distortion « Guitar Gear

Posts Tagged ‘distortion’

Gig Report: EWS Little Brute Drive

Posted in Guitars, tagged distortion, Effects, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, pedals on July 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’ve never been much of a distortion box kind of guy; at least until recently when I got my EWS Little Brute Drive. I didn’t think I’d be using it all that much, but I have to admit, it is quickly becoming an indispensable addition to my pedal board. It’s as transparent as my Timmy, [...]

Read Full Post »

The EWS Little Brute Drive – My Next Drive Pedal?

Posted in Guitars, tagged distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

AH! HA-HA-HA HAHAHA! <manic laughter> I guess my love affair with overdrive pedals hasn’t waned one bit – even with getting my Timmy. Don’t get me wrong, my Timmy will NEVER leave my board, but this totally cool, ultra-compact “Little Brute Drive” from EWS Japan is nothing short of amazing to me. Lots of overdrive/distortion [...]

Read Full Post »

Gear Find: Pigtronix Aria – Overdrive? Distortion? Fuzz? No! It’s Disnortion!

Posted in distortion, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, overdrive, tagged distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, overdrive on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I usually keep up on new stuff, but the Aria has been around for about a year now. Can’t believe I missed it! In any case, I just spoke with Dave Koltai of Pigtronix, and he said the Aria was the result of releasing a product with no marketing. I take it that Dave is [...]

Read Full Post »

New Gear from NAMM: T-Rex Tonebug Distortion Pedal

Posted in Guitars, tagged distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, namm, namm 2010, new gear, pedals, t-rex tonebug distortion, tonebug on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Oo-la-la! T-Rex will soon be releasing a new distortion pedal called the Tonebug Distortion. Not much info on it yet, but it is supposed to lay on tons of gain. I was fortunate enough to see a video from the folks at GearWire that quickly demonstrates what this pedal can do. Admittedly, I’ve preferred overdrives [...]

Read Full Post »

Things Are Starting to Look a Bit “Fuzzy”

Posted in Guitars, tagged distortion, fuzz, guitar gear, overdrive on December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In a previous post, I asked, “Where have all the overdrives gone?” For the last couple of years, it seemed that a new overdrive pedal would hit the market every week. Then suddenly, about a month ago, it seemed that the well just dried up. Excuse the pun, but did the overdrive market become fully [...]

Read Full Post »

Overdrive vs. Distortion

Posted in amps, Amps/Amplification, booster, clean boost, compression, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Holy Fire, Music, musicians, overdrive, pedals, Tone, tubes, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, boost, clean boost, distortion, distortion vs overdrive, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, overdrive vs distortion on November 5, 2009 | 18 Comments »

I had an interesting conversation with a friend today regarding the difference between overdrive and distortion. Talk about two terms that are bandied about interchangeably in the guitar world! If you ask ten different guitarists the difference between them you’ll get ten different answers. But a common theme you’ll hear is what each sounds like; [...]

Read Full Post »

New Gear: Way Huge Angry Troll

Posted in booster, clean boost, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, tagged distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, pedals on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wanna slam the front-end of your amp with up to 50dB of gain, then be able to add some distortion? Then look no further than the Way Huge Angry Troll. I don’t have much information on it yet, but it’s a simple two knob affair. The left-hand knob controls the variable boost, while the right-hand [...]

Read Full Post »

New Gear: Kasha KA-ODP-A 4-Channel Overdrive Pedal

Posted in announcements, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals, tagged distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitarists, Guitars, kasha, Kasha KA-ODP, kasha overdrive, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals on August 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Awhile ago, I was perusing a forum where one of the members mentioned in a reply that it’s a good time to be a guitarist. There’s so much varied gear out there that guitarists have all sorts of options to choose from. One area of guitar gear that certainly seems to get regular entries is [...]

Read Full Post »

Gear Review: GeekDriver by The Original Geek

Posted in booster, buying gear, clean boost, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, fuzz, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals, Tone, tagged booster, buying gear, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, GeekDriver, geekmacdaddy, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals on August 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The GeekDriver by the Original Geek Summary: Is it a booster? Is it an overdrive? No! It’s the GeekDriver. Pros: From gorgeous, slightly fat boost to searing, face peeling overdrive with tons of overtones and harmonics, this pedal does it! Cons: None. Features: Hand-wired and soldered in the US Volume, Treble, Bass and Gain Controls [...]

Read Full Post »

New Gear: Tone Freak Effects Severe High Gain Distortion Pedal

Posted in buying gear, distortion, effect pedals, EL84, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, tagged buying gear, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, severe, tone freak effects on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Released in May (how did I miss this?), the Severe is “Tone Freak Effects’ answer to high gain distortion.” Oh man… This looks like a incredibly mean pedal. Set up like the Abunai 2 with a 3-way clipping switch, with level, gain, and tone, the Severe also sports a 3-way bright switch so it can [...]

Read Full Post »

Older Posts »