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Echoes of the Past and Future
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Echoes of the Past and Future

Effects guru “Analog Tom” Hughes chronicles music’s most influential time machines—from rockabilly echo chambers to space-rock oil cans, ’80s racks, and modern stompbox marvels.

Stomp School Graduation Day!
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Stomp School Graduation Day!

Tom digs into pedal guts and says goodbye in his final Stomp School column.

Stomp School: What's Inside Your Pedals?
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Stomp School: What's Inside Your Pedals?

Greetings, pedal stompers, and welcome back to Stomp School. It occurs to me that I might have lost a few of you in last month’s discussion of technologies such as

Stomp School: "Boutique or Not?" That is the Question
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Stomp School: "Boutique or Not?" That is the Question

The points most often discussed when comparing boutique versus mass-produced products are, first, the method of production and, second, the type and quality of components.

What is "Boutique"?
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What is "Boutique"?

We’re going to examine the word “boutique,” as applied to music gear, and consider how the defining criteria may have changed in the past few years.

New Year's Gear Resolutions 2011
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New Year's Gear Resolutions 2011

The new year is perhaps as good a time as any for us gearheads to evaluate our current setup, see what works and what doesn’t, and decide what we want to do about it.

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Great Gifts for Gearheads

Other than gear, holiday gifts a guitarist will appreciate

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State of the Stomp 2010

Where the pedal industry sits in 2010