We are happy to report that The Mission Engineering VM-PRO was rated #1 in the Ezvid listing of the 10 best volume pedals of 2016. This is the second year in a row that the VM-PRO ranked #1 in the volume pedal listing. The exceptional versatility provides compatibility with any instrument, amp, or signal chain. Combined with Mission quality and… Read More »VM-PRO #1 Rated Volume Pedal for 2016
A popular application for Mission expression pedals is to provide a wah controller for a digital modeling device such as the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx or Kemper Profiler. The Mission pedal gives the feel of the classic vintage wah pedal, and now you can recreate the look too. We have just 100 units of the Mission EP-1 Classic in the traditional… Read More »Classic
For those not familiar, Stagecraft is the Mission Engineering division that designs and builds speaker and amp cabinets for many boutique tube amp vendors around the world. Stagecraft also builds custom cabinets for individual customers from the stagecraftgear web store. The number one custom request we receive at Stagecraft, is for a head cabinet for the DSL40C amp. Only available… Read More »Head Cab for DSL40C
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There’s little the guitar gear forum community enjoys more than a good scandal. Top of the list for Pedalgate performances is the case of the altered identity: Unmasking a popular pedal, rated for its boutique tones, as a repainted Far Eastern bargain box available on Ebay for half the price, is guaranteed to turn the internet apoplectic. When it… Read More »Fake it ’til you make it
Have you ever heard the story about how renowned tone magician Eric Johnson, keeps around a box of partially discharged 9 volt batteries, and can tell the state of charge from the sound of his fuzz pedal? There are plenty of people who are convinced their gear sounds better with different levels of battery charge. Some pedal board power supplies… Read More »Fix your tone with a dead battery
I’m not sure of the reason the de-facto standard for effects pedal power became the 9V battery. Many low current pedals such as buffers, boosts, and distortions could easily be designed to run equally well on the more common AA battery type if we so desired. I’ll hazard a guess that history has a lot to do with it.… Read More »Batteries Included
Have you ever looked at the underside of a pedal or the rear of a guitar amplifier and wondered about all those little symbols such as FCC, CE, CSA, TUV or UL? Why is it that we typically see those on products from the big players, but not on the boutique devices? What does ‘This equipment has been tested and… Read More »What’s the big deal with Certification?
This is a follow on from a previous Pedal Power post on power supplies for effects pedals. In this article we are going to take a look at how to match power supply features with your pedals, and choose the right supply to meet your requirements. 1. Input Power First, you are going to need to check that the input power requirements… Read More »More Pedal Power
Here’s a quick guide to configuring the iRig Blueboard wireless MIDI controller with a Mission SP-1 switching expression pedal. We had a request recently via the Mission Customer Service queue about using the iRig Blueboard with a Mission SP-1. The Blueboard is a handy little battery operated MIDI controller that can send MIDI Program Change and Continuous Controller messages… Read More »Blueboard Expression Pedal
Someone asked me recently if the Mission Expressionator could be used as a multi-tap tempo controller, so I created this little hack to do it. It will work with any Expressionator, so read on to see how you can try this for yourself. Many modern digital effects pedals and multi-effects units include a tap tempo capability. By tapping on… Read More »Multi Tap Tempo Hack