Much like our cover boy Homer Simpson, we can’t get enough of effects. Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson joins our editorship and the lucky Reader of the Month in talking about the stompboxes that make us swoon.
Keith Nelson, Buckcherry -- Guest Picker
Describe the coolest-looking pedal you’ve ever seen. How’d it sound?
I came across a vintage Vox Tone Bender... It looked like something out of a ’60s futuristic outer space TV show, like Lost in Space or Star Trek. It sounds incredible! Authentic Beck and Page for days. It’s now in my collection!
My current obsession is: My current and long-running guitar obsession is sunburst Gibson Les Pauls from 1958-1960. What magical instruments they are. No two are alike, and nothing sounds like them. We started calling it the “Kalamazoo Voodoo” because there’s definitely something that sets these instruments apart.
Pete Walsh -- Reader of the Month
Describe the coolest-looking pedal you’ve ever seen. How’d it sound?
I’m digging the SviSound pedals. Their approach on doing a steampunk look is incredibly eye-catching—I can’t tell you which one is coolest. Who wouldn’t want to look down on their board and see that?
My current obsession is: Finding the perfect fuzz pedal and learning to hum underwater. I’m not fully successful in either venture, but I’m closer with the fuzz.