Crybaby The Pedal That Rocks The World is now available online in 4 parts. This documentary dives full steam ahead into the pedal that screams rock and roll.
Featuring all the usual suspects known for their use and abuse of the Wah pedal. From Kirk Hammet to Zakk Wylde to Buddy Guy, there is no shortage of commentary from those who know this pedal best.
You can check out each of the four segments online. The entire movie will be available on March 11th
Check it out here
I can appreciate the nod to the original non reverse firebirds. The triple mini humbuckers 
The Sanyo Pedal Juice is a portable, reliable, and rechargeable way to power your pedals. This sturdy little unit will power multiple pedals for hours. The Pedal Juice is a great solution to powering your pedals.
The power from the Pedal Juice is clean and quiet. No hum or ground loops here. This is great for working in the studio. You can track for hours without worrying about unwanted electrical interference or running out of power.
I used the Pedal Juice on a gig recently where power connections were limited and there was no other need for power at the front of the stage. Rather than run power out front I just hooked my pedals up to the Pedal Juice and played a worry free gig.
The three stage LED makes it easy to tell how much power you have on tap.
The Pedal Juice is a great alternative to long power cable runs, noisy club AC, or just a reliable backup for your pedal powering needs.
MSRP $199
Happy 4th of July Weekend everyone. Here is this week’s roundup of my favorite posts from the guitar interwebz.
Guitarren has some cool sketches of potential guitar designs. He’s done a few of these posts and each one has some really cool ideals.
Boutique Guitar Resource has a great post about a new guitar from builder Nado Bailo. The Whale guitar is one awesome looking axe.
Guitar Noise has some great tips on playing live. If your goal is to perform guitar in front of people then this is a good place to read up on some of the necessary things to do to be successful
Guitar International has a review of the new documentary about famous rock photographer Robert Knight. He’s photographed all the big names for the past 40 years.
Guitar World has some behind the scenes video from their 2011 buyers guide shoot.
Play a little guitar has some guitar nightmares for you to ponder. I think I may have lived through a few of these.
“The Blasko Bass Overdrive pedal is meant to be as versatile as Blasko himself. In the course of an evening onstage with Ozzy, Blasko will need to cover a wide range of styles from tender ballads to hard charging metal anthems. This pedal performs perfectly in such an eclectic set list.
The unit comes equipped with a Baxandall EQ system for ultimate tone shaping capabilities and sits in the pocket of low to medium-high gain; at low settings you’ll be pleased to feel its vintage amp like response and tone, while at high gain settings you’ll get some spicy gain heating up your signal, sending it into a modern metal/industrial realm. Pushing the ‘Treble’ and ‘Bass’ controls will give you a more scooped mid-range and add additional grit to your signal. Additionally, the unit can be powered anywhere from 9-18volts. At higher voltage you’ll get increased clarity, more output, and an overall edgier tone.”
The DF-2 was a distortion pedal with a twist. If you held down the footswitch you would get some crazy sustain emulaitng amplifier feedback. Now you could get all that great Hendrix type feedback withough blowing the windows out.
The controls were Level, Tone, Distortion, and an Overtone knob to dial in the feedback. I remember seeing these back in the day and thinking they didn’t sound too good. Fortunately, we now have youtube to find out if my memory serves me well.
As of this writing therer are several on Ebay with asking prices between $60-$100 and up. I don’t see a lot of bids thought so the real value of this pedal may be a little less.
boards starting at $59.99 for the 8x20 model. The also make cool boards that mount right over the Pedaltrain boards. The company has also introduced a new pedal lock fastening system which looks pretty cool. They found a way to eliminate the need for Velcro to fasten pedals to their boards.Welcome to the weekend. It’s been a buys week in the guitar world and here are some of my favorite posts from the many great guitar blogs out there.
What’s that dude play has a great video of anew Vibe pedal by WIlson Pedals. I love the swirly pedals and this one sound great .
300 guitars has a cool post about a Valco amplifier site they found. If you dig old funky amps check it out.
I Heart Guitar has some video of the big 4 playing am I evil together. If you don't know who the big 4 are, you better check this out.
Mark Wein has a great lesson on hammer on and pull off technique.
My Fender Champ has a cool post documenting the baffle board on a vintage champ.
Guitar Blogstar has an article about micing an amp. This is always a topic worth looking at again.
First, stage the stage. What that means is, don’t drop your guitar over by the bass player and put your pedal board by the drums while you get your amp. Put things in their logical place on the stage as you unload them. This will make things flow much better.
plugged in. Get anything of yours in the back line plugged in. You can then run power and cables to the front of the stage to get your pedals up and running. Now you have a completely wired rig. But wait, don’t open that guitar case yet.
Welcome to the weekend everyone. It’s been a long week and there was a ton of great stuff in the guitar blog world. Here are my favorites.
The Fifth Fret has a post about the etiquette of browsing in a guitar shop. It’s about time someone laid down the law with the do’s and don’ts of guitar shopping.
Trufire.com has some cool classic rockabilly licks. These are always fun to have in your arsenal of fretwork.
Not playing guitar has some info on portable guitar recorders. These little digital recorders are a valuable tool for recording your practices or lessons.
Fretterverse has a list of classic must have metal guitar CD’s. I own several of these so I am totally behind this list.
Effectsbay has some cool video of Zakk Wylde’s rig. I love it when you can get a run down of the big boys toys.
Playgtr.net has a cool post about a shirt that plays like a guitar. I’m not sure what this is all about or what the application is but hey, it’s guitar geek stuff.
Its the weekend and it’s time for a roundup of my favorite stories and posts from the guitar blog world.
Have a great weekend.
Mark Wein has a great post on fake pedal steel licks. This is a great technique to have in your bag of tricks.
Guitarless has some info on how truss rods work. This is helpful for understanding what needs to be done to make an adjustment.
I heart guitar has a cool video about hacking a fuzz pedal. Nothing is more hackable than a good old fashioned fuzz pedal.
Guitar Collecting has some info on insuring your guitar collection. We spend a lot of money on our gear so lets make sure we protect it.
Boutique guitar resource has a some great photos of a custom Frank Hartung guitar. This is a great looking axe.
The cruise line will be offering Guitar, POD, and Amp rentals on their cruises. Even while on vacation, you can rock out. That is really what Rock and Roll does not take a vacation is all about. The "Check-In-Rock-Out" program will be available on their new ship Epic. The POD’s will be pre programmed for various styles of music so you can dial up your sound and get to the noise making.
Man if you thought being stuck in a Hotel with a wile rock band across the hall was bad imagine being out in the middle of the ocean with the guy next door wailing away on “Stairway to Heaven” or “Smell like teen spirit”. Actually the rental comes with headphones which you are most likely required to use so you don’t disturb the couple next door. The rental is only $10 a day. A small price to pay to keep up your chops at sea.
Enter Click-less Bypass. These guys have a small circuit and a seemingly simple installation that will convert your Boss or Ibanez pedals to true bypass. They have simple installation guides in PDF and even some videos. If you feel your tone is suffering just a little but don’t want to give up that old TS9, check out Click-less true bypass.
Welcome to the weekend. Here are my favorite posts from the guitar blog world this week. Have a great weekend.
Guitarnoise has a great article breaking down scales and modes. This kind of thing is really helpful in visualizing the fretboard.
Not playing guitar has tips to help reduce distractions while practicing.
I Heat Guitar has an article on home recording for the frugal guitarist. Who isn’t a frugal guitarist these days right?
300 guitars has a post about Mercury Magnetics and their service for Nashville flood victims.
Effectsbay is rethinking guitar philosophy and pedal boards. I know this is something we all go through. Check out the insights in this post.
Fretterverse has some tips to avoid guitar neglect. Some of these are common sense but it’s always good to take a look at this stuff again.
I’m sure this has been covered to death in the gear hound world but this is the first time I’ve seen this site. Pedalboardplanner.com lets you virtually assemble your pedal board with an amazing variety of stompboxes. The site is sponsored by Pedal Train so you can only choose the Pedal Train boards.
The interface is simple and they seem to have just about every manufacturer under the sun available. I put together a small PT mini board which I would love to have. Beware, you can get lost for hours on this site. You will be mixing and matching pedals until the wee hours of the morning if your not careful.
I’ve been in a swirly sounds Leslie speaker mood for a while now. I’ve copped some convincing Leslie sounds out of my old Zoom Chorus pedal. I went on a cheap faux Leslie 
Dano over at Beavis Audio made a Leslie speaker out of a beer can. The concept of the Leslie speaker is simple so this seems like it makes sense. A speaker, a means to rotate the beer can on the speaker, and Bam, you have a Leslie.
Check out the entire build as well as all of Beavis Audio’s other creations.
Six String Bliss has announced the release of it’s listener album, “What the Fuzz?” All songs are submissions by listeners of members of the Six String Bliss forum.
Official Press Release.
Press Release for May 20th, 2010
Six String Bliss Announces the Release of
“What The Fuzz”
Worldwide Launch – Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Six String Bliss, the longest-running guitar-centric Podcast on the Internet announces the release of What The Fuzz, a collaborative effort by members of their listening community. The theme of this album is the Fuzz Effect; it was not a requirement to use Fuzz specifically on guitar, but each track submitted contains the prominent use of Fuzz.
What The Fuzz will feature 10 songs performed by an international community of artists, with submissions coming from 5 countries. Each of these submissions is the work of members of the Six String Bliss listening community. This is the fifth such project produced by Six String Bliss, the first being 2007’s A Blissful Christmas, which was followed up in fall 2008 with Stay Tuned (a collection of TV Themes), last spring with Big Screen Bliss (a collection of songs featured prominently in movies), and in fall 2009 with Scales of Horror (all original, Halloween Themed songs).
According to Alicia Searcy, co-host of the What The Fuzz Episode and regular contributor to the show: “Six String Bliss' "What the Fuzz" project is a testament to the amazing talent of its contributors. Each song really shines, and each artist has put his/her uniquely "fuzzy" stamp on their piece. Yet again Six String Bliss has raised the bar by delivering a wide range of music that is certain to be engaging and entertaining to listen to."
All guitarists are welcome to join in the fun of the Six String Bliss Forum. Projects like this will continue to thrive so long as there is an active community to make these happen. So please come by, introduce yourself, and join in the next project!
Podcast Episode 187 which will feature What The Fuzz will be up on the RSS Feed (http://sixstringbliss.libsyn.com/rss) and on iTunes at 11:00PM (CDT) Thursday, May 20th, with the show notes added to the website soon thereafter at www.sixstringbliss.com. As always, there will be a direct download link from the main website which will include the Album itself, as well as front and back cover art and liner notes. These albums are available to the general public for free – you just have to go and get them!
About Six String Bliss
Six String Bliss is the longest-running guitar-centric Podcast on the Internet. Co-hosted by guitarists PT, Pipes, and Pappy, the weekly show caters to players of all ages and abilities, and features segments including Email of the Week, Guitarist of the Week, Guitar News and general discussion of all things relating to the guitar. Interviews have featured internationally renowned guitarists as well as luthiers, store owners, and manufacturers of pickups, effects, and recording software. In addition, each episode concludes with a listener-submitted “Outro” track; all listeners are encouraged to send in their recordings for use on the show. The website includes an active international forum.
It’s time for the weekly roundup of my favorite stories from the Guitar Blog world.
First up, Fretterverse has an insightful article on how to be a better bandmate. We’ve all had our trying moments with bandmates. Let’s all read up on this one.
Not playing guitar has a great article on using loop pedals. These have made the one man band a reality for a lot of guitarists. This post outlines the many uses for looper pedals.
Effectsbay has a review of cordinated cables. If you haven’t seen these they are something a little different in the cable world.
Guitarless has a helpful post on how to prevent breaking strings on your guitar. A little preparation goes a long way to help save your gig.
Red Dawg Guitar news has the scoop on the new Gator G-bone pedal board.
Rockhousemethod has a tour of Rob Balducci’s pedal board. I always love seeing what the other guys are playing.
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