RETRO-FUTURISTIC PEDALS
I
t never ceases to amaze me—this
saturation of effects builders and
the hobbyist-turn-boutique-builder
global phenomenon has caused
innovators to pull out all the stops. Just
coming up with an original idea is getting
to be damn near impossible with all the
creative competition cropping up the world
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TONE TALK //
over. Much like modern music, this decade’s
tonal identity isn’t definable of the age,
bu t rather of all ages mashed up together.
Retro is rehoused, reshuffled and mixed up.
While most pedal builders choose a side in
the analog or DSP camps to develop their
sounds, some think completely outside of
the box and actually use completely defunct
How Defunct Technology Became State-of-the-Art Effects