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I’m excited to talk about the Greenhouse Effect Roadkiller overdrive. Roy from Greenhouse effects sent over a couple of pedals to demo, and we’ll start things off with the Roadkiller. The road killer is a great sounding overdrive with solid mid-range. Greenhouse effects are built well with a sturdy enclosure and quality pots/knobs and footswitch. This overdrive breaks up enough to be almost fuzz like, but can also keep a tight overdrive sound. It’s a very versatile pedal that will sound great with clean amps or high gain amps.

Here is the official description of the Roadkiller by Greenhouse Effects:

This is the one you’ve been looking for.

The Roadkiller is designed to give you outstanding guitar tone on any setup in any occasion. built from the ground up, the Roadkiller has cascaded FET gain stages, finely tuned to deliver the thick and complex sound and feel of a tube amp in overdrive.

It does so without coloring the sound of your guitar and amp.

Tones range from warm articulated clean,through smooth saturation into a thick crunch and finally to an all out fat and tight distortion.

* Amazing note separation
* Highly responsive to picking dynamics
* Control the gain using your guitar’s volume knob,and it cleans almost completely even on high gain settings without becoming dark or dull!
* True bypass!

The Roadkiller will make your guitar sound bigger ,and will enhance your playing experience.

For the demo, I again enlisted the help of long time friend, Jimmy Rolle. He played the Greenhouse Effects Roadkiller using a Les Paul Goldtop with P90s through a Rivera Knucklehead 100/Marshall 4×12. The demo was mic’d with a AKG Solidtube and Shure SMf7.

We did two demos. The first demo is the pedal using ‘cleanish’ amp settings:

Additionally, we have high quality MP3 of the demo via SoundCloud

The second demo is using high gain amp settings:

Additionally, we have high quality MP3 of the demo via SoundCloud

I also wanted to get a little bit more information from Roy the creator of the Greenhouse Effects Roadkiller, so here is a short interview:

Where is Greenhouse Effects Located?

Greenhouse effects is located in a Kibbutz in northern Israel.

How long have you been developing pedals?

I’ve been making pedals for about six years,mostly custom works for musicians.a certain style has evolved throughout the years.

What got you into pedal development?

The concept of making a work tool for musicians was inspiring.I was playing guitar at several bands and needed a good overdrive pedal that would sound huge on stage.first  i started tinkering the old Ts design and came out with the first version of the Goldrive,(today,the MKIII is very different although it implements some of the same ideas) I’ve leaned a lot through this experience and it sparked the passion for making my own pedals.

What did you want to achieve with the RoadKiller?

The Roadkiller was challenging because i had great ambitions for it. I wanted to make a huge sounding overdrive that simply oozes with tone,it hadto be very dynamic and responsive. But that wasn’t enough.i wanted it to have an extremely wide range of tones,it took several months to achieve,but the final result is very satisfying,it’s like having a booster,an overdrive and a distortion in one box.

How is the RoadKiller different than other similar pedals. What was the objective with this?

The Roadkiller is different in several ways.first it has three different eq settings,depending on how you set the gain knob; Minimum gain- flat eq (to be used as a booster) Medium gain- mid frequencies are emphasized (to push a tube amp without getting too muddy) High gain-gives you lots of bottom end for a thick rock distortion tone. the tone knob works correspondingly with the gain knob and should be set accordingly in order to achieve the desired tone. another difference might be that as you tone down the volume on your guitar,you never loose presence.it cleanse very well and you don’t loose treble frequencies. and since there are cascaded FET gain stages being used ,the note definition is superb,

Overall,it might take a bit of exploring in order to utilize this pedal to the fullest,but once you do this pedal can provide a rich pallet of tones.

What is the next pedal in development?

the next pedal is a modulation effect,already in progress(Stone fish)

The Greenhouse Effects Roadkiller Overdrive sells around $185USD. You can purchase this pedal at these find Greenhouse Effects Dealers online!

PedalGeek
StepUpGuitars
MontreuxGuitars

For more information about Greenhouse Effects, please check out their website and check them out on Facebook!

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I always like it when give away winners can send me a photo of themselves with their new prize. Here we have Brett Walston with his brand new Way Huge Angry Troll.. and boy does he look angry! Congrats Brett and have fun dialing in some fists!

If you missed out on this give away.. no worries I have a few more in the queue so please bookmark EffectsBay.com to catch them when they come up!

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Today’s pedal line is from Lamont Caldwell. If you have a pedal line (doesn’t have to be in a board) for your rig, please email me a photo, bio, description of pedals and routing to pedallineeffectsbaycom. Every Friday I’ll showcase a pedal line submission. Make sure you include any links to your band or music page.

Here is my pedal board set up for playing with MACH22.

MXR dyna compression
Ibanez Soundtank Tube Screamer
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Morley Bad Horsie Wah
Korg Chromatic Tuner
Hughes and Kettner Reverb 100 Head stomp box.

All my pedals were bought from a pawn shop, one was from ebay! LOL I needed a wah and got the Morley from a friend in Philly.

I like to add the Tube Screamer to the gain 1 channel of my H&K for some extra buzzy fuzz. I’m still experiementing with the pedals but I like what I got so far.

Thanks,
Lamont

www.myspace.com/mach22
www.mach22music.com

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I’ve been interested in these Lovepedals lately, and I came across the Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive.  This is three pedals in one. You can get overdrive, treble boost or clean boost via 3-way toggle switch. Has three knobbies.. Level, Glass and Drive. I like how they went with ‘glass’ vs. ‘tone’.

Here is the official description:

The Lovepedal Eternity can be 3 pedals in one—Overdrive, Treble Booster and Clean booster—depending on where you set the dials. You can also blend these 3 factors. It has a socketed IC so you can swap out different ICs (extra ICs are not included). It’s a treble boost instead of a normal tone control. The Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive pedal provides darker tones, brighter tones with an unorthodox control.

It is a very smooth type of overdrive as well. The Eternity Fuse pedal can go from nothing at all to very warm-sounding vintage overdriven tube sound, a clean flat booster or a treble booster, or even a tweed amp.

Turn the toggle switch to the right for a strat-sounding wail. The toggle set at the middle gives a clean boost, with a warm, classic tube-driven vibe. Turn it to the left for screaming classic overdrive, ideal for blues, rock, or a multitude of other music styles. And with the treble boost all the way off, the overdrive pedal gives you warmer tone than most tube amps.

The Lovepedal Eternity overdrive pedal always stays true to what’s coming out of your guitar no matter how hard you drive it, so you never turn into the pedal. It also breaks up the harder you dig into the strings, which sounds killer.

I found a great video by gearmanndude. He’s playing a ‘black’ version. Not sure if there are any differences between that and the ‘gold’ one.

You can pick up the Lovepedal Eternity Fuse Overdrive for $214.75 at Musician’s Friend.

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I’ve been sorta into clean boosts lately and this one caught my eye. I saw that Lovepedal Amp 50 overdrive was on Joe Perry’s pedalboard, so I wanted to learn more about this.

Here is the description of the pedal:

Lovepedal’s Amp 50 overdrive effect pedal is the most compact version of the Church Of Tone series. The circuit has been modified to give cleaner tones at the bottom of the gain/bias sweep and dirtier tones at the top. It can function as a clean boost, dirty boost, stand alone OD or gnarly fuzz box depending on the amplifier used, guitar vol. adjustment and gain/bias control setting. This Lovepedal overdrive effect will also stack unbelievably well with other drive units leading to increased sustain, tone and overall dynamics.

Lovepedal Amp 50 Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* 9VDC input
* External Gain Bias Control
* Relay Switching
* True Bypass
* LED Status
* Super Compact Diecast Aluminum Case
* 3-5/8″D x 1-1/2″W x 1-1/4″H

Here is a video by seanmichael252

You can pick up the Lovepedal Amp 50 Overdrive for $129.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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We have a official winner for the Way Huge Angry Troll give away. The winner is Brett Walston of Jersey City, NJ. Congrats Brett!

I also wanted to say a special thanks to Dunop for sending the pedal for review and sponsoring this give away. If you have a chance, please check out their site, blog and DunlopTV!

I have another pedal give away in the works, so keep your eyes open for another one coming up.. approximately 2 weeks or so.

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Stumbled on a interesting delay pedal today, by Fuchs called the Plush Replay Delay. It’s looking like a great sounding delay pedal (pricey, but sounds great). I’ve talked about Fuchs in the past, he definitely makes some quality pedals.

Here is the official description:

The Plush Replay guitar effect pedal features up to one second of pure delay. Using a unique circuit topology, the Replay has a true high-voltage power supply, providing 300 volts to a genuine tube audio stage as well as a real tube level indicator. It also features the same proprietary great-sounding digital technology used in many Plush delay line pedals. The control panel of the Plush Replay delay is angled, and features ultra-bright LEDs for Power, peak signal, tap tempo on, tempo indicator, and echo mute so you get the highest visibility possible in dark venues, on stage, or outdoors. Plush Replay’s operation is as simple as a tape delay. No fancy programming, or software silliness. The delay effect pedal was designed by musicians, for musicians.

The control panel of the Plush Replay digital delay pedal is clear, concise, and user-friendly. Controls are delay time, mix, wow, flutter, repeats, and fidelity. The fidelity control allows you to tailor the repeats from digitally clear to tape smoothness. A discrete (delay only) effects loop allows you to process the delayed signal through a reverb, or outboard device, prior to mixing within the tube audio stage. This output may also be used for a remote footswitch. While the Plush Replay delay effect can be used on a pedal board in front of an amplifier. The Replay is simple to operate—its unique retro styling is equally at-home in the studio, as it is on the stage.

Plush’s objective was very simple: create a guitar delay pedal that delivered the musicality of tape, without the hassles and costs of replacing tapes, belts, motors and maintenance. Sure, everyone loves the sound of tape, who needs all the hassles?

All Plush effects pedals have cast aluminum housings, industrial powder coat finish, heat cured silk screen labeling, true bypass, Cliff switch, Neutrik connectors, metal shaft controls, premium boutique-quality passive components selected for tone, mil spec fiberglass two sided circuit board construction for consistent long term performance, and a 5-year warranty. Made in the USA.

Plush Replay Digital Delay Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* Echo switch
* Tap switch
* Tempo switch
* Delay control
* Mix control
* Repeats control
* Fidelity control
* Wow control
* Flutter control
* Power on LED
* Peak signal LED
* Tap tempo on LED
* Tempo indicator LED
* Echo on LED

Here is a video demo by FUCHSAUDIO

You can pick up the Plush Replay Delay for $649.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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Today, I posted the interview with Trace Foster, but DunlopTV also had a interview with Joe Perry himself. In the video they talk about the boneyard slide and how Joe Perry got into slide guitar. I personally don’t do much/any slide work, but thought I would bring this up for others that are into slide.

Here is the official description of the slide:

Designed in conjunction with legendary Aerosmith rocker Joe Perry, this porcelain slide sounds soulful and bluesy, whether on an acoustic on your front porch or on a screaming electric in a packed stadium. The Joe Perry Slide comes in three sizes and features a porous interior to absorb finger moisture.

You can pick up the Dunlop Joe Perry Signature Guitar Slide for $14.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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Today I stumbled onto a great video on DunlopTV. It’s an interview with Trace Foster, the guitar tech of Joe Perry. There are some great gear shots and discussions from backline to pedals to guitars.

Here is a shot of his pedal board (screen capture) of the video:

I was able to break down the board, but Trace skipped a few pedals including a couple I could not identify. The unidentified pedals are the narrow pedal between the Class A Boost and Klon, the pedal left of the Klon and the blue pedal above the G-Lab delay. *Update* Looks like we have them locked down. Thanks everyone!

Top row
Option 5 Destination Rotation
G-Lab Smooth Delay SD-1 (doesn’t mention it in the vid)
Line 6 DL4 Delay
G-Lab Dual Reverb DR-3
Line 6 MM4 Modulation
Guitar Synth Siren Pedal (custom pedal)
Electro-Harmonix POG Polyphonic Octave Generator (classic silver face)

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Klon Centaur
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Fulltone OCD
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Earnie Ball Volume Pedal

Thanks for the help everyone!

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Today, I’m going to break away into something different. This last Thursday, I played a show with a new band, and this was our very first show (we only had about 6 practices all together) so we were pretty excited to play. Thursday night shows bring a pretty limited crowd, but I always said that one show is worth about ten practices, and every chance we get to play the sooner things tighten up.

The week leading up to the show, I spent about one to two hours a night/day practicing the set using my guitar trainer, and things were feeling good and natural. I have a tendency to crash if I’m thinking or anticipating sections, so the more muscle memory the better (for me). I even threw in a two hour practice pre-show to get things limbered up.

We were set to play first and after getting the gear set up began the ‘hurry up and wait’ stage. This usually involves two cans of PBR tall boys and various funny discussions with the band and the other bands. Finally, it was time to rock. First song went fair, but literally, the next six songs or so, I was the biggest shit bag on stage.  Literally, when the song started, I would momentarily forgot how to play the riff and would somehow recover and limp back in or just hose the riff and come back in after screwing up the start of the song. This of course, started a snowball effect with my confidence and the process of over thinking which leads to more errors and slop. Frankly, I couldn’t wait to get off stage. Luckily by the last two songs, I finally got my head out of my arse and was able to play those fairly well.

Getting off the stage, and hearing “That was awesome” and “you were great” from the wife and other band members including the other bands, etc.. just made me feel worse. I knew it was shite, and I know they knew it was shite. So why am I fessing up this lame story that I seriously would like to forget? Simple, I want to learn from it…

- how do you guys prep for shows?
- how do you not overthink while playing
- how do you guys recover from disaster mid-set (mentally, emotionally, etc)

The things that I noticed if I could go back in time. Warm up prior to getting on stage (10 minutes) I normally do, but for some reason I didn’t this time. Since this was the first time we were on stage, our line up from the practice space was completely different, and now I realize how much visual and audio cues I need instead of ‘knowing’ the songs like I thought I did. I need to secure my cables better (our front man accidentally pulled my instrument cable out of my board 3 times). That didn’t help with the fiasco as well, but again, these are things to learn.

Oddly, the leads were okay for that night. The easy stuff.. was failure.

So why ‘Guitar Zen’? As a hobby I was involved with competitive pistol shooting (you know I’m from Montana right?). Well in that circle you hear a lot about shooting zen. You know.. like bow and arrows.. “be the arrow” stuff. It’s basically related to one chance.. one shot, and how to be in the proper mental state to ‘succeed’. Chocking is huge with shooting, lots of pressure for the moment to perform at your best. I definitely can see the relation with that and guitar.. and to anything for that matter. I didn’t really make the connection until Friday morning mulling over what happened. Any guitar zen tips for me? Comment below!

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