This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins has a little bit of everything: A stereo compressor, a useful stereo goniometer and an open-source fuzz. Here’s jParaComp, GON and Fuzz Ball.
Fifty years ago today, the world lost Jimi Hendrix. Looking to replicate some of those legendary tones? Here's some tips and a list of gear that will get you started.
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Vintage pedal snobs: the truth is that there are distortion, fuzz, delay, chorus and flanger pedals that sound great going for around or under £60/$80! Here are 8 cheap pedals you need to try.
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Warm Audio has just announced some new gear for guitarists - the Foxy Tone Box and Jet Phaser recreate not only the sounds, but also the looks of two legendary effects from the '70s.
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Could Warm Audio's latest video be teasing a re-make of the legendary Foxx Tone Machine pedal? It would mark Warm Audio's first foray into the guitar product market...
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The Glou-Glou Steak is an amazing 100% analogue dual/parallel distortion/fuzz with onboard filters, modulation and its own LFO. This beast can do classic rock to full-on insanity and back again!
Save big on Supro drive pedals at Thomann: get the 1303 Boost, 1305 Drive and the 1304 Fuzz for a low, low price. All 3 are tuned for '60s tones yet add modern features like an expression pedal input.
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In only 4HP the Bad Comrade V3 from Recovery Effects will bring some disaster to your bleeps and bloops with scrambled gate delays, frozen blips and deep distortion.
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Catalinbread's new Giygas fuzz pedal contains three transistors and can go from full on fierce fuzz to violin-like sustain, with everything in-between.
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Hand-built in New Zealand, the Red Witch Seraphina is an flexible new limited edition Fuzz Octave up pedal featuring 4 germanium diodes. Definitely one to check out.
God Mode is a multi-band saturation plug-in with three types of distortion, sidechain support, and linear phase filters which offers creative possibilities.
The Sputnik III from Spaceman Effects uses NOS Soviet germanium diodes and transistors that should give you filthy spluttering fuzz tones that are out of this world!
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Dwarfcraft Devices has officially announced that after 13 years in the business that they are closing the business down and moving on to greater things. With a final release of the coveted Eau Claire Thunder ...
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To get a Wren and Cuff J Mascis Garbage Face you now need to get on a waiting list. Find out what the buzz behind this collaboration with the Dinosaur Jr frontman is all about.
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Catalinbread's latest pedal, the Blood Donor, is designed to raise awareness and funds for the American Red Cross, with 100% of the profits going to the charity.
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A break-out booster PCB forms the top panel of the Acorn Circuit Fuzz Pedal, which can be integrated into the pedal or used as an independent effect. Genius or gimmick?
