The Pedalboard Mic Stand
D'Addario's offers three new XPND accessories: the Pedalboard Mic Stand, Footswitch Toppers, and Pedal Grip Strips.
The Pedalboard Mic Stand is a game-changer for any singer/guitarist. The innovative new product solves this age-old challenge of getting both your pedalboard and your mic in the right place. With a mic stand that easily clamps to your pedalboard, taking up the footprint of a standard pedal, you can have your mic anywhere on XPND2 or any similar double-row pedalboard. The telescoping stand is both portable and lightweight, ensuring a hassle-free setup without compromising stability.
Footswitch Toppers
Footswitch Toppers are an ergonomic solution that fits almost all pedals. It requires no modification or installation and simply slides on and clips securely to the pedal’s button. By adding an XPND Footswitch Topper, players get more surface area for stomping, ensuring no missed stomps, and comfortable use, even while barefoot. Designed to withstand repeated use, these contoured toppers are available in silver, red, and blue, so they’re great for players who want to distinguish between pedals more easily.
Pedal Grip Strips
Pedal Grip Strips allow quick, easy, and secure mounting of your pedals to most pedalboards. The industry-grade hook material is perfectly die-cut for securing the most common sized pedals without modification, while allowing access for battery changes. The Standard Pack includes 3 pairs of standard size strips while the Variety Pack includes 3 pairs of standards, 2 pairs of large, and 2 pairs of mini strips. Each set includes 2 cable strips.
For more information, please visit daddario.com.
Gary is not exclusively a destruction machine. Its distortion/overdrive section is a very streamlined take on EarthQuaker’s Gray Channel, a versatile DOD 250-derived double distortion. Like any good circuit of the 250 ilk, Gary’s hard clipping OD/distortion section bites viciously in the high- and high-mid frequencies, supported by a tight, punchy low-mid output. You can play anything from balanced M.O.R. studio crunch to unhinged feedback leads with this side of Gary. But it’s the envelope-triggered pulse-width fuzz—which most of us will hear as a gated fuzz, in many instances—that gives the Gary its werewolf duality. Though practice yields performance patterns that change depending on the instrument and effects you use around the Gary, its fuzz ultimately sputters and collapses into nothingness—especially when you throw a few pitch bends its way. The cut to silence can be jarring, but also compels a player to explore more rhythmic leads and choppy riffs that would sound like sludge with a Big Muff. The Gary’s unpredictable side means it won’t be for everybody, but its ability to span delicioso distortion and riotous splatter fuzz in a single unit is impressive.
EarthQuaker Devices Gary Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz/Overdrive Pedal
