The mystery product is the Switch Gizmo. It is a 4 switch function switch with 1/4″ jacks. We wanted to come out with a less expensive solution for people who only need to switch an amp with basic 1/4″ switching. The Switch Gizmo works like all of our other products as far as MIDI and [...]

In an earlier post, we listed the goals for our Mini Rack project and had a preliminary list of gear. The rack is just starting to come together, and I’ve finally drawn up a rig diagram for it. We’re running six pedals and an effects processor using the 4 cable method. It’s pretty similar to [...]

This month we chose Scott Appleton, as our Unstrung Hero. Scott is currently the guitar tech  for Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Last summer, he was teching for Alex Lifeson of Rush. We started the Unstrung Hero award because we think a lot of the guitar techs and rig builders don’t get the attention they deserve [...]

With the release of the Rack Gizmo, I wanted to build a new demo system using our new Gizmo – something that hopefully will be very useful as an example to other people looking to build their own racks. Instead of the typical monster rack, I’ve decided to try building a small but extremely powerful [...]

The “4 Cable Method” is a special way to connect a multi effects processor to a guitar amp. The first time I heard of this was in the days of the BOSS GT-5, which was a pretty nice floor-based effects unit. I had one back in the day. It was one of the first processors [...]