Guitar Songwriting: How to Create Interesting Chords

Tired of the same old D-G-A songs?  Here’s an easy method for creating a brand new chord and using it in a chord progression. Basically, you take a traditional chord, move one finger by one fret.  Go back and forth between the regular chord and its one-note-altered variation.  Then slide the variation to somewhere else…

Oddfellow Effects Caveman Overdrive

Oddfellow Effects Caveman Overdrive v2 Review

I was aware of Oddfellow Caveman pedals when it burst onto the scene a couple of years ago at TheGearPage.net.  I saw some early videos and heard very smooth, sustain-y overdrive coaxed from a Strat.  I knew I had to try this pedal. But months flew by and there was a controversy or two about the…

Catalinbread Karma Suture

Catalinbread Karma Suture Review

You’d think that the only thing that matters with guitar pedals is how they sound. And that definitely is one of the most critical elements — but other factors matter, too.  User experience (that relates to how the knobs and jacks are laid out and labeled) and expectation-setting (marketing, naming, pricing) play big roles in…

Mad Professor Simble Review

Having just explored the Dumble territory with the rare Dumbbell pedal, I was intrigued to find that Mad Professor Simble came up in my PedalGenie queue.  This is one of the newest and a well-respected entry in the playing field.  How does it stack up? Features This is a four-knob overdrive but instead of my…

Bearfoot Emerald Green Distortion Machine

Bearfoot Emerald Green Distortion Marchine Review

This is the first of the pedals I’ll be reviewing that I’m renting from PedalGenie.com.  I’ll write a review about their service after I have a few rounds.  I put this pedal in the wishlist mostly because I recently realized how awesome Tech21’s Liverpool pedal is, and wanted to compare with another pedal that was…