Episode 3: Gus Pancakes Returns
This week Pam (I mean…Pat) calls Gus Pancakes to talk about a spooky scary Halloween Edition of the elusive TEN YEARS pedal. Along the way they spiral downward into some juicy fun facts about Gus’s love life, The Spago rascal known only as “Little Ricky”, atypical bypass hoaxes and his decade long career of massive…
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Episode 2: July Field Report
I have returned home from an overseas tour with Nine Inch Nails only to find myself in need of some solitude. I packed my car with supplies and ventured into the woods on a solo camping trip in the Angeles mountains. While I was up there I hiked, made a fire, played lots of guitar…
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Linnda Forat Drum Sample Pack
I uploaded some drum samples from Episode 1: Ten Years is a Decade over on the podcast’s Bandcamp page. All samples are WAV files at 24 bit resolution with a rating of 44.1 samples per second and were recorded by yours truly. Feel free to use these however you deem worthy and share in the…
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Episode 1: Ten Years is a Decade
On this episode I enlist the help of some friends in the Strokes, Paramore, and Joshua Heath Scott of JHS pedals to unravel the mystery behind the TEN YEARS pedal. How does it sound? Who makes it? Where can you find them? These are all questions that may have answers… Visit tenyearsisadecade.com to get your…
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A Beginners Guide To Pedalboards Pt. 2 : Those Boards Don’t Work, Unless You Have Power!
The power section is the heart of any electronic device, and without that pulse, you can’t accomplish anything. No power means you’re missing out on all the fun of having one of these toenail smashers – which is to make some noise, impress your friends, make new friends, and at the very least, have an…
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Best “Guitar Music” of 2021
Strong arguments have been made over the landscape of modern day popular music that the guitar went extinct during the last epoch. However, if there has been one prevailing notion during uncertain times it’s that art and music can serve as medicine for the mind, body and soul, and for me that was “Guitar Music”…
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A Beginners Guide To Pedalboards Pt. 1: Choosing Your Pedals
My first pedals were a DOD Grunge overdrive and a Dunlop Cry Baby. I was drawn to the aesthetic of those early DOD pedals because they told me exactly what I was getting myself into. The sound wasn’t great, and my Hendrix-inspired wah-wah did not mix well with the attitude of Kurt Cobain trapped inside…
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Five Ways to Get to Know Your Multimeter
(Originally published on the Earthquaker Devices blog.) A digital multimeter is one of the most useful tools for anyone working on electronic instruments. They are used all across repair shops, on the road, and can always be reliable in dire situations. This is a must-have tool for anyone getting into electronics or at the very…
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A Basic Understanding & Guide to a Guitar Setup
Originally published on the Earthquaker Devices blog on June 1, 2020. You’re stuck at home with more time on your hands than you know what to do with, so you decide to pick up a guitar that you haven’t played in a while. You loved playing it over the years, but it’s lost its luster.…
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Pedalboard Build: Jesse Tobias
Back in April of 2019 I started working with Jesse Tobias (guitar player for Morrissey). In preparations for an upcoming tour he wanted to update his current board as it was a mess of mismatched power cables, gross old velcro, and busted pedals. I was eagerd to get my hands on this and get his…
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Fuzz: Ibanez FZ7
Since this is the first in a small series of reviews that I will be doing I thought it would be a good idea to choose a pedal that is commonly overlooked and more importantly not a new “boutique” pedal. There is plenty of that already going on in my opinion. The Tone-Lok series (also…
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Pedalboard Build: Dan Wilson
On my bench a couple weeks back was a pedalboard build for Dan Wilson, guitarist for the band Dommengang; a stoner rock band based here in Los Angeles. This board had to be completed in just a few days as Dan was heading to Europe to begin a tour. First things first, we needed a…
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Crossed Wires 