Hailing from Birmingham, Nerve Centre serves up more variety than your typical rock band. With the occasional acoustic gig, a Christmas song and moments of full orchestral grunge epic (believe us when we say this sounds huge) the band seems hell bent on taking the genre of guitar rock and subverting it into powerful and…
Black Rose are a truly wonderful Thin Lizzy tribute band from up North. Their respect for Lizzy and Phil Lynott emanates from each note they play, summoning up a sound and stage show fit for the Rocker himself: all done with a keen sense of Northern magic. For those who still like a little MySpace…
Dragging the awesome sounds of old-school noise into the present day, piling on a large serving of awesome riffs, melting it down into a potent liquor and serving it in a chalice of rock, Blind Tiger will eagerly destroy you. Then bring you back to life to enjoy their amazing live show!
Straight outta Cambridge and into the UK Top 40 Album Charts, Mallory Knox are an incendiary rock band. Nominated by Kerrang in 2013 as the Best British Newcomer, the band’s album Signals reached 33 in the UK album chart. These lads are gaining vast momentum through hardcore touring and an incredible live set. Put simply,…
For all those of you who told us that you needed two true bypass loops in a single, stylish box, we at Vein-Tap.com now have you covered. Our Gallows Dual True Bypass Looper is a beautiful, small-footprint way to clean up your signal, or to switch in two separate, independent banks of pedals all at…
One of the questions we’re most frequently asked here at Vein-Tap.com is; how long does the Noose True Bypass Looper record for? What is a True Bypass Looper? It’s a very different pedal that the Digitech Jamman or Boss Loop Station series of riff-recording pedals. A true bypass looper like the Noose doesn’t actually record…
The Tone King, guitar gear reviewer extraordinaire, has kindly taken time to dedicate an entire review – out of his amazing, annual 30 Pedals in 30 Days series – to Vein-Tap.com gear! We were hoping that he’d like our pedals, and it certainly seems as though he did! We’d like to say thank you to…
YouTube’s Awesomest Gear Reviewer Reviews 30 Pedals for Every Day of December Everyone in the guitar gear world knows how awesome The Tone King is at creating fantastic reviews and demos of the most awesome amps, guitars, pedals and accessories. For the last two years we at Vein-Tap.com have been following TTK, having found his…
We’ve just released a brand new pedal, the Little Splitter. He’s the SEPARATOR’s little brother in that he’s a simple A/B switch: you can choose two inputs / outputs to go to a common destination. By which we mean, you can use the Little Splitter to send one guitar to two amps to choose between,…
Doesn’t time fly when you’re having an awesome time of it? Today marks not only the one year anniversary of Vein-Tap.com – it also marks the day you can make some sweet savings. Vein-Tap.com only wants to get you rocking, so as a birthday treat, we’ve decided to release a 15% off coupon as a…
Mr. Bond was kind enough to take time to review the Murder One killswitch pedal – he made some very cool doom riffs with it, showing his skills, and seemed to like what the M1 can do! Check out the video here.
Boss RC3 review by Vein-Tap.com | Boss made the first digital sampler in compact pedal form in 1985, almost thirty years ago. That pedal – the DSD-2 – could record for less than a second, making it practically useless for anything except recording drone sounds. Fortunately, the Boss RC-3 Looper is much better, with up…
Having left it a while since the Noose True Bypass Looper, we’ve decided to launch the mighty SEPARATOR AB/Y switch. The SEPARATOR will split your signal to two outputs, which can then be selected one, the other, or both. The SEPARATOR has dual LED indicators to let you know which outs are selected, to take…
We’re on a roll! Another beautiful new product from Vein-Tap.com this time comes in the form of the Noose, our True Bypass Looper. Give the Noose True Bypass Looper‘s Product Page a look if you’d like to clean up your signal path, or switch in a bank of pedals with just one footswitch strike.
Many folks with big valve amplifiers will often find that their tone never sounds so awesome as when they’re cranked really loud. Unfortunately, this can lead to ASBOs, turf wars and anonymous flaming-bag situations (you know what we mean). One solution is to invest in a Power Soak volume attenuator, which goes in between the…
Well, this is out of the blue. But hey, when you’ve got a good idea, no use in keeping it to yourself, is there? THIS is the Murder One. It’s beautiful, it’s handy as hell and it’s one of the most cost-effective ways to spice up your playing. Check out the Murder One Killswitch pedal…
Now then, now then. Here at Vein-Tap.com, we’re not used to repeating ourselves (ahem) or pushing old products into new packages and calling them “new” (this one actually is true). However, we realised that the Vein Tap 2, the dual output tap tempo pedal we offer, could do with just a little tweaking. That’s why…
We’ve just released a video demonstrating the awesome powers of our fantastic new pedal, the Leech Passive Volume Attenuator. Check it out, as the young people of today say;
Ladies and Gentlemen, we here at Vein-Tap.com are beyond thrilled to announce The Leech. It’s a great little switch that can bleed a beautiful crunch or clean sound out of a lead amp channel, adding an extra dimension to your playing dynamics. Check The Leech Passive Volume Attenuator out here. Enjoy!
The Skinny Little Twins Dual Momentary Footswitch is an incredible bit of gear. Not only do they work with a great range of loopers, amps, multi-effects units and effects pedals, but they do it with a tiny footprint and for less that you might expect. We’ve composed a brief and incomplete list of gear we’ve…
We are champing at the bit for you to see the video we’ve made with a Skinny Little Twins Dual Momentary Footswitch paired with a Boss RC-3. But… you’re going to have to wait just a little while. It’s coming, trust us! In the meantime, we’ve just added the ability to Review our pedals on…
We’ve been busy. We’ve updated our Compatibility Article (previously Which Pedals Can Use a Vein Tap?) to include a greater range of pedals and manufacturers. We’ve also added details as to which prefer a Vein Tap, and which prefer a Vein Tap Plus (as a rule: Boss and Roland items like Vein Taps Plus, most…
What is a Tap Tempo Pedal with Polarity Switch? Easy. A polarity switch is a little flick switch which allows you to choose whether your tap tempo pedal (or any footswitch, for that matter) is “normally open” or “normally closed”. What’s the difference? Another easy one. If a switch is “normally open”, then clicking the…
It is possible to use a Vein Tap with your Line 6 DL-4, it’s just going to take a simple mod. Let my friend, YouTube user conleycd, explain how: Easy, see? And once you’ve made this mod, you’re able to tap away with a Vein Tap. This saves you worrying about wear and tear to…
You might not have believed us when we said that it’s not just delay pedals you can use a Vein Tap with. Well, he’s proof, as we use a Vein Tap to control the rate of this beautiful green phaser.
With this video, we explain some of the advantages of a “normally open” (also known as “push to make”) momentary footswitch. Please forgive my froggy throat, I’m working through a little manflu.
Why You Need a Tempo Tap There’s nothing worse, as a band or as a solo artist, than being out of time. If one section is playing quicker or slower than the other sections, you can forget it. Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Mayer, Steve Vai, Brian May – they’re all geniuses and gods, no doubt…
Tap Tempo Pedal. Simple but Brilliant. Relying on a drummer to keep perfect time isn’t something you can really get away with. They’re brilliant, don’t get me wrong, without them we’d be screwed; but sometimes they’re quick (angry) and sometimes they’re slow (hungover). Back in the day, this meant having to re-calibrate all your time-sensitive…
It’s done; it’s official; it’s finished; it’s ready. Yep, that’ll do. Over the next few days and weeks we’ll be including more videos, articles, hints, tips and tasty titbits relating to the most stylish tap tempo ever created. In the meantime, see what we’ve done so far, enjoy having a look around and maybe even……
This list is a non-exhaustive list of pedals which we can confirm will accept a Vein Tap as an external tap tempo pedal. There’s hundreds more, but this list consists of pedals we’ve had here at Vein-Tap.com to personally audition. The following pedals require a “normally open” Vein Tap: Behringer DD600 Digital Delay DW400 Dynamic…