Aisha Loe

Aisha Loe is half of Loe Sounds, a queer women of color-owned business that specializes in custom handmade, hand-painted guitar pedals and sound tools. Aisha also produces music as “Loe." You can find her on Instagram @loesounds, and on Soundcloud @iloe.

State of the Stomp

Trimmer Adjustments Can Twist Funky Pedals Back into Shape

Aisha Loe explains how to cure mushy modulation with a screwdriver—but you need to know what you’re doing.

State of the Stomp

Why New Caps Can Bring Old Pedals to Life

Electrolytic capacitors are your stomps' first line of defense against bad current. Keep them healthy and your tones will be, too.

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The Stompbox-Builder’s Secret Weapon

Long to try your hand at building a pedal but can't help feeling overwhelmed? Let us enlighten you on the tools, materials, and available resources, as well as teach you how to build a critical, oft-overlooked testing device.

State of the Stomp

How Many Pedals Is Too Many?

Stompbox builder Aisha Loe on how a recent encounter with an old bandmate answered the age-old question once again.

State of the Stomp

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Aisha Loe

When Pedal Builders Come to the Rescue

After our columnist had a serious accident, respected indie pedal maker James Mackey organized the community to help. Here’s his story.

The Secrets of Powering Boss Pedals

The ubiquitous brightly colored boxes and their predecessors seem simple, but getting the right amount of juice to fire them up in top form can be tricky.

Switching It Up with an Effects Loop Box

Want to play different pedal sequences in a flash? These handy boxes provide more tone solutions than you might realize.

Trimmer Adjustments Can Twist Funky Pedals Back into Shape

Aisha Loe explains how to cure mushy modulation with a screwdriver—but you need to know what you’re doing.

Why New Caps Can Bring Old Pedals to Life

Electrolytic capacitors are your stomps' first line of defense against bad current. Keep them healthy and your tones will be, too.

The Stompbox-Builder’s Secret Weapon

Long to try your hand at building a pedal but can't help feeling overwhelmed? Let us enlighten you on the tools, materials, and available resources, as well as teach you how to build a critical, oft-overlooked testing device.

How Many Pedals Is Too Many?

Stompbox builder Aisha Loe on how a recent encounter with an old bandmate answered the age-old question once again.

Look Out, King Tubby! Aisha Loe’s Favorite Pedal Build

How a walkie-talkie, a tiny city of circuits, and Shrinky Dinks became a mind-blowing dub box.

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Aisha Loe

After our columnist had a serious accident, respected indie pedal maker James Mackey organized the community to help. Here’s his story.

The ubiquitous brightly colored boxes and their predecessors seem simple, but getting the right amount of juice to fire them up in top form can be tricky.

Want to play different pedal sequences in a flash? These handy boxes provide more tone solutions than you might realize.

Aisha Loe explains how to cure mushy modulation with a screwdriver—but you need to know what you’re doing.

Electrolytic capacitors are your stomps' first line of defense against bad current. Keep them healthy and your tones will be, too.

Long to try your hand at building a pedal but can't help feeling overwhelmed? Let us enlighten you on the tools, materials, and available resources, as well as teach you how to build a critical, oft-overlooked testing device.

Stompbox builder Aisha Loe on how a recent encounter with an old bandmate answered the age-old question once again.

How a walkie-talkie, a tiny city of circuits, and Shrinky Dinks became a mind-blowing dub box.