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I LOVE Pedals Day #5: Dreadbox

I LOVE Pedals Day #5: Dreadbox

You could WIN a Kinematic or Lethargy from Dreadbox in today's I LOVE Pedals giveaway! Ends Feb.6, 2022


Dreadbox Kinematic

Dreadbox
$199

Dreadbox KINEMATIC is a Compressor, Overdrive, and Envelope Filter in a single stompbox. With a toggle switch you can choose between the Compressor and the Envelope Filter.
It is a very versatile and addictive pedal, one of those that you will have constantly active. Although it was designed for guitar and bass, it works great with all fretted instruments, synthesizers and drum machines.

In recent years, Samantha Fish’s most often-used guitar was this alpine white Gibson SG, but it ran into some issues last summerā€”ā€œI ended up having to reglue the neckā€ā€”and it is now on hiatus.

Photo by Douglas Mason

The rising blues-rock star has made a dozen records, topped roots-music charts, played 150 dates a year, and opened for the Rolling Stones. Now her new album, Paper Doll, finds her at a hard-playing creative pinnacle.

Samantha Fish is moving in new circles these days—circles occupied by the kind of people you see a lot on classic-rock radio playlists. First there was the invitation from Eric Clapton to play at his 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival in L.A. Then there was the summer ’24 slot on Slash’s S.E.R.P.E.N.T. tour, followed by the Experience Hendrix tour, on which she dug into Jimi classics in the company of Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa, and other luminaries. And, oh yeah, she opened for the Stones in Ridgedale, Missouri, on the final date of their Hackney Diamonds jaunt. That’s right, the Rolling Stones.

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Photo by David Bartus: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-playing-electric-guitar-435840/

Intermediate

Intermediate

• Get familiar with power chords on every string set

• Create new sounds with tried-and-true shapes

• Use the entire neck with compelling power-chord-based lines

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We all know that grip, but power chords actually come in many forms and sizes, and they fit equally well in a powerful riff or a more ethereal-sounding part. This lesson presents a handful of examples aimed at extending your power-chord vocabulary, with particular attention to range and orchestration.

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With ultra-lightweight construction, slim neck profiles, and a quick-swap pickguard system, Venus Revolution guitars provide tonal versatility and personalized flair.

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Our columnist takes a good look at his guitars—and a stroll down memory lane—via famed luthier Joe Glaser’s new, free Gearcheck service.

I started buying gear in junior high and I’m still using some of it. My organizational skills have not really improved since then, so the inventory looks like a stamped-on ant pile. The daily 6-strings are stuffed on racks in my room and in gig bags or cases near my door, good-to-go. The less-used guitars are hidden in closets, stashed under couches/beds, and loaned out to friends. Then there are six or seven old battle axes that I’ve played for years that have grown so valuable that they now spend most of their time locked in a huge gun safe in the guest room. I’ve tried several times to catalogue the tools using a notebook, and then a few different long-since-dead computers. I had no idea how many guitars I owned ... until now, thanks to my friend Joe Glaser’s Gearcheck.

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