Effects Database

     This site is owned by my friend DiscoFreq in Belgium. It is simply the best database of effects pedals in existence. There are over 12,000 pedals listed, most of which, have pictures. The site layout is easy to navigate and it even has a built in eBay search engine. Yes, as you search the database for pedals, you'll see similar pedals currently selling on eBay, right now! Pretty cool huh?

Analog Man

     Analogman (Mike Piera) started out modifying Tube Screamers many years ago, restoring their sound to vintage specifications. He still does this and more! Analogman is now a large effects shop offering both custom and modified pedals. They also repair and modify many vintage pedals for true-bypass operation. I highly recommend his Sun Face, CLONE Chorus, and JUICER pedals.

Black Cat Pedals

     Black Cat pedals are back and better than ever! New look, better build quality, same great sound! For me the Super Fuzz would be the flagship pedal here. It's a clone of the old Univox pedal made by Shin-Ei of Japan. If you've ever heard thick fuzzy layers of distortion in a song and wondered, "What makes that sound?" Its likely to have been a Super Fuzz!

Home Brew Electronics

     HBE is a small company dedicated to building top quality custom guitar effects pedals. Each pedal is carefully hand crafted one at a time using only the highest quality components and the utmost attention to detail. HBE offers a wide range of effects blending vintage designs with modern technology. On a personal note, they make the best sounding Flanger pedal I've ever come across!

Catalinbread Pedals

     Offering some very unique pedals, Catalinbread popped on the scene with studio quality pedals at affordable prices. Their Semaphore Tremolo is simply the best tremolo pedal in existence. Also, if your tired of overdrive and distortion pedals that sound like fizzy toys, check out their WIIO for some real HiWatt tone!

Retro-Sonic Pedals

     This company offers high quality clones of many classic pedals from yesteryear. I like Retro-Sonic because not only do they clone great sounding pedals, they often improve them! Two great examples of this would be their chorus and delay. These are much improved clones of the original Roland CE-1 Chorus and the BOSS DM-2 Analog Delay. I highly recommend them!

Barber Electronics

     Offering a wide range of great sounding pedals built in the USA. Most are unique designs and not direct copies of older circuits. They are also priced in a musician friendly manner that we can all appreciate. The Burn Unit and Tri-Fecta are especially cool, check them out!

Perscripton Electronics

     Another boutique pedal maker offering original designs and clones of hard to find vintage pedals. The EXPERIENCE is a must have for Hendrix fans. The YardBox and Rx Overdriver are clones of Colorsound pedals usually found only in the UK and worth looking into as well.

Wattson Classic Electronics

     This company makes a wonderful clone of the early Japanese Shin-Ei Super Fuzz pedals. These pedals are often hard to find and go by various names such as Companion, JAX, and Univox, but the tone is the same... wild and nasty! This is a sizzling angry fuzz that is equally at home in modern and vintage musical appliations.

Blackout Effectors

     Formerly from Canada, these guys are now located in Asheville, North Carolina! They may be best known for their OTA (operational transconductance amplifiers) based phaser pedal called the Whetsone. If you like the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, but wish it sounded better and had more options for tweaking, then this is your phase! They also make several cool fuzz pedals. Please visit their site and enjoy!

ZVEX Effects

     Zachery Vex makes very unique and cool sounding effects. His designs are nearly impossible to describe. How about an all tube amp head thats as small as an MXR Phase 90? How about 8 wah pedals built into one box that turn on and off at random? How about a fuzz pedal that can feedback at any frequency? You think I am making this up don't you? Well its all true, check out his site, ZVEX ROCKS!

RGW Electronics

     Robbie Wallace makes the best boost pedal I've ever used. Its a class A booster that is capable of driving your favorite tube amp into tonal nirvana! With well over 20dB of gain, the Bad Bob Booster fattens up even the cleanest high powered tube amp. Its also perfect for adding more distortion to an already distorted amp or giving your favorite overdrive pedal more gain and sustain.

Skreddy Pedals

     Marc Ahlfs has established quite a reputation for making best Big Muff clones around. He makes a really great delay pedal too! Check out his site and all of the sound samples... or just space out at his opening page for a while.

Malekko Pedals

     Malekko has the one stompbox reverb pedal that I can honestly say I like. Also his analog delay pedals have twice the delay time of vintage units, but none of the annoying clock noise. You'll find alot of weird pedals on his brightly colored site. Enjoy!

Blackstone Appliances

     Possibly my favorite overdrive pedal. Jon Blackstone handcrafts guitar distortion devices that generate low-order harmonics, and are responsive to dynamics. This is the type of distortion that re-shapes the body of the note, instead of coating it with a noisy fizz.

Loop Master

     Are you tired of tap dancing on stage as you try to turn several effects pedals on and off at the same time? Maybe you have a vintage MXR Phase 90 and you wish it had true bypass, but you don't want to send it off for a mod that may ruin its value? Loop Master is your solution. They offer some of the best passive musical instrument signal routers and switchers on the planet! From A/B pedals to True Bypass boxes, your sure to find what you need for both stage and studio use.

Guitar Parts Depot

     This is one of my favorite resources for guitar parts. They stock alot of the hard to find import hardware, but also the high quality stuff like Gotoh, Hipshot, and KTS Tatanium.

Stewart-MacDonald

     This is an excellent site for obtaining tools involved in guitar repair or just maintaining your instrument. They have a large selection of guitar. My only complaint is that their shipping charges are often ridiculous, so order in bulk if possible.

Luthiers Mercantile

     Yet another site for builders, they mostly stock raw materials, some tools, and finishing products.

Glendale Guitars

     If you love Fender Telecaster style guitars then this site is for you. I've never seen nice bridges and saddles. I've had the pleasure of installing many Glendale parts on various Fender Custom Shop instruments and the result is always the same... fantastic tone!

Warmoth Custom Guitar Parts

     This is one of most popular place for hobbyists and builders. They can shadow build you a fleet of bodies so you can start your own company like Gibson had them do with Valley Arts guitars, or help you build a copy of Eric Clapton's Stratocaster for a third of the price that the Fender Custom Shop would charge you. They also sell hardware and do really nice finish work.

USA Custom Guitars

     Another great guitar builder resource. They offer bodies and necks of a variety of different shapes. You can also obtain raw materials here. They do great finish work too!

Pickguard Heaven

     A division of Chandler Guitars, Pickguard Heaven is the only place I buy replacement pickguards from. Besides offering a slew of different materials to choose from, they go one further by actually making the pickguards FIT. I recently ordered a replacement Fender 72 Tele Thinline pickguard to put on a real Fender 72 Tele Thinline (not a reissue) and it was as if they had this exact guitar in front of them as a template. Be sure and check them out!

Mojotone Manufactering

     Whether amp building is your hobby or you'd like to start your own amplifier company, Mojotone is where you begin. They offer about any amp part you can think of from handles to baffles. Their cabinetry work is just top notch and they offer a wide variety of grill cloth and tolex coverings too. Mojotone is now stocking guitar parts too such as pickups, hardware, bodies, necks and more!

Weber Speakers

     Ted Weber makes the finest clones of vintage speakers period. I'll argue that with anyone. You'll find them in my personal amps. I've also installed them in countless Fender and amps with very happy customers as a result. I highly recommend a visit to their site if you own a Fender vintage reissue amp. If it doesn't have a Weber speaker inside, you have no idea how much better it can sound.

Avatar Speakers

     This is where I buy my speakers. Dave has the best prices and the widest selection. Also they offer some really well made speaker cabinets at unreal prices.

Lava Cable

     This site offers the widest selection of the very best high-end guitar, microphone, and speaker cables from around the world. Whether you want Lava, George L, Evidence Audio, Mogami, Klotz, or whatever... its all here! Each cable is built to order and comes with a lifetime warranty! Evidence Audio Melody is my personal favorite with its strong signal strength, supreme clarity and balanced EQ.

VintagePedal.Com

     This is a really neat idea! Its a search engine that tracks what other people are watching on eBay. Its a great way to find gear you never knew existed and never knew you needed... but now you've gotta have it! Select from each genre of effects pedals or check out his other links to track vintage amplifiers, guitars, and so much more. Its not limited to the USA either. You can see what items people are watching in several different countries!

Ampendage Amp Stands

     The Ampendage amp stand is possibly the most stylish and functional amp stand out there. It has a small footprint, looks great, offers better sound projection, and most importantly... its sturdy and stable! You also have improved access to your amp controls by use of this product. If you've always wanted an amp stand, but hate how ugly most of them are (especially the ones made out of metal tubing) then i think you'll really like what this company has to offer.

EuroTubes

     This is the only place I buy tubes from. Why? Because Bob knows tubes. He really does test the tubes before he ships them out to you. Sure, all tube stores claim to do that, but the problem is most of them don't! Thats why even when I can get tubes cheaper elsewhere, I still buy from Bob. You should too.

Port City Amplification

     These guys offer boutique handmade speaker cabinets built with the pinnacle of craftsmanship and premium materials. Their Wave cabinet is especially impressive as they have taken the design flaws of both open and closed back cabs, learned from them, and designed something new and unique! Ever notice the pure focused tone of a closed back cab? Sometimes its too focused as it doesn't fill the room with sound! Maybe you prefer the room filling sound of an open back cab? Its nice, but you'll never get tight bass response you crave. The Wave has a special design so you can hear sound coming from both the front, and the back of your speakers as its spun around and pushed out of the wide port located on the lower front of the cab! So stop reading this, log on to their site, and check it out for yourself!

Swart Amplifier Company

     Michael Swart builds some very nice amplifiers. They have a vintage look and strikingly good tone, but also some modern innovations that enhance your playing experience. I really like how you can swap between 6V6GT, 6L6GC, and EL34 tubes without rebiasing. The reverb is also very good. Thats something I'm very picky about. I don't know how so many companies screw this up, but I truly hate the reverb on almost every amp I hear. The Space Tone has the best reverb you'll find today.

Lollar Pickups

     There are so many people making their own hand wound pickups these days. Its overwhelming! How do you tell a pickup winding expert from a novice who has money to burn on advertising? You can't! You have to actually hear the pickups for yourself! I've insalled many Lollar single coils and humbuckers in various Gibson and Fender guitars. If you want authentic vintage tone, Jason's pickups are where its at!

John Suhr Guitars

     People often ask me who makes the best guitar... or if I could own any guitar, what would it be? The answer is simple. John Suhr Guitars... you can certainly spend more money on a guitar, but you cannot buy a better guitar. The body and necks are CNC made for consistant, repeatable quality. You have the option of stainless steel frets and there are many finishes, body, and neck options to choose from. Finally the fretwork is done on a PLEK Pro which offers the most acurate, perfect fretwork possible. Do I really need to say anymore?

For Musicians Only

     This site is owned by my friend Tom Hughes (analog tom) and it offers a fine selection of both vintage and new guitar effects. You can find pedals by Moog, Foxx, and so much more. Tom is also the author of Analog Man's Guide to Vintage Effects, which I consider to be the best, most in depth book of its kind. In this publication you can learn anything you ever wanted to know about the vast world of guitar effects. From basic information to detailed interviews with the actual pedal designers themselves, its all in there.

MusFormation.com

     A fun site with daily musicians news tips, gear talk, and gossip you'll enjoy reading.

Legato Guitars

     If your in the market for a fine arch top guitar, you need to talk to Bill Fender at Legato Guitars. His store was established in 1995 to meet the needs of jazz guitar players of all levels, from novice students to professional performers. His select inventory emphasizes quality electric and acoustic archtops in excellent to mint condition.

Gravity Records

     This is Wilmington's only real record store! If you're tired of music stores where the salesmen wear name tags and have no clue what your talking about, you need to shop at Gravity. These guys know music! Go check out their large selection of new and used CDs and DVDs! They've even got a separate section for local music! Oh, and yes they actually do sell vinyl records for those of you who remember what those are.

Wilmington NC Music

     If its happening here in Wilmington, you'll see it on this site. Annette Warner created this page and keeps it up to date with all the newest shows and info to keep local musicians and music lovers informed on where to play and who's playing where!

eAuction Wizard

     Sometimes people ask me if I can list things on eBay for them. I say I don't time, but the truth is... I'd rather be covered in bees! Thankfully there is eAuction Wizard. He lists your items on eBay and does all the work for you! So what are you waiting for? Give him a call at 910.352.2801 and start selling on eBay today!