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Rig Rundown: Stone Sour
May 30, 2018
Guitarists Josh Rand and Christian Martucci, as well as bassist Johny Chow, provide the dirt on how a revamped lineup of axes (with passive pickups), no bass amps, and a fresh pile of pedals have reenergized the band’s hard-rock sound.
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Rig Rundown: The Dear Hunter
April 18, 2018
Explore the three keys that propel the band’s prog-rock orbit: custom axes, pedal-platform tube amps, and stompboxes strengthened with modeling tech from Line 6.
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Rig Rundown: Pallbearer
March 7, 2018
Learn how these Arkansas rockers move beyond a wall of dark and heavy doom with various modulations, delays, and deep ’verbs to weave their own complex sonic architecture.
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PedalSnake Introduces 24V Adapters for Strymon Power Supplies
November 9, 2017
Multiple Ojai and Ojai R30 units can be chained via the 24V source.
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Rig Rundown: Russian Circles [2017]
May 31, 2017
Guitarist Mike Sullivan chronicles the essential guitars, amps, and noisemakers he needs to construct the band’s instrumental post-rock sonic mayhem.
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Strymon Riverside Review
May 10, 2017
A hybrid JFET/DSP gain machine invites creative, unorthodox playing and defies preconceptions about digital distortion.
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STS9’s Hunter Brown and Alana Rocklin: The Head and the Heart
March 2, 2017
The rhythm guitarist and bassist discuss mating electronica with rock, and how to make soulful music with machines—without becoming ruled by them.
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Strymon Announces the Riverside Multistage Drive
December 13, 2016
The company's first drive pedal offers both analog and DSP gain stages.
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Rig Rundown: Chris Robinson Brotherhood
November 30, 2016
Psychedelia reigns with the band’s stash of boutique guitars, workhorse amps, and tone-shaping stomps.
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The Year in Gear 2016
November 28, 2016
Come with us, time travelers, as we revisit a year’s worth of axes, amps, stomps, basses, baritones, and other tools of our music-making trade—all deemed worthy of the Premier Gear Award.
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Tools for the Task: Pedalboard Power
November 18, 2016
Ten options for fueling your pedalboard population.
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Quick Hit: Strymon Dig Dual Digital Delay
May 15, 2016
This powerful, ’80s-inspired stompbox spawns echo tones that transcend eras.
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Lucinda Williams: Ghost Whisperer
March 15, 2016
Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz unite with the songwriting giant to create a haunting, cosmic folk-rock guitar masterpiece built atop her own acoustic 6-string “launching pad.”
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Strymon Introduces the Ojai and Zuma Power Supplies
January 21, 2016
Ojai offers five high-current, individually isolated, ultra-low-noise outputs—each with its own dedicated regulator and custom transformer.
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Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie: Pop Goes Boom
December 3, 2015
The Brit noisemaker talks sonic expressionism, the benefits of fingerstyle guitar, and respecting the sanctity of songs.
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Dweezil Zappa: Roots and Branches
November 29, 2015
For his first solo album in nearly a decade, Via Zammata’, the bona fide guitar geek looks to his ancestors—and his father, Frank—for inspiration and creates a wild mix of genres that’s uniquely Zappa.
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Caspian’s Philip Jamieson and Calvin Joss: Sonic Sculptors
November 26, 2015
On creating their own effects-laden universe and “unlearning” guitar heroics to create their fourth album, Dust and Disquiet.
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The Year in Gear 2015
November 24, 2015
Our favorite guitars, basses, amps, effects, and accessories from the last 12 months.
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GALLERY: Musikmesse 2015 - Amps, Effects & Accessories
April 21, 2015
Read about the heads, combos, stomps, and gizmos that filled the hall's of Musikmesse.
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Staff Picks: All in One?
March 30, 2015
In honor of our latest hot-rod issue, Ethan Tufts of Strymon Engineering joins us to riff on what kind of effects we’d like to put you know where.
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