The Lion Drive by Monarch Musical Devices is an overdrive pedal that you should know about! Monarch Musical Devices describes this pedal as an overdrive that can capture the classic overdrive tones, with punch and clarity – and that is a spot-on description. The Lion Drive houses a standard overdrive circuit that ranges anywhere from […]
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[Guest Post] 4 Simple Pedal Tips to Help Brand New Blues Guitarists!
So you’ve been playing guitar for a little while, love the blues, and want to get deeper into the sounds and gear of your favorite players. Totally understandable. You’ve got a Strat and a Reissue Twin Reverb and it’s all cool but you keep hearing more experienced players talking about blues guitar pedals and effects […]
The Top 7 Best Delay Pedals for Any Guitarist
What are today’s best delay pedal options? When it comes to guitar pedals, delay is almost always a “must have”! A delay pedal can transform the way that you play guitar. Delay pedals can be found in nearly every guitar player’s signal chain – no matter what style of music they are playing. There are […]
Chicago Stompworks Custom Pedal Build Review
Backstory: A little over a year ago, I was on the hunt for a clone of the beloved Triangle Big Muff, an early version of the Electro Harmonix Big Muff that surfaced in the late 60s and went into production in 1971. The Triangle Big Muff has a very distinguishable fuzz tone, which sounds massive […]
Review of AWOL Pedals’ Nano. A Tiny Clean Boost Monster
The Nano is a micro-sized, transistor-based clean boost pedal – hand built by AWOL Pedals, in Tennessee. This boost pedal fits in the palm of your hand, and will take up virtually no space on any pedalboard. However, for what the Nano lacks in size, it clearly makes up for in usability! Let’s check it […]
The Zombie Buffer from Haunted Labs. Reanimate Your Tone.
If you follow the Pedal Haven Instagram account, you know that we were recently lucky enough to win the Haunted Labs Zombie Buffer Giveaway that they ran last month! This was rather exciting for me, because I have personally been on the lookout for a buffer pedal for quite some time – good timing! Anyway, […]
How to Add the Looper Switch Mod to a Line 6 DL4
The Line 6 DL4 is a powerhouse of a delay pedal. Offering 15 different delay options and an incredibly useful 14 second looper option. However, I kept finding myself wishing that I had a way to switch between the delay and looper settings, without bending down to turn the selector. That’s when I found one […]
Review of “The Fuzzzz” from Built By Ryan
Built By Ryan Pedals If there are any two things in the world that I love, they are: boutique guitar pedals – and fuzz. When Pedal Haven first began, I came across the Instagram account for an Arizona pedal builder, Built By Ryan, and I was immediately astounded by the pedals that Ryan produced. If you […]
Tone Stacking – Stacking Overdrive Pedals 101
If you are anything like me, you have a decent collection of overdrive pedals laying around, and many of these overdrive pedals may not be getting the love that they deserve. I know I used to have a few overdrive pedals just collecting dust in my practice space. That was before I discovered stacking overdrive […]
A Review of Mr. Black Pedals’ Haunted Echoverb, The Ambience
I was turned onto the Oregon-based pedal company, Mr. Black Pedals, a few years ago from a good friend of mine. This friend reached out to me and let me know that Mr. Black Pedals was doing a massive 50% off Black Friday sale, and that I should definitely check it out. I had never […]