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In a new interview with The Prog Report, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton was asked what keeps him and his bandmates motivated to continue making new albums every two or three years. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, you have adverse conditions in the music industry right…

Last month, FOZZY postponed the remaining dates of its previously announced summer/fall 2022 “Save The World” tour due to a throat injury suffered by the band’s lead singer, wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. According to FOZZY, Jericho sustained a bruised larynx in August at the AEW “Quake By The L…

You could win YOUR CHOICE of neck and bridge humbuckers from StewMac! Enter Below:StewMac Parsons Street Humbucker PickupsStraight-up raw vintage tone! Closely modeled after outstanding original P.A.F.s, these humbuckers capture the tone that changed music forever.Crafted by tone expertsOur own Erick Coleman tracked down priceless original P.A.F. humbucker sets and meticulously studied the materials and construction that gives these pickups their truly timeless tone. Once he cracked the code, that tone was undeniable!We christened these exceptional humbuckers in tribute to the famous Kalamazoo address where the holy grail of pickups, the legendary P.A.F. (Patent Applied For), was born.We build them like they used to!Just like the originals, the slug coil has more windings than the polepiece coil, and both coils are unpotted. Old P.A.F.s weren’t made in separate neck and bridge-position models, and their DC resistance varied from 7-9K ohms. We give you a choice: Parsons Street neck position pickups are wound to mid 7K range, and bridge position models to low 8K range.StewMac Parsons Street Humbucker Pickups

Former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel filled in for Willie Adler at last night’s (Sunday, October 9) LAMB OF GOD concert at UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fan-filmed video of the show can be seen below.
Earlier today, D…

I have no idea if the Pigtronix Gloamer’s sounds or name were inspired by “The Gloaming”—a 2003 Radiohead track that doesn’t have a lot of obvious guitar work. But if so, it’s certainly apt. This 6-knob, compressor-outfitted volume-sweller is rife with undulating, burbling, bleeping sounds of the sort Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood would gleefully approve.Here’s the catch: To get to the goods, Gloamer pretty much has to be paired with other pedals. Otherwise, the audible effect of even drastic volume-, blend-, sensitivity-, and attack-knob settings might pass by too quickly to grok what’s happening. Same goes for the even subtler decay function (governed by a separate knob and footswitch).I found that mating Gloamer with spacious reverb(s) and delay units, and setting its compressor and sensitivity knobs toward their nether regions, was particularly effective. (Blend seems to need to be decidedly past noon, as well.) Get creative with what you put before and after Gloamer, and that’s where the effed-up magic happens. In fact, the more atmospheric effects you can add to the equation, the better. The more I stacked—including a Catalinbread Cloak reverb, a Gamechanger Audio Light reverb, an Ibanez Analog Delay Mini, and a SolidGoldFX Electroman MkII (and somewhere in the middle, a Silktone Fuzz)—the more disorienting and glorious the textures became. Just the way Thom and Jonny would like it!

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., who joined Ozzy Osbourne’s band more than a decade ago, was asked in a new interview with Czech Republic’s Backstage TV how he looks back on his time with the legendary heavy metal singer. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It was really good times. It was a…

We’re rounding out Pedalmania 2022 with 4 more great pedals! Enter below.DSM Humboldt Electronics Silver Linings Drive/Preamp Pedal

The Silver Linings drive/preamp pedal easily adapts to your playing style, whether that’s blues, pop, rock, or something in between. With a wide range of tones, this pedal rivals digital modelers; only, the Silver Linings provides immediate response with dynamics you can only draw out of analog circuits. And with three style switches, you’re set for a journey filled with low-gain ballads and sonic bedlam.Red Panda Tensor Pitch- and Time-Shifting Pedal

The Tensor™ gives you live reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions that you can combine in creative ways. Slow down, speed up and rewind in real time. Stretch or compress time with no pitch change. Loop, overdub, and randomly slice phrases up to 9.4 seconds (4.7 seconds in stereo).Intelligent randomization adapts to the knob settings. The results range from occasional CD skips, stutters, and rhythmic repeats to random slicing and erratic pitch shifts. Both foot switches have momentary and latching modes to inject pitch jumps, glitches, or instantly rewind what you just played.The Tensor™ is in a pedalboard-friendly enclosure with all jacks on top. All controls are immediately accessible with well-spaced knobs for live tweaking, and USB MIDI for recording and sequencing.MXR Poly Blue Octave Pedal

The MXR Poly Blue Octave brings modern and classic pitch-shifting styles together with fuzz and modulation to create the ultimate octave pedal for tonecrafters and sonic seekers.The MXR® Poly Blue Octave is powered by a 9-volt AC adapter such as the Dunlop ECB003/ECB003EU or an MXR BrickTM Series power supply. This pedal cannot be powered by a battery.ZUTA FREDMeet FRED = Filter + Resonance + Envelope + Distortion. FRED is amplifying, twisting and swirling frequencies in sometimes chaotic ways and will sometimes lead your tone into many unpredictable directions. FRED is very sensitive to what you feed it with. It was originally designed for Electric Bass Guitar but turned out to be fun to play with any signal coming into it. Chasing the perfect tone is a never-ending task and when the technical side is satisfied, the aesthetics are in line. This pedal is a creative Envelope Filter and with its wacky sound color it will spice up your guitar tone by adding a certain dose of vocal characteristics. For the grit lovers an overdrive signal path is included and accessed by pressing the MOD button, which in combination with the Envelope Filter generates pronounced distortion, especially in the bass frequency range.Product specific:The dynamic envelope sweep is controlled by the Reflex knob and determines the accent’s location – low setting responds slower with pronounced bass and high setting resounds fast with sharp sound. The strength of the accent is determined by the strength of the pluck / strum.• SPEED 4-way rotary switch – controls the release time which affects the auto wah function;• REFLEX pot control – chooses the frequencies that will be included in the sweep;• MOD illuminated switch – overdrive signal path.• ON/OFF footswitch,• True bypass;• IN and OUT original Cliff jacks;• DC power input.Pedalmania 2022 Week #6

Designed for simplicity and power to handle Kirk’s requirements for Crowbar and Down with a tried and true EMG81 in the bridge and single volume control.After Kirk using Solar Guitars over the last year, Solar Guitars is proud to introduce Kirk’s Signature Model, the E1.6KW. Simplicity equals power to handle Kirk’s requirements for Crowbar and Down with a tried and true EMG81 in the bridge and single volume control to get it done. Style points are registered with a custom NOLA 12th fret inlay and special block inlays on the side of the fretboard offering unmatched stage visibility, even in the darkest environments.Kirk Windstein has been a staple of the American Metal scene since 1989. Hailing from New Orleans, he has played in a number of influential and successful bands, most notably his own band Crowbar and as a founding member of the heavy metal supergroup, Down. Having toured the world extensively for the last 30 years, he recently rejoined Down for the 25th anniversary of their classic first album NOLA and is also recording Crowbar’s 12th LP.6 string Type E – Alder body – 3 piece maple neck (thin C profile) with ebony fingerboard – 24,75” scale – 22 stainless steel frets – block side inlays – Solar locking tuners – Tonepros locking TOM with string thru bridge – EMG81 bridge pickup – 1 volume control – gigbag included.E1.6 KW – Kirk Windstein Signature ModelPriced at $1149. For more information, please visit solar-guitars.com.