If you’ve been following the @PedalHaven Instagram account, you may have seen that I built a little DIY pedalboard to use at home. I have been really wanting a medium-sized pedalboard for quite some time. Before building this, I only had the option of a small 17”x6” pedalboard or a massive 30”x18” board – […]
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Do You Need More Than One Reverb Pedal?
As you start to put your pedalboard together, there comes a time when you start asking things like: “Should I buy another reverb pedal?” And while the answer is almost always (in my opinion) “Yes”, I thought I would run through some of the pros and cons of having multiple reverb pedals on your […]
Interview with Widow Rings
Virginia-based post-punk/new wave band, Widow Rings, sat down with me to talk about their current gear setups. Widow Rings has released an incredible EP and three singles in 2020 and is getting ready to release a brand new EP in February 2021. You can listen to their latest single here: A Little Forever by Widow […]
The Most Popular Guitar Pedals featured on Pedal Haven in 2020
2020 has been a rough year for just about everybody. In the Pedal Haven world, we’ve been trying to keep the spirits up by continuing to post pedalboard photos on the @pedalhaven Instagram. And after a year of posting hundreds of your pedalboards and thousands of pedals in 2020, this got us thinking… What are […]
Meet pi-Stomp – The DIY Multi-Effect Pedal from Tree Fall Sound
What is the pi-Stomp? pi-Stomp is a high definition multi-effects stompbox platform with DIY hardware and free open-source software. And with some decent soldering skills, you could build your own. The pi-Stomp allows you to create virtual pedalboards using MOD, a powerful, easy-to-use drag and drop web interface, and then save them into the […]
A Look at the Animalizzer from TONE.ELECTRONIX + Demo
“The Big Muff Pi for Big Muff Pi haters” Inspired by the Big Muff Pi, the Portugal-based, family-run boutique pedal brand TONE.ELECTRONIX has taken a classic idea and turned it on its head with their debut pedal, The Animalizzer. And while there is absolutely no shortage of fuzz pedals on the market, The […]
Checking out the Flat Pedalboard from G.O.M.C. Cases
You can make a pedalboard out of almost anything. Since starting Pedal Haven, I’ve seen beautifully hand-crafted wooden pedalboards to people using old skateboard decks as a makeshift pedalboard – and everything in between. But you can never go wrong with a good old-fashioned flat pedalboard. And the folks at G.O.M.C. cases […]
Interview with Shimmer
“We play VERY loud and it hurts.” The California-based band, Shimmer, recently put out a new record that has quickly become one of my favorite releases of 2020. I was able to chat with them to discuss how their band started, what influenced this latest record, and (of course) the pedals and gear […]
Review: A Closer Look at the Zoog Pedalboard
Over the past few weeks, I have been scouring the #miniboardmonday hashtag on Instagram and have slowly been talking myself into purchasing a small pedalboard to use at home. As you may know, limiting yourself in what tools and instruments you can use is a great way to spark new creativity when it comes to […]
How to Use the Effects Loop on Your Guitar Amp (And Why You Should)
Have you ever gotten a new guitar amp and found a pair of strange jacks on the back labeled “Effects Loop” or “FX Loop” – With one jack labeled “Send” and the other “Return”? Chances are: you have. And chances are: you may not be sure exactly what to do with them. It is […]