Premier Guitar October 2014: Our annual pedal issue never disappoints, and this year is no exception: Continuing our history of brilliant stompbox-adorned covers, we teamed with animator (and avid PG reader) John Achenbach from Twentieth Century Fox's The Simpsons to bring you cover model Homer Simpson – who's clearly experiencing tonal nirvana ... or something. But who can blame him? Inside we've got 30 killer pedal reviews – everything from sweet delays like TC Electronic's Alter Ego X4 and Death by Audio's Ghost Delay, to crazy fuzzes by Electro-Harmonix and Daredevil, dirt boxes by Greer Amps and Stomp Under Foot, modulation stomps by Wampler and Carl Martin, and bass pedals by Malekko and Tech 21. Other pedal radness includes a DIY distortion-pedal project, and a captivating story by Tom “Analog Tom” Hughes on the history of delay devices. In this issue we also talk to Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson about the making of Pale Communion, Red Hot Chili Pepper Josh Klinghoffer and Clint Walsh about their Dot Hacker project, psych-rocker Ty Segall about his breakout Manipulator album, and jazz badass Joel Harrison about his latest.

Series: PREMIER GUITAR
Pages: 224