Donate to Japan – Win a Pedal!
Godlyke Distributing is running a raffle of sorts to aid the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. For every dollar donated, you get a chance to win one of four really nice pedals. Donate $10, get ten chances to win. 100% of the funds raised will be donated to MercyCorps – a non-profit organization […]
Win a Complete TonePrint Pedal Board
TC Electronics has a new line of pedals called “Toneprint”. These are named for the new toneprint feature which allows the pedals to store presets which you can make yourself, or download ones made by others. TC Electronics has a number of endorsing artists who have also uploaded their own presets for you to use. […]
Win a Jack DeVille Electronics Dark Echo
Effects Bay is having another giveaway, this time for a Jack DeVille Electronics Dark Echo, provided by Fat Tone Guitars. I usually don’t get too excited about delay pedals but this one is pretty sweet. Besides echo and delay effects it throws in various forms of modulation, like Leslie, chorus and vibrato effects. Just listen […]
New Signal Process BreakOut Pedal
Well, this is interesting. Here’s an audio interface for the iPhone/iPad, which allows it to be put in the signal chain of a guitar, mic, synth…whatever. It’s made by New Signal Process, and is in the form of a stompbox and handles all the impedance matching necessary to send signals into, then out of the […]
How to Solder
Being into the DIY part of guitars means knowing how to solder. From swapping pickups and pots to building and modding stompboxes and amps, it’s an essential skill. And it really isn’t that hard. Soldering correctly is all about the details. If you approach it with the mindset of ” gluing” the parts together with […]