My second pedal was a Boss DM-2 which, in the stupidity of my youth, I threw away in the garbage because it stopped working. Since those days I've come to love delay and have owned several of the bigger "super" delay pedals. Several companies have reissued their more legendary rack delays as pedals ... [More]

There's always some fun gear announced at the annual Musikmesse show. This year an early announcement which caught my attention was the Boss GP-10. The GP-10's feature set is more closely tied to that of the Roland GR series. In fact, it largely looks to be the little brother to the GR-55. Here's a ... [More]

Zoom Just launched a new version of their StompShare app including 20 new effects for free which can be loaded into the MS-100BT pedal. Effects include models of the MXR M234 Chorus, the Ice setting from the Strymon Timeline, Line 6 Particle Verb, and the Ampeg SVT bass amp. Additional pricing is as... [More]

You may remember that Bain Capital acquired Guitar Center through a buyout in 2007. Since then, Guitar Center hasn't been doing great and recently reported a $398.7 million dollar loss in the 3rd quarter of 2013, has approximately $1.6 billion in debt, and has recently had their corporate bonds down... [More]

Convolution reverbs are sexy. If you've never had the pleasure of hearing one, I'd highly recommend downloading a convolution VST and taking a test drive as up until now that is the only way to really experience it other than very expensive dedicated hardware device. The Logidy EPSi is the first por... [More]

On their Japanese site, Yamaha announced acquisition of digital effects manufacturer Line 6 today. The company famous for it's various POD, Flextone, and Spider products was founded in 1996 by former Oberheim designers Marcus Ryle and Michel Doidic. The press release (in Japanese) can be seen here&n...; [More]

Budget effects connoisseurs rejoice! Mooer Audio is expanding their micro pedal series with a DOD juice box clone, a multi-modulation pedal, a Boss SG-1 Slow gear clone and a power supply. Prices are TBD, but I'd expect to see these pedals hit the streets just after winter NAMM.