http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/08/new-mod-kits-the-enticer-pedal/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/08/new-mod-kits-the-enticer-pedal/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:09:26 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=9090 If you are like me and are interested in doing a project, Mod Kits has a limited edition tube overdrive kit called “The Enticer” This tube overdrive pedal kit is based around a new-old-stock original RCA 12AU7A vacuum tube. It can get from a nice warm, clean sound with subtle overdrive all the way on... 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From the Lovepedal website: “Experience a pedal about to explode. Effortless feedback generation. Incredible gain and amazing tone. Controllable mids in high gain applications”. I have played some of Sean’s Lovepedals and I have to say that they are great. This is a high... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/05/new-lovepedal-redhead-pedal/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/05/mod-kits-diy/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/05/mod-kits-diy/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 12:41:41 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=8352 Mod Kits are DIY amp and pedal kits that are designed to give the novice or experienced musician the opportunity to build their own amp and effect pedals.  Each kit comes with instructions that are easy to follow and use point-to-point wiring.  All enclosure are pre-drilled with all necessary  parts included.  You just need to... 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There’s built-in Sound Library which gives you instant access to dozens of classic and modern effects. There are COSM amp models onboard, plus Super Stack and Phrase... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/04/new-boss-me-25/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/04/new-maxon-sm-9-super-metal-and-st-9-super-tube-pedals/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/04/new-maxon-sm-9-super-metal-and-st-9-super-tube-pedals/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:54:33 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=8068 New Maxon SM-9 Super Metal and ST-9 Super Tube Pedals are being released by Godlyke, Inc. These two pedals were introduced in the early1980’s and are in demand by players. They are now available with improved circuitry and features such as true bypass switching. Some features include: Easy-access, no tools battery compartment, die cast zinc... 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Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/03/pro-co-sound-limited-white-face-rat-review/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/03/new-tomaszewicz-t-drive-pedal/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/03/new-tomaszewicz-t-drive-pedal/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:33:17 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=7665 Not only does John Tomaszewicz make great amps he also makes great pedals!!! His new TZZ T Drive pedal was just released. This pedal was first seen and heard in the TomasZewicZ Amps video clip from the LA Amp Show 2009. This overdrive pedal consists of an optimized clipping circuit that provides rich smooth harmonics... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/03/new-tomaszewicz-t-drive-pedal/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/02/new-mxr-one-knob-micro-chorus/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/02/new-mxr-one-knob-micro-chorus/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:12:43 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=7267 Who likes the Chorus effect? I do for certain things but if you over-use it you can get sonically sea-sick! You know what I’m talking about…… Here is what looks like a cool Chorus pedal. One knob, gas and go as I like to say. The MXR Micro Chorus is designed with vintage “bucket brigade”... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/02/new-mxr-one-knob-micro-chorus/feed/ 2 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/jeff-mcalack-source-audio-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/jeff-mcalack-source-audio-namm-2010/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:11:40 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6678 Jeff McAlack from Source Audio talks about the new Sound Blox Pro pedals and expression ring. Jeff was a great guy at NAMM and the pedals are really god sounding with a lot of flexibility. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/jeff-mcalack-source-audio-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/new-article-multi-effects-units-vs-individual-pedals/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/new-article-multi-effects-units-vs-individual-pedals/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:48:42 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6377 There is a new article on the Articles page called “Multi-Effects vs Individual Pedals”. In this article I take a look at the pro’s and con’s of both multi-effect units and individual pedals and share some of my experiences with each. There may be some things you may have never considered with either multi-effets or... 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Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/new-boss-eband-js-8-audio-player/feed/ 3 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/new-lovepedal-8823-high-headroom-overdrive-pedal/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/new-lovepedal-8823-high-headroom-overdrive-pedal/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:05 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6159 Sean over at Lovepedal had done it again. Here is a new overdrive pedal he is calling the 8823. The 8823 is a “high headroom” type of overdrive pedal. It incorporates a custom IC which starts to overdrive at very high levels. The sustain is increased because of this and it maintains a low noise... 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Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/11/new-hipkitty-products-glaze-pedal/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/10/pedalboard-planner-website-by-pedaltrain-build-a-virtual-pedalboard/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/10/pedalboard-planner-website-by-pedaltrain-build-a-virtual-pedalboard/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:40 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=5256 Ok, so I’m cruising around the the interwebz and find this totally cool website called Pedalboard Planner which was launched by Pedaltrain. On the site you can build a virtual pedalboard to see how all your effect pedals could be laid out. Choose from 5 different Pedaltrain pedalboard sizes and 26 different effect pedal manufacturers... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/10/pedalboard-planner-website-by-pedaltrain-build-a-virtual-pedalboard/feed/ 9 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/new-byoc-reverb-pedal-kit/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/new-byoc-reverb-pedal-kit/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:31:32 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=5014 The good folks over at BYOC saw a need for a great reverb pedal kit and are now delivering! The new BYOC Reverb pedal kit uses the Belton Digi-Log Reverb module which is regarded by pedal builders to be one of the best digital “spring reverb” modules available. The module’s nickname is “The Brick” because... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/new-byoc-reverb-pedal-kit/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/analogman-releases-new-ardx20-dual-analog-delay/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/analogman-releases-new-ardx20-dual-analog-delay/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:53:22 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=4939 Mike over at Analogman has released the log awaited new ARDX20 Dual Analog Delay pedal. The new delay pedal is based on the sought after AR20DL. Production is underway with part of the pedal built in China and the final assembly, calibration and graphics performed in Japan. The new ARDX20 is designed for flexibility as well... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/09/analogman-releases-new-ardx20-dual-analog-delay/feed/ 0