Humbucker Soup

Mike Fuller comes through again with a pedal that delivers the best elements of Robin Trower’s tone I’m not too nuts about anything “signature”, but sometimes, you have to just let go and admit that something is good. This pedal is good. Fulltone doesn’t make to many bad pedals (who am I kidding?, they’ve not [...]

It was not long ago that guitarists who wanted reverb outside of an amp would have to use either rack-mounted gear, or ridiculously large effects units. The new Hall Of Fame Reverb from TC Electronic is an impressive little stomp box that offers the most popular types of reverb in a very small footprint.

Instead of quickly plucking a string between songs, or between notes to solve your tuning emergency, the HT-6 from DigiTech allows you to keep on strummin’ and simply look down at the floor for your tuning status.

MXR’s new ’78 Bad Ass is a dammed good distortion pedal that offers true bypass and a warm sound, at a very reasonable price.

There are wah pedals, and then there are great wah pedals. Sure, you can save up and buy one of the vintage classics, but you will need to save a lot and when you drop it (or spill bong water on it, or your pup poops on it, etc…) you will cry. Or… you could save yourself the drama and run out to by the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah.

The talk box is one of the most under rated guitar effects pedals. Sure, it can be over used… .boy oh boy can it be over used. But it’s pretty rare that a guitarist takes the time to really put up with all the logistical hassles of using one on stage; so you actually don’t see it too often. These are the only Guitar Talk Box pedals really worth talking about. It can be more than a notion to set one up, but when you do, it’s a blast.