Crying Bass

Designed especially for bass, this Electro-Hamonix Crying Bass wah/fuzz pedal provides the smooth response and sound that can go from smooth funk to rude growl. its 21st century chassis design has no moving parts and lightening fast response. The fixed low-pass filter control ensures you never lose any bottom. Whether anchoring the bottom or stepping out aggressively, the new Crying Bass wah/fuzz lets a bassist express themselves with an organic sound and feel.

Sneaky Instruments

Google and Converse challenged the UK company Technology Will Save Us, which specializes in supplying DIY kits, to modify a pair of Converse sneakers with its DIY Speakers Kit. Technology Will Save Us rose to the challenge creating what may be the world’s first guitar shoe, using the laces for strings, then creating a microphone, contrabass, and feedback synth, and using the kit’s box to create an amp. They then brought the challenge to a set of London workshops where participants created everything from a sneaker that “walked” when bass-heavy music played to a sneaker ukulele.