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Buddy Miller in his home studio with his cream-sparkle Wandre—the first example of the vintage Italian guitar brand’s work that he purchased. It cost $50 at a Colorado pawnshop.

Photo by Ted Drozdowski

The guitarist and songwriter’s odyssey has made him a living legend of Americana and a stylist of rare scope and depth, with a resume ranging from Emmylou Harris to Robert Plant. And on In the Throes, his latest collaboration with Julie Miller, his wife and longtime performing partner, Buddy enshrines her songs with his 6-string foundation and celebrates their shared life in music.

Some architects work in landscape. Others in interior or urban design. But Buddy Miller explores the architecture of sound, creating aural sculpture that is both supportive and, like I.M. Pei’s buildings, transporting. Although he learned to play in New Jersey—wound up by folk, country, and the Beatles—Miller made his bones in Austin, New York City, Los Angeles, and, ultimately, Nashville, where he is one of the city’s most respected guitarists and producers.

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The latest addition to the X series lineup of compact pedals powered by advanced Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP) technology.

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Toasty authentic analog tones thrive in unusual settings made possible by digital control.

Warm analog echoes that can be recast in many voices. Immersive stereo options. Cool rhythm-oriented patterns prompt unusual riffs. Beautiful design.

Expensive, even though it’s fairly priced relative to competition.

$499

Boss DM-101 Delay Machine
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When you see a pedal as bristling with as many controls as Boss’s new DM-101, you can usually assume it’s digital. But the DM-101 Delay Machine is a true analog, bucket-brigade delay. Its functionality just happens to be enhanced by a digital brain. This combination enables familiar conveniences, like presets and tap tempo. But clever application of digital control also makes it possible to reshape the DM-101’s voice by adding or subtracting active BBDs or routing individual BBDs and their feedback loops to different points in a stereo image. The resulting palette of possible sounds is impressive and often addictive.

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