time…so little money. The boutique FX pedal market has been exploding for the past few years and every day seems to bring more pedals and more builders. And for the tone obsessed , GAS-plagued guitarist, it’s just so many more reasons to go broke trying to find the ones […]
New SNARK Pedal Tuner
I love my SNARK clip on tuner. It’s fast, accurate, easy to read and cheap. I know a lot of people who said they rarely use a pedal tuner now that they have a SNARK. They have very quickly come to dominate the clip-on tuner market, and now they are setting their sites on the […]
16 Fuzz Pedals Compared
Andy for stompboxsonic.com gives a quick “taste” of 16 different fuzz pedals. Rather then an extensive look at each pedals range, the goal was to give an idea of how each pedals signature sound compares with the others. Which was made much more apparent by demoing them all in rapid succession through the same rig. I […]