Strymon

Rig Rundown: FIDLAR

October 10, 2018

These DIY punkers prove you don’t need custom axes and pyrotechnics to spark a mosh pit and a good time.

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.

Rig Rundown: The Dear Hunter

April 18, 2018

Chris Kies

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.

Rig Rundown: Pallbearer

March 7, 2018

Chris Kies

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.

PedalSnake Introduces 24V Adapters for Strymon Power Supplies

November 9, 2017

Press Release

Multiple Ojai and Ojai R30 units can be chained via the 24V source.

Rig Rundown: Russian Circles [2017]

May 31, 2017

Chris Kies

Guitarist Mike Sullivan chronicles the essential guitars, amps, and noisemakers he needs to construct the band’s instrumental post-rock sonic mayhem.

Strymon Riverside Review

May 10, 2017

Joe Charupakorn

A hybrid JFET/DSP gain machine invites creative, unorthodox playing and defies preconceptions about digital distortion.

STS9’s Hunter Brown and Alana Rocklin: The Head and the Heart

March 2, 2017

Emile Menasché

The rhythm guitarist and bassist discuss mating electronica with rock, and how to make soulful music with machines—without becoming ruled by them.

Strymon Announces the Riverside Multistage Drive

December 13, 2016

Press Release

The company's first drive pedal offers both analog and DSP gain stages.

Rig Rundown: Chris Robinson Brotherhood

November 30, 2016

John Bohlinger

Psychedelia reigns with the band’s stash of boutique guitars, workhorse amps, and tone-shaping stomps.

The Year in Gear 2016

November 28, 2016

Premier Guitar Staff

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.

Tools for the Task: Pedalboard Power

November 18, 2016

Rich Osweiler

Ten options for fueling your pedalboard population.

Quick Hit: Strymon Dig Dual Digital Delay

May 15, 2016

Charles Saufley

This powerful, ’80s-inspired stompbox spawns echo tones that transcend eras.

Lucinda Williams: Ghost Whisperer

March 15, 2016

Ted Drozdowski

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.”

Strymon Introduces the Ojai and Zuma Power Supplies

January 21, 2016

Press Release

Ojai offers five high-current, individually isolated, ultra-low-noise outputs—each with its own dedicated regulator and custom transformer.

Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie: Pop Goes Boom

December 3, 2015

David Von Bader

The Brit noisemaker talks sonic expressionism, the benefits of fingerstyle guitar, and respecting the sanctity of songs.

Dweezil Zappa: Roots and Branches

November 29, 2015

Jason Shadrick

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.