Adding to his line of vintage fuzzboxes, Ananashead has announced the MARK2, a three germanium transistor benderish fuzz.
The MARK2 is a hand-made pedal based on the second generation of 3-transistor boxes from the mid-sixties akin to those used by Jimmy Page. With a great amount of saturated gain, the MARK2 is equipped with an external bias to deliver bender tones, bringing the chance to remove hiss, add sustain, get better cleans with volume roll off or get sputtery and gated tones.
Features
- Selected NOS germanium transistors
- Three knobs to control Level, Attack and Bias
- Shielded inputs/outputs to avoid RF
- Filtered and protected 9VDC input
- Daisy-chain friendly
- Popless True Bypass switching
- Current draw: 7.5mA
The MARK2 pedal is hand-made in Barcelona with careful selected components and has a price of 110.00€. The pedals are available and can be purchased directly from the Ananashead online store at https://www.ananashead.com.
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A Godzilla-sized bass octave fuzz that is capable of doomy devastation—or more nuanced sounds that fit in mellow, organic musical settings.
Surprising selection of hazy, subtle bass-drive tones that transcend doom and desert rock.
Interactive controls can make some tones elusive when fine-tuning on the fly.
$129
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Bass Octave Fuzz
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Bass octave-fuzz effects aren’t typically for the timid. And as its name suggests, theEHX Lizard King largely trades in Godzilla-huge, cityscape-leveling sounds that lift bassists above Bonham-aping drummers and desert-rock guitar players that don’t have to answer to the neighbors. But there are shades of low end beyond simply menacing in the Lizard King.
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A big part of that flexibility starts with the sun/shadow switch. Sun mode features a mid-boosted fuzz bookended by enhanced treble and bass in the clean side of the blend. The shadow mode features flat bass and treble response and a much tighter fuzz. Each mode can be radically reshaped by the octave, blend, and tone controls, which, in various configurations, span warm overdrive with a little fuzz and fizz, glowing at the edges and thuggish realms. Many of the tones in the latter range are predictably chaotic, belching strange, colliding overtones that can sound quite tattered at more aggressive blend, tone, and octave settings—especially when you play down low on the neck. The same tones can be tightened up by playing in higher positions and especially at the 12th fret and above. The most cohesive of these tones can sound devastating while doubling, say, an SG and a Big Muff. But using subtler, hazier, and more modest octave fuzz textures can provide hip juxtaposition to mellower sounds from acoustic guitar to electric piano and synth string ensembles.
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Octave Fuzz Pedal
Lizard King Octave Fuzz PedalMade in the U.S. with high-strength steel and a silicone cradle, it safely holds up to 25 pounds.
Strumland, a boutique brand focused on designing and building premium guitar accessories, has launched their debut product, the Studio Collection Guitar Wall Mount.
Designed to work universally with all acoustic, electric, and classical guitars, it’s a modern, rock-solid solution to showcase and protect your guitar. The sleek powder-coated steel body includes a simple yet hidden swiveling function to accommodate all guitar styles and headstock shapes. A custom cradle, molded from pure silicone, strongly supports and protects guitar necks and finishes. High-strength mounting hardware along with a user-friendly installation guide are included. The product can be safely mounted to vertical studs, wooden beams, or to standard drywall surfaces. It features an advertised maximum weight rating of 25 pounds (and can safely hold even more), well in excess of even the heaviest solid-body electric guitars.
The new hanger is precision built with a USA-made steel body and hand-assembled in Asheville, NC.” Ryan Klinger, founder and owner of Strumland, noted that “after significant R&D, we’re confident our guitar wall mount is safe to use with all properly cared for guitar finishes -including vintage instruments and those finished with nitrocellulose lacquer. It’s made to compliment the craftsmanship of your instrument. We take the responsibility of protecting and showcasing your guitar seriously.”
Strumland products are built to last and backed by the brand’s trademark Lifetime Sustain Guarantee. Available in both Pitch Black and Pure White finishes, the Strumland Studio Collection Guitar Wall Mount (MSRP: $39) is sold online only with free shipping fromStrumland.com and Amazon.com.
For more information, please visit strumland.com.
The first step to form the blueprint is to find the 5 CAGED shapes in the right key, which for our example will be the key of C. These shapes will serve as the foundation to form the scale.
Next, we will plug in the notes of C major pentatonic (C–D-E-G-A) into each of the CAGED shapes. Finally, we add the b3 (Eb) to finish off the major blues scale.
These three steps will allow you to easily form a blueprint of the blues scale across the fretboard—in any key.
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