I much prefer soft-switching pedals. When a pedal manufacturer makes a soft-switching pedal that’s also true-bypass, relay-based or whatever, I feel that’s the best solution. In regards to the Earthquaker Devices Flexi Switch…. Can it remember the pedal’s bypass state when powered off? Let’s find out.
Factory production guitars generally have pretty sloppy wiring. After all, you can’t see that when buying, so companies don’t put enough effort into that. Custom rewiring by a good experienced guitar tech is the best way to get clean guitar wiring, as you can see in the following photos.
The Jackson Audio The Optimist MIDI dual overdrive by Cory Wong is a unique pedal in all that it offers. Here I’m going to go into detail as to how I feel about it and what I think could be improved to make it even better.
You may be thinking of building a Fender Partscaster. You’re looking at various listings for cool Fender Telecaster necks and maybe various bodies and pickup combinations. In this article we’ll look at the pros and cons of Partscasters to help you decide. So, should you build a Partscaster? Let’s find out!
The Strymon Flint is one of the most respected reverb pedals in the world. Many true professional guitarists depend on it for their classic reverb and lush tremolo sounds. It’s been out for a while now… Is the Strymon Flint still worth it after more than a decade?
What’s your favorite analog chorus? I’ll tell you a little bit about mine and why it has become my favorite. I’ve owned this analog chorus pedal for over 20 years and it has become my benchmark and yardstick to measure up others.