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I’m the Bass, Drums and Effects Merchandiser at zZounds. I enjoy fuzz pedals, house cats, and Michigan history facts. I can be seen playing any variation of Telecaster.

16 hours ago Gear Demos, Live Streams

With Arcade Audio, Great Tone Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank!

Arcade Audio designs and builds a diverse line of stompbox pedals at affordable prices. Each pedal features a sturdy enclosure ideal for gigging, and offers a variety of classic effects and sounds from nearly every era of music. Arcade Audio is focused on bringing great tone to a generation of players at an affordable price […]

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1 day ago Behind The Kit

How Motown Made It Work: Drum Recording

All eras of music teach us lessons about recording, playing, and mixing. When it comes to tracking a drum kit, something changed in the 1950s and early sixties ’60s in Detroit, where the Motown sound was born. Modern recording has migrated from the expensive studio spaces of the past into basements, garages, and bedrooms all […]

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1 month ago Gear Demos, Live Streams

Orange Is Bringing Back the ’70s with Three Vintage-Inspired Pedals

In the 1970s, London, England-based Orange Amplification reached into the depths of their own amplifier circuits and pulled out a family of signature effects players came to adore. Today, the Orange Vintage series of pedals celebrates Orange’s legendary history, with modern recreations of those very effects. The Orange Vintage Distortion, Sustain, and Phaser all draw […]

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2 months ago Behind The Kit

Five Drummer Gifts You May Not Have Thought Of

Let’s face it, there are little to no silent nights when you’ve got a drummer in the house. By their very nature, percussion instruments are a loud and disruptive family. But even though the journey to drumming mastery is filled with groans from non-drummers, the payoff is a well rounded musician whose instrument of choice […]

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2 months ago Gear Demos

Turn Your Guitar into An Analog Synthesizer with Source Audio… No Really!

Don’t let Eurorack fanatics have all the fun! With Source Audio’s C4 Synthesizer pedal, you can turn your guitar or bass into a fully-fledged analog synthesizer. The C4 features a 4-knob interface with selectable guitar and bass effects. And with the Neuro Desktop Editor (a free download for Mac and Windows) or the Neuro Mobile […]

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3 months ago Gear Demos

Red Panda Gives You the Keys to the Time Machine with Tensor

Red Panda gives players unprecedented technology in their DSP-powered stompboxes that are fit for studio or stage. The Red Panda Tensor is loaded with powerful DSP that gives you the ability to control time and pitch! Get as glitchy as you want with Tensor’s intelligent randomization, or loop tight grooves on the fly with up […]

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3 months ago Guitar Workbench

Shoegaze-in-a-Box: Catalinbread Soft Focus FX40

Some say shoegaze is making a comeback. The moody, reverb-rich, guitar-based genre plays on feelings of nostalgia, melancholy, and a lust for Jazzmasters. The folks at Catalinbread believe shoegaze never left, and we’re inclined to believe them after experiencing the Soft Focus FX40 Shoegaze reverb pedal. Pitched as an instant shoegaze button, the FX40 is […]

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4 months ago Gear Demos, Live Streams

zZounds Live: Travel Through Time and Space with the Boss RE-202 Space Echo

Introduced in 1974, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo stands among the most legendary and sought-after effect units ever produced. The Boss RE-202 faithfully delivers the authentic sound and behavior of the Space Echo like never before with modern amenities and vintage-voiced tones. Roland/Boss engineers have tirelessly reproduced the same non-linear behaviors that original tape echoes […]

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5 months ago Guitar Workbench

Touch That Dial: Three Overdrive Pedal Tricks for the Studio!

Nearly every pedal company offers an overdrive effect. It’s a decently simple circuit to create, and there are a ton of variations available on the market today. From the first overdrives that were built to emulate tube amp breakup, to the modern active EQ-equipped studio darling ODs, overdrive pedals can serve a higher purpose on […]

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