Man, it looks cold in Iceland! Beautiful, but cold. Obviously, for those of you who know, the temperature doesn’t affect our friend Ásgeir from Pedal Projects one bit, as he continually churns out gorgeous-looking and sounding pedals from the frozen terrain. His latest offering is the Undertow Tremolo, an all-analog optical machine that features both simple controls and complex sounds – let’s check it out! The...
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I’m always excited to find a rare pedal, something that was a prototype or a one-off, that hasn’t been mass-produced, and frankly, can’t be had by other players. Maybe that sounds a little selfish, but hey, you all feel the same way! Case in point: this Tremolo pedal from our friends in Iceland, Pedal Projects. Now, there’s nothing too fancy about this tremolo, which is one of the things I like about it. As...
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Everyone love a good Rat Distortion. Well, not everyone, but people who like Distortion sure do. Actually, that’s not entirely true either, but the Rat is famous nonetheless, and is a (mostly) sought after sound, especially the old pedals from the 80’s and 90’s with the desirable LM308 chip in them. Our buddy Ásgeir from Pedal Projects decided to make a Rat of his own, but add a little of his own flavor into it, and...
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First off, let me say that I love Emerson Custom Guitars’ EM-Drive as it is, being a wonderfully transparent overdrive with great character and warm, smooth tones. However, I also like my overdrives to have a little more BITE than the stock EM has got, and that’s where this fantastic mod from my friend Ásgeir over at Pedal Projects in Iceland comes in. Just wait ’til you see what he’s done now. The Pedal...
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The Pedal Projects Growly overdrive/boost left me speechless as soon as I opened up the box. Ásgeir of Pedal Projects is known for the outstanding work he puts into his pedals, and now I have experienced it first-hand. The build quality of the Growly is just awesome. The Growly also has an amazing and very unique sound that I have never gotten out of any other overdrive pedals I’ve tried. The drive circuit features a volume knob...
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You know about the infamous Klon Drive, right? If you don’t, do some research. It has somehow become the end-all, be-all of drive pedals, and while it only cost about $225 in the ’90’s, today they are rare, and sell for upwards of $2000. Besides being outrageously overpriced, there are now a number of pedal makers who have been able to clone the circuitry and sounds of the Klon, most at about 1/6 of the price of an...
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