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24 Feb

MOOER DRUMMER MINI PEDAL

Jade Australia | jadeaustralia.com.au | RRP: $149.95

Mooer dropped into the world of pedal manufacture a few years ago without much hullabaloo at all. Their first wave of units, a checklist of super cheap clones of the most popular pedals on the market in tiny enclosures, caused shockwaves to tear throughout the industry on both sides of the exchange.

24 Feb

24 Feb

SONUUS WAHOO WAH/FILTER PEDAL

Innovative Music | innovativemusic.com.au | RRP: $499

If there is one thing the digital age has in abundance it is options. Take social media for example, you can now manually choose your specific worldview from the comfort and safety of your own home. For the music world this has meant an extreme expansion of possibility, people are making afro-punk in the leafy, south eastern suburbs while Scandinavian kids make dustbowl Americana. Stylistic choices are no longer localised and it is now possible to switch from one instrument to another on a dime.

24 Feb

19 Jan

Carl Martin Purple Moon Vintage Fuzz n' Vibe Effect Pedal

Innovative Music | innovativemusic.com.au | Expect To Pay: $229

Where would we be today without some of the wacky stuff they managed to pull off in the 60s? You’ve heard the story a million times before; blues begets rock n’ roll begets teenage rebellion begets illicit substance abuse begets unperturbed sonic exploration. It’s all as trite and affected as a high school production of Hair, but there’s no denying that the ripples of such fierce experimentation are still washing kids down the rabbit hole to this very day. Attn: Kevin Parker.

19 Jan

16 Jan

Carl Martin Dual Injector Twin Boost Effect Pedal

Innovative Music | innovativemusic.com.au | Expect To Pay: $229

Volume and tone are to musicians what hydrogen and helium are to scientists. They are the two most basic, alchemical ingredients from whence we come to know our world, the alpha and beta of our language and the Adam and Eve to the grand story of ourselves. It’s not often in the course of reviewing gear that you come across something that uses those two things alone in an attempt to eek out a place for itself in the grand scheme of things. Few builders dare to distill their craft back down to its very essence, so when they do it becomes quite a sight for sore eyes, or ears as the case may be.

16 Jan

10 Jan

TC Electronic Distortion Pedal Family

Amber Technology | ambertech.com.au | Expect To Pay: $109 Each

There is definitely something in the air in Sweden that makes their designers so good, particularly when it comes to innovation. While the rest of the world wallows in the ‘form following function’ entry-level principles, the nation that filled the world’s houses with flat pack furniture has delivered on this stereotype so many times that it’s getting to a point where we’re going to have to ask them to leave some of the good ideas for the rest of us. TC Electronic is a shining example of the aforementioned ingenuity. They already lead the new breed of pedal peddlers by the time they bought out their Tone Print equipped models, a change which propelled the rocket of tonal possibility farther into the stratosphere than ever. It seems like every time they bring out a new pedal it instantly becomes that year’s must-have.

10 Jan

3 Nov

Mooer Reverie Reverb

A Smaller Take On A Good Idea

If necessity is the mother of invention then surely competition is the father; there’s nothing like having David come along to rattle Goliath’s cage I say. Ever since Mooer Audio burst on the scene a few years ago with their extensive range of affordable, small footprint clones of big name effects pedals, they’ve not only driven their own engineering forward exponentially, but simultaneously forced the hand of a lot of the big guys, ensuring that they never get too big for their boots.

3 Nov

3 Nov

Ernie Ball Music Man Expression Series Overdrive and Ambient Delay Pedals

Workhorses Worthy Of Your Board

They say necessity is the mother of invention, and that behind every great idea is a thousand failed experiments. These two precepts have arguably fuelled the vast majority of twists and turns that the history of the humble stompbox has taken.

3 Nov

2 Nov

KEELEY Super Mod Workstation Pedal

Keeley Electronics | robertkeeley.com | Expect to pay: $419

With the Mod Workstation already released you may be wondering what the deal is with the ‘Super Mod’ title. Well in the first part it refers to Mod as in ‘Modulation’ – as in Chorus, Trem, Phaser and the like – and the Super hints at the fact that there’s a little more Mod on-board; two banks of eight effects all up to really let you create some modulated goodness.

2 Nov

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