Bit Commander Retrospective
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What stands before you is our entire goody bag of top secret info, exclusive interviews, and clips of people bonding with Bit Commander.
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Electrifying String Instruments
Jozef Nadj
Having your instrument “electrified” gives you options to record, play in a band with loud instruments like drums and electric guitars, and can further nurture your creative soul once you get into the zone using effects.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 28 - Bobb Bruno (Best Coast)
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Bobb Bruno plays all sorts of instruments and his gear collection reflects that. Heavily. Basically an entire wishlist of hard to finds, studio rarities, really rads, and just plain oddball music equipment.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 30 – Olivia Jean
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Olivia Jean has a very streamlined board where pedals are chosen after lots of trial and error. Using her gear night after night in a live setting allows for utilitarian features to stand out, and only the ones that are "just right" survive.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 27 - Ed Rodriguez (Deerhoof)
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DIY recording engineer, natural experimenter, tinkerer, multi-instrumentalist, mad scientist... the list goes on. Ed Rodriguez has been feeling his way through the musical universe for quite some time.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 29 – Mark Arm & Steve Turner (Mudhoney)
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Mark and Steve decided to sit down and divulge pedal set-ups for this episode of Board To Death! Classic circuits that were around when they started their first bands are still in the mix, but modern updates promoting reliability definitely don’t hurt.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 27 - Jonathan Nuñez (Torche)
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Jonathan Nuñez gives us a tour of his minimal set-up in this episode of Board To Death!
Read MoreBoard To Death: Ep 26 - Josh Merry (Sweet Spirit)
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Sweet Spirit is a thought provoking rock band from Austin Texas that has about one billion members. Josh Merry is one of them, and plays guitar. He agreed to give us a tour of his JAM PACKED pedal board in this episode of Board To Death!
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 26 - The Guitar Shop NYC
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The Guitar Shop NYC is home to luthiers and string makers but most importantly, people who are passionate about what they do. This joint oozes with hand made quality goods and good vibes, a true "boutique" in every sense of the word.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 25 – Lindsey Jordan (Snail Mail)
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Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail takes us through a tour of her pedalboard, while on stage at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland Ohio.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 25 - Sylvia Massy
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Sylvia Massy has been engineering and producing sessions for longer than most of us have been acting like we know what we’re talking about. Sylvia was kind enough to guide us through Studio Divine in this episode of EarthQuaker Devices Show Us Your Junk!
Read MoreAn All-In-One Solution to Your Pedalboard Problems
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As musicians, we are attempting to express our creativity through a series of organized sounds and controlled variables. However, we do not want unintended noise entering our audio signal, or less sound altogether.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 24 - Joel Hamilton (Studio G)
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Joel Hamilton takes us on a tour of Studio G in Brooklyn New York, home to a generous amount of impossibly rare studio gear.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 23 - Rafael Brasil (Far From Alaska)
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Rafael Brasil is very enthusiastic about his board(S), and really digs octave pedals. A LOT! Board to Death Episode 23 features Rafael going over his effects for two different boards and explaining their use to create his unique sound.
Read MoreRainbow Machine: Retrospective
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Since entering our world at the end of the first decade of this century, the Rainbow Machine has turned more than a few heads with its bizarre and captivating trademark sounds. Take a trip over the rainbow into the mind of the creator of this somewhat misunderstood musical contraption, as Jamie Stillman shares some historical anecdotes.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 23 - Steve Albini (Shellac, Electrical Audio)
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Steve Albini has recorded hundreds upon hundreds of bands spanning three decades. He has probably engineered one of your favorite records. His organic, non-meddling approach requires dependable and versatile recording equipment. With all of this great studio equipment, there had to be some oddball pieces floating around that he could dig up. Don’t worry, he will show you some of it.
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 22 - Cesar Soto (Ministry)
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In this episode of Board to Death, Cesar Soto was kind enough to give us a detailed rundown of his touring kit when the all-powerful MINISTRY came to town!
Read MoreBoard to Death Ep. 21 - Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Cobra Verde)
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Ohio native rocker Doug Gillard visited the EQD studios for our latest episode of Board to Death! Doug has played in many bands including Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, and Cobra Verde.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 21 - Phil Manley (El Studio, Trans Am, Life Coach)
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You may know of Phil from his far-out bands Trans Am and Life Coach; but what you may not know is that this guy is also the owner of a historic diamond in the rough recording studio located in San Francisco, California.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 18 - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
Aaron Rogers
In thirty short years, Sonic Youth produced one of the largest and most stimulating bodies of work of any American rock band…
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