REVIEW: MXR Custom Badass ’78 Distortion
The MXR Custom Badass ’78 Distortion is the first product from the Custom Badass design team of Dunlop Director of New Products Jeorge Tripps (founder of Way Huge Electronics), Dunlop Senior Engineer...
View ArticleREVIEW: Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion
The Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion is not your standard grit box. It’s a whole new approach to the way we make our guitars scream, cry, wail, grind, howl, grunt and growl. It features 21...
View ArticleTC Electronic Dark Matter Distortion
TC Electronic is quite up-front about the sound they’re going for with the new Dark Matter distortion: their website proclaims that it is designed to give you the sound of an early Plexi amp. Sounds...
View ArticleMY TOP FIVE GUITARISTS – by Dave Higgins
Welcome to the second ‘My Top Five Guitarists.’ Last week journalist Angela Allan gave us her list. Today it’s Dave Higgins, host of Distortion on Triple M. Higgo’s out there really pushing metal in...
View ArticleMI Effects giving away a Megalith Delta
Last year I reviewed the phenomenal MI Amplification Megalith Beta amp. Well check this out! MI Effects is releasing the Megalith Delta high gain distortion pedal, and you can win one! “But dude,” I...
View ArticleREVIEW: TC Electronic Röttweiler Distortion
TC Electronic is particularly known for their amazing reverbs and delays, but the company has quite a handle on gain-based effects as well. Case in point: their brilliant Nova Drive, a programmable,...
View ArticleCOOL GEAR ALERT: MXR Prime Distortion
Here’s something pretty neat from MXR: a new distortion pedal that’s exclusive to Guitar Center (both instore and online) and Musicians Friend. It’s a vintage-vibed stomper which seems quite flexible...
View ArticleMXR M75 Super Badass Distortion
Is there any cooler pedal than the MXR Custom Badass ’78 Distortion? Well, maybe, but it’s a pretty tough one to top. Just listen to that thing. But the team behind that possibly-underappreciated Dude...
View ArticleKeith Merrow, Wes Hauch Tear Heads Off With New Duncans
Check out this new video of Keith Merrow and Wes Hauch tearing off the heads of all and sundry in this as they demo Seymour Duncan’s various 8-string humbucking pickups. Keith’s using his Schecter and...
View ArticleSeymour Duncan Dirty Deed Distortion Pedal
Before you read this you’d better pound a couple of Red Bulls, do some push-ups and maybe slip into a suit of armour: Seymour Duncan has just announced the Dirty Deed distortion pedal, a monster of...
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