Happy New Year everybody! Winter NAMM begins this week and we do have a few new surprises for you which will be announced around shortly thereafter.
Thank you for the amazing response that we've gotten for the Doug Aldrich Rocket Fuel LTD. They took a bit longer than we expected to get out the door, but everything is sorted out now, and if you ordered the Rocket Fuel LTD. package and haven't yet recieved yet, you will soon. Thank you for patience!
If you're a Los Angeleno who's had a chance to check out one of Dave Navarro's Camp Freddy gigs recently has heard the Body Blow in full flight. His tone with the Body Blow / JCM900 head/cab combination is nothing short of stunning! Also, be sure to check out Paul Gilbert's gig Friday night, the 20th at Anaheim Plaza Hotel, Anaheim, CA as part of Deke's Guitar Geek Festival around NAMM.
12/6/11
December is here, and we're all getting ready for the holidays, which means getting all our Christmas shopping in. Well, in order to help, I thought I'd mention some new Majik Box stuff that might be the perfect gift for your guitar playing friends, or for yourself!
First of all, we start shipping the limited edition Doug Aldrich Rocket Fuel LTD next week. This pedal is identical to the original Rocket Fuel in terms of sound, but the casing gets a very special anodized treatment we've developed with a custom Majik Box "Copper Patina" color pattern. This special process conforms to Mil-A-8625, ASTM, Military and Automotive Standards but most of all, looks amazing!! We are only offering 100 of these special boxes worldwide and for a limited time. Each Rocket Fuel LTD. will come with Certificate of Authenticity, signed and numbered by Doug Aldrich and a Doug Aldrich Rocket Fuel T-Shirt in your favorite size.
Next, for those who would like to wear their Majik Box, in addition to playing though them, we are offering for the first time, Fuzz Universe and Rocket Fuel T-shirts. These are high quality, Hanes Tagless, premium cotton variety. Be sure to check them out on the new merch page.
We hope that you all have a safe and happy holiday season!
10/21/11
Wow guys! Thank you for the unbelievable response on the Kryptonite Overdrive. Those of you who are waiting to get one will not be dissapointed!
Munky from Korn visited the Majik Box studio this week and checked out some of our pedals, including a few new prototypes. Needless to say, it was a great time, hearing Munky jam some of his infamous Korn riffs using my trusty Ibanez 7VWH. I'd venture to say that you'll be seeing and hearing some Majik Box on his new pedal board soon.
Spoke with Doug Aldrich last week. He wanted to let me know that his partner in crime Reb Beach has been using a Rocket Fuel as his main overdrive on the current Whitesnake tour, so if you're lucky enough to get to one of the shows, you're going to hear dueling Rocket Fuels. Cool!
Check out the latest issue of Guitar World (December cover) featuring our very first ad in the magazine featuring Paul Gilbert and the Fuzz Universe.
10/03/11
Kryptonite Overdrive
We are proud to introduce the latest in our line of signature pedals, the Matt Robert's (3 Doors Down) signature overdrive. We can't be happier with how the pedal came out! The Kryptonite Overdrive will officially start shipping at the end of this week. Direct price is $229.99 plus shipping. Here is the official press release:
Majik Box unveils the new Matt Roberts signature Kryptonite Overdrive pedal.
(TORRANCE, CA) October 3, 2011 - Majik Box, makers of the Paul Gilbert Fuzz Universe and Doug Aldrich Rocket Fuel pedals release their third signature pedal, the Kryptonite Overdrive. This pedal was designed to produce the “radio ready” signature guitar tones of Matt Roberts, lead guitarist of the multi-platinum rock act 3 Doors Down, who released their new album, Time of My Life in August.
The Kryptonite Overdrive is simple in concept, featuring only 3 knobs (drive, level and tone controls) making the pedal incredibly easy to use. Designed in close collaboration with Roberts, guitar tech Jeff Chase and Majik Box engineers, the Kryptonite Overdrive was carefully tuned to produce thick rhythm and saturated lead tones, when used in conjunction with any lightly distorted amp, suitable for all modern rock applications.
The pedal features true bypass switching, like all Majik Box pedals, eliminating tone degradation when in bypass mode and features Majik Box’s road proof construction and hand wired assembly. “I can’t describe how happy I am about this pedal. When I play, my signature Kryptonite Overdrive is on all the time. The only time I ever switch it off is for clean sounds. It’s a huge part of my guitar tone,” said Roberts.
Since forming in 1995, Mississippi rock quintet 3 Doors Down has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards for songwriting, including BMI’s coveted "Songwriter of the Year" award. The band’s debut album, 2000’s The Better Life, which is now certified six times platinum, featured the smash hit “Kryptonite” from which the Kryptonite Overdrive received its name. Their sophomore album, 2002’s Away from the Sun, saw similar success with its radio mainstays “When I’m Gone” and “Here Without You.” Their subsequent efforts 2005’s platinum certified Seventeen Days and 2008’s 3 Doors Down debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and their most recent, Time of My Life released in August, debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart with 59,800 copies sold in its first week.
John Petrucci and the Body Blow
We recently visited our good friend and Majik Box Body Blow user John Petrucci at the Nokia Theater last Sunday for the second date on Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn of Events U.S. Tour. The band played like they had a new lease on life, with new drummer Mike igniting a new spark in the band while taking over the drum stool like he had been there for years.
John's playing was on fire, with his guitar tone sounding a bit more stripped down and raw than before. His Mesa Mark 5 / Axe Fx II / Body Blow lead tone was something to behold - it just sounded like, well, liquid fire! Check out a great interview and a breakdown of John's current rig in the latest issue of Premier Guitar digital edition. View the article here:
John's current live rig:
