SnapDrive Modular Pedal System
At first, this seems like a great idea. But I’m wondering just how flexible it really will be. And will you buy a bunch of blocks and only end up using a few? Maybe the best approach would be a base that allowed you to build a multieffect. For example, combing a compressor, boost and […]
The Submarine: A Pickup for Just Two Strings
Here’s an interesting idea. The Submarine is a sort of, auxiliary pickup, that works on just one or two of your strings. The idea being that you could send the output of just those strings through different pedals or to a different amp to get a wider palette of sounds from your guitar. The obvious […]
Cool, Glitchy Sounds from this DIY Guitar Hack
Jeremy Bell is the creator of this brilliant device, that allows you quickly switch between two guitar signals. In this case, one position of the switch plays the regular guitar signal, and the other side plays a delayed version of the same guitar. You end up with a glitchy, stuttering effect similar to using a […]
The Blogging Guitar
With all the talk around vintage guitars, about the “mojo” they acquire during their life making music, wouldn’t it be cool if you could actually see and hear parts of that history? Who played it, what songs it played, how and where it was made. This guitar will do this.
ToneWoodAmp – Acoustic FX without pedals or amp
This is a rather clever idea. The TonewoodAmp is a device that allows acoustic players to add the type of sounds, usually only available by plugging in to a chain of FX pedals and then an amp. It attaches to the back of your acoustic guitar, and seems to require a soundhole pickup, but instead […]