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Jam City at NAMM 2011!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
There was a definite change in the atmosphere at Booth 5599 in Hall B this year. To put it as simply as possible, we seemed to have more gravity than in years past. When people attend NAMM, whether they be renowned artists, presenting manufacturers, store owners with a long checklist,…
Catch us at Winter NAMM 2011 with Bakithi Kumalo, Kevin Walker and more!
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News, Tips and Tricks
Sound Minds: Enhancing your musical creativity with effects Through the years we’ve spent introducing music effects both classic and new, we’ve found that perhaps the biggest road block musicians face in expanding their sound is that no one talks about how to use effects pedals to…
Hanging with Grundy
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Recently we met up with bassist Matt Grundy as he came through Boston on the Donavan Frankenreiter tour. The Frankenreiter band have become big proponents of the Source Audio line of pedals since we first had them tinker with them at this past summer's Life Is Good festival. As it…
Jam Cruise 9!
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: News
Happy New Year everyone! Just because it's January doesn't mean the party's over - in fact, it's not, by a long shot. You can even think that Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanakkuh and New Year's Eve were just a warm up. Jam Cruise 9 departs Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on January 4 for…
Xan McCurdy of the Band CAKE Plays Soundblox!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
We recently added a personal favorite of mine to the list of guitarists using Source Audio pedals, Xan McCurdy of the genre defying Sacramento, California band CAKE. For the most part, Xan uses effects very sparingly, but he found some great tones inside the Soundblox Classic and Multiwave Distortions. With…
Photographic Evidence That Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins Uses The Hot Hand Phaser/Flanger
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
The Source Audio archive department recently dug deep into that mysterious and unruly jungle known as the Internet to uncover a very exciting picture. We’ve now got photographic evidence that a genuine rock legend is using one of our pedals. Billy Corgan, the mastermind behind iconic 90s alternative rock architects…
Jesse Miller of Lotus adds the Multiwave Bass Distortion to his Pedal Board
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
We recently had a visit with Jesse Miller of Lotus as the band came through Boston to headline the House of Blues. Together, we explored the sounds of the Soundblox Bass Envelope Filter and the Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion by plugging them straight into his pedal board. Jesse has…
Bass Player Magazine Editor’s Award for Multiwave Bass Distortion
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Gear Reviews
Amidst all the excitement surrounding the new Soundblox Bass Envelope Filter, let's not forget the first of our bass pedals, the Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion! The Multiwave introduced a great number of people to Source Audio and the possibilities of our effects when it was released in early 2010. …
Premier Guitar Puts the Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion on the Cover of Its Premier Gear Issue
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Gear Reviews
Great news—Premier Guitar Magazine put our Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion on the cover of their 2010 Premier Gear Awards issue. The review calls the Classic, “one of those magic savers—a pedal that just makes sense for the guitarist on the go.” The article applauds the fact that the Classic “packs…
Umphrey’s McGee Jam On Some Pink Floyd at the Higher Ground Ballroom in Burlington, VT.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Posted by: Roger Smith | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
In many ways Burlington, Vermont is home to the modern jam movement, and the Higher Ground Ballroom, located smack in the center of town, is ground zero. I travelled to Burlington, to visit a couple music stores and to meet up with the guys in Umphrey’s McGee—they were playing the…