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Rig Rundown: Melvins' Buzz Osborne [2015]

King Buzzo details his love for aluminum guitars and solid-state amps.

Perry Bean met up with the Melvinsā€™ King Buzzo shortly before his code-violating loud show at Nashvilleā€™s sweatiest club, the Exit/In. King Buzz showed his unpretentious yet absolutely effective approach to his inspiring tone.

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Another day, another pedal! Enter Stompboxtober Day 7 for your chance to win todayā€™s pedal from Effects Bakery!

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Is this the most affordable (and powerful) modeler around?

Very affordable way to get into digital modeling. Excellent crunch and high-gain tones.

Navigating many modes through limited controls means a bit of a learning curve for a pedal this small.

$179

IK Multimedia Tonex One
ikmultimedia.com

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Beauty and sweet sonority elevate a simple-to-use, streamlined acoustic and vocal amplifier.

An EQ curve that trades accuracy for warmth. Easy-to-learn, simple-to-use controls. Itā€™s pretty!

Still exhibits some classic acoustic-amplification problems, like brash, unforgiving midrange if youā€™re not careful.

$1,199

Taylor Circa 74
taylorguitars.com

4.5
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4.5
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Save for a few notable (usually expensive) exceptions, acoustic amplifiers are rarely beautiful in a way that matches the intrinsic loveliness of an acoustic flattop. Iā€™ve certainly seen companies tryā€”usually by using brown-colored vinyl to convey ā€¦ earthiness? Donā€™t get me wrong, a lot of these amps sound great and even look okay. But the bar for aesthetics, in my admittedly snotty opinion, remains rather low. So, my hatā€™s off to Taylor for clearing that bar so decisively and with such style. The Circa 74 is, indeed, a pretty piece of work thatā€™s forgiving to work with, ease to use, streamlined, and sharp.

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The evolution of Electro-Harmonixā€™s very first effect yields a powerful boost and equalization machine at a rock-bottom price.

A handy and versatile preamp/booster that goes well beyond the average basic boosterā€™s range. Powerful EQ section.

Can sound a little harsh at more extreme EQ ranges.

$129

Electro-Harmonix LPB-3
ehx.com

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Descended from the first Electro-Harmonix pedal ever released, the LPB-1 Linear Power Booster, the new LPB-3 has come a long way from the simple, one-knob unit in a folded-metal enclosure that plugged straight into your amplifier. Now living in Electro-Harmonixā€™s compact Nano chassis, the LPB-3 Linear Power Booster and EQ boasts six control knobs, two switches, and more gain than ever before.

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