xotic effects

This year’s highlights include an obsession with Lehle switchers, a literal charcuterie board repurposed into a stomp station, a pedalboard project to celebrate years of sobriety, and a guitarist who plays his wah like he’s riding a skateboard. Enjoy!

When it comes to the pedalboard puzzle of assembling your guitar toys into an order that works for you and your sound, putting it all together is an adventure. Each year, we love to play voyeur to approaches wide and far … and learn about obscure stomps we’ve never tried before. Enjoy!

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A Reverend V, two fiery British-voiced heads, and some tone-sizzling, time-bending stomps fire this warped comet rider into psychedelic spaces.

Facing a mandatory shelter-in ordinance to limit the spread of COVID-19, PG enacted a hybrid approach to filming and producing Rig Rundowns. This is the first video in that format, and we stand behind the final product.

In this episode, fill-in host Kevin Dempsey enters the tone bunker with Howling Giant guitarist/singer Tom Polzine. The power trio axeman details his love for rock-stance-ready Vs, explains why he rocks a guitar head alongside a bass head, and plays through his pedal playground that unlocks sounds ranging from squashed, angry fuzz to warbly extraterrestrial voyages propelling the band into spaces between worlds.

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