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2 Feb

Lovepedal DL 1 Delay Pedal

Gladesville Guitar Factory | (02) 9817 2173 | www.guitarfactory.net | RRP: $299

Sean Michael has been designing and building effect pedals since the early ‘90s. Through a combination of good tones, good endorsees and some good marketing, Lovepedal has become a well-known ‘boutique’ guitar pedal brand. Covering distortion, fuzz, delay, modulation and some crazy in-betweens, Lovepedal often work on the less is more principle. Minimal controls and settings with a focus on good usable tones seems to be their ethos, and it’s nice to finally check out one of their delay pedals – the DL 1.

2 Feb

2 Feb

Mooer Baby Water Chorus & Delay Pedal

Jade Australia | 1800 144 120 | www.musocity.com.au | RRP: $129.95

With Mooer’s Baby Water pedal, they’ve created a chorus and delay optimised for use with the acoustic guitar. With its tiny size and adaptable range of sounds that move from subtle to extreme, it makes a welcome choice for players looking to get that little bit extra out of their acoustic rig.

2 Feb

5 Nov

G LAB Wowee-Wah Wh-1 Warren Haynes Signature

Amber Technology | 1800 251 367 | www.ambertech.com.au | RRP: $369.00

Warren Haynes is an icon of American guitar, whether in the Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule or his recent Americana-influenced solo album. So the last place you might expect him to get a signature wah wah pedal from is Poland. But why not? Haynes evidently liked G Lab’s Wowee-Wah enough that he’s added his own signature EQ tweaks to it and come up with the WH-1.

5 Nov

5 Nov

JHS MOONSHINE OVERDRIVE

Gladesville Guitar Factory | (02) 9817 2173 | www.guitarfactory.net | RRP: $399

This handpainted little beastie is JHS’s take on ‘the most famous overdrive ever created and housed in a little green enclosure.’ I guess they can’t say it, but there’s nothing stopping us from saying this is their version of the venerable Ibanez Tube Screamer. Though this isn’t a clone pedal: JHS has worked to put their own spin on the design in more ways than one. For starters it looks nothing like a Tube Screamer: the review model has a neat painted image of a forlorn- looking moonshine-runner in the moonlight. And most importantly, there are tweaks to the circuit that make this truly its own pedal.

5 Nov

5 Nov

Visual Sound VS XO Overdrive

EGM Distribution | (03) 9817 7222 | www.egm.net.au | Contact For Pricing

Overdrive is such a personal effect that it’s kinda weird when you realise a great many ODs out there are based on one particularly popular unit that’s almost four decades old. Visual Sound is looking to put their own spin on the concept of an overdrive pedal with this entertainingly complex, fexible stomper.

5 Nov

4 Nov

Laney Ironheart IRT-Pulse

Australasian Music Supplies | www.austmusic.com.au | RRP: $549

There are so many different options out there for recording guitarists. There’s good old-fashioned micing, digital processors, plug-ins, smartphone apps... but for many players it’s still all about staying as analog as possible. That’s not always easy in a digital environment but Laney’s IRT-Pulse puts a unique new spin on the idea of stuff you plug your guitar into for recording.

4 Nov

4 Nov

Mooer Audio Woodverb

Jade Australia | 1800 144 120 | www.musocity.com.au | RRP: $129.95

One of the biggest problems faced by acoustic guitarists - other than Metalocalypse fans referring to them as grandpas’ guitars - is getting a good sound without microphones. There are all sorts of processors out there to tackle the problem, but Mooer has taken a particuarly unique approach with the WoodVerb, a reverb pedal designed specifcally with acoustic guitar in mind. The name of the pedal might be a bit misleading because it almost makes you think this is a pedal designed to add natural-sounding body and resonance to a dry piezo sound. But nope, this pedal actually has a slightly more experimental idea in mind. Mooer does make a pedal called the Acoustikar which simulates an acoustic guitar sound from an electric guitar, further confusing matters. And by matters I mean me.

4 Nov

4 Nov

JHS Mini Foot Fuzz

Gladesville Guitar Factory | (02) 9817 2173 | www.guitarfactory.net | RRP: $289

JHS offers a range of different fuzz pedals including the Pollinator, 4-Wheeler and Bun Runner, but this angry little stomper is one of the highest-selling pedals in the company’s line-up. They describe it as “small, ruthless and simple. 1” x 3” of pure classic fuzz that can melt even the most anti-fuzz activists heart.” Big call! So what’s going on with this thing then?

4 Nov

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