by Phil Kaiser | Dec 15, 2023 | Gear of the Year
Stefan’s list of Gear of the Year 2023 The end of the year is near. It’s time to look back at 2023 and reminisce. This year has been crazy, both at @thepedalzone and in my personal life, new online store, new babies, you name it, but I’ve still found...
by Phil Kaiser | Dec 7, 2023 | Other Videos and Posts
Super-Cut of 2023’s demo compositions Many of you have asked for it, so here you are… A collection of demo compositions from the videos I’ve done this year. There’s something for everyone, grungy gainy goodness, ambient reverberation and...
by Phil Kaiser | Nov 24, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar Demo of 4 pedals we think you really need to know! A recurring “issue” here at the channel, is that I often get more pedals in than I have time to demo, since my in-depth demos are very time consuming to make. And that conundrum has become even more pertinent...
by Phil Kaiser | Nov 8, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Demo of KMA Machines Mandrake This is the new KMA Machines Mandrake, a straightforward yet inspiringly versatile analog octave fuzz that can deliver anything from bone-breaking doom saturation to plucky synth adventures. Let’s check it out. Gear used: Guitars...
by Phil Kaiser | Nov 1, 2023 | Tonal Teamwork
You thought the scary times had passed! Think again! I’m one full day late with the yearly Halloween Special, and delays are hella scary… unless it’s from a delay pedal of course. But here’s your chance to prolong the enveloping escapism that Halloween so beautifully...
by Phil Kaiser | Oct 25, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar demo of the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Beam Splitter – Automatic Triple Tracker Distortion This is the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Beam Splitter, a pedal designed to give us musicians the thing we always crave. MORE. More sound, more width and more texture...
by Phil Kaiser | Oct 10, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar Demo of the Meris MercuryX One year ago, Meris turned my sonic world upside down with their modular stereo dream delay LVX, and now they’re ready to do it all over again with LVX’s reverberating partner in tone, MercuryX. Gear used: Guitar: Tonefox Elcaster...
by Phil Kaiser | Sep 29, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar and Synth demo of the Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-82 Chorus I’ve demoed the BL-44 Reverse before, and I absolutely love the user interface. It’s so easy, fun and inviting to use, and that’s exactly what drew me to plugging in the BL-82 Chorus, just some good...
by Phil Kaiser | Sep 19, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar and Synth demo of the Source Audio Collider Delay/Reverb The Source Audio Collider is a killer true-stereo delay and reverb pedal that’s capable of everything from organic bread-and-butter ambience as well as spaced out synthetic sound designs. This thing does...
by Phil Kaiser | Aug 31, 2023 | Pedal Demos
Guitar and Synth demo of the Collision Devices TARS – Filter Fuzz Collision Devices TARS joins the iconic fuzz circuit from their Black Hole Symmetry with a MS-20 inspired low-pass filter for amazing synthy tone explorations. I seriously dig this pedal, and...
