Definitions
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- noun A simple
percussion instrument consisting of a small woodenbox placed under thefoot , which istapped orstamped onrhythmically to produce a sound similar to that of abass drum . - noun music A guitar effect unit which can be controlled with the foot
Etymologies
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Examples
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4 I still love the reply on the Loopers mailing list to a fellow who complained the switches on his effects pedals wore out fast, where someone else advised him " 'stompbox' is a description, not an operating instruction".
bassMURFs/baySmurfs and Gargamel the Surfer, macmacmac, club badger 2005
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An acquaintance of mine google for “stompbox” for one of his numerous projects commented on something similar.
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"The Abominatron" should so be a stompbox pedal of some kind.
the folk of the ether: EtherMusic 2005 conference, day 1 badger 2005
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I'm not asking for a rosewood/koa body with super detailed gold inlays but the boxes you use are freaking stompbox casings with plastic tubes attached to them, and for 425$ you could come up with a nicer design or paint some flowers on them or so,sorry but it looks like a prototype fresh from my the workbench!
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On 11th October last year, a guy in South Korea bid $1,088 for this Ampeg Scrambler stompbox - a very rare and cool-looking octave fuzz pedal.
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The Trem Probe is essentially a theremin volume control in stompbox 1 format.
gearshopping, darkness, and deathjazz badger 2005
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These pedals are, of course, minimoog modules disguised as stompbox pedals.
voice of the fiery little eye of neverwhere badger 2004
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SMG's bass player Abel managed killer bass lines with one stompbox and by being really freaking good.
The Tape Is Now The Music, then Manufactura/Christ Analogue/Sister Machine Gun badger 2004
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One of the seven, Martin Klapper from the Czech Republic had an entire table of random noisemakers from a small pitch-only theremin to rubber bath squeaky ducks and circuit-bent kid's toys as well as a number of small stompbox pedals for processing.
elemental audio badger 2004
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Liked the detailed descriptions of Chris Carter's Gristleizer stompbox pedal, it might be fun to build one.
[book] Wreckers of Civilization badger 2004
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