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Stefan Karlsson

Director : Auteur : Author : Curator : Image Wrangler : Editor-in-Chief

"Going the extra mile on musical devices exploration and pushing the boundaries for what's possible or practical"

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Vertical vs Horizontal Enclosure Format - Pedalboard-friendly vs Aesthetic Choice!

GPX BlogMar 19, 2025 21:41

It’s fairly well documented by now that I mostly favour Single Compact Enclosures - especially when there’s only a single footswitch present. I do go ...

Fredric Effects' Deeply Unpleasant Companion MKII is a super extended take on the Shin-Ei SY-2

GPX BlogMar 18, 2025 23:26

Compared to yesterday’s Standard Fuzz Machine Harmonic Octave Fuzz - which was supremely well behaved and really easy to dial in - this one (the ...

Xotic Effects brings back its AC Booster Smooth Overdrive Pedal in improved V2 Edition with added Boost!

GPX BlogMar 18, 2025 22:54

So the history of the slightly mis-named AC Booster is a really interesting and tangential one. The AC Booster was first introduced in 2002 - where ...

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Co-Founder, Director of Marketing and Client Services at Affino, as well as Founder, Director, Author / Auteur at Guitar Pedal X - which started its life as a rather informal Blog on the Affino.com corporate site. I curate, write, photo-edit and retouch everything you see on this site - to give you as broad a scope of what's out there so you can better inform your gear-buying decisions.

I'm a long-term ever-budding and exploratory musician, home-player and avowed Guitar Gear enthusiast - with a predilection for Effects Pedals in particular. Generally very passionate about the Arts, Design, Architecture and Music above everything else...

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