By Ken Partridge + PDG for Delicious Audio
The Brooklyn avant-pop trio Keepaway was born out of two overlapping friendships, one forged in Massachusetts in the ‘90s, the other San Francisco a decade later. Both involved guitarist Nick Nauman.
In addition to Nauman’s guitar, the band builds its songs with Read more...
Berkeley, CA based Keith McMillen Instruments has come up with a handy little device called the Batt-O-Meter ($29.99).
Essentially a battery tester for musicians, the Batt-O-Meter plugs in to any guitar pedal or electric instrument with a 1/4″ jack, and displays the remaining life and voltage delivered from the battery. Read more...
By Ezra Tenenbaum for Delicious Audio
The instrumental music played by Steve Marion, aka Delicate Steve, is strange and wonderful. His first full length album “Wondervisions” — released after a 10 year career of recording, producing and playing with other bands — features sonic delights only a “wise” musician/producer could Read more...
Amptweaker’s newest pedal is the TightBoost, a boost pedal with some nifty extras built-in. Along with True-Bypass, the TightBoost comes with four controls: Boost, High, Mid, and Tight.
While the Boost and High controls do what you expect them to, the Mid features a parked wah tone that increases gradually Read more...
Most fuzz pedal manufacturers can nail the vintage sound of the ‘60’s and ’70’s if they use the right increasingly rare high-quality components and simple circuit designs.
Unfortunately, many of these pedals are pretty ponies of the one-trick variety: an expensive addition to your board that only serves to produce Read more...
