Darrin Fox

Reared in California’s Central Valley, Darrin Fox parlayed his infatuation with Ace Frehley and Angus Young into a career when his desire to be a professional BMX racer didn’t quite pan out. Previous to his gig at GP, Darrin supported himself with incessant gigging, various Northern California sessions, and teaching. In recent years, he has also written forwards for various Warner Bros. transcription books.

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  Darrin Fox
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The Most Recent stories by Darrin Fox

• Ten New Stompboxes May 2008

  Here at GP headquarters, we amass a ton of soon-to-be-reviewed gear. But even with the glut of acoustic and electric guitars, tube amps and modeling amps, practice amps and full stacks, software, and speakers, the thing we ...

• Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai April 2008

  Introduced in 1976, the Electro-Harmonix Memory Man and later Deluxe Memory Man have become the go-to analog delay pedals for many players. The new Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai ($286 retail/$214 street) digital delay greatly ...

• The Sword April 2008

  When Austin’s the Sword released their debut, Age of Winters, in 2006, it was a triumphant moment for fans of old school metal. Guitarists J.D. Cronise and Kyle Shutt’s thick-toned caveman riffery served to remind the masses ...

• Line 6 Spider Valve 212 March 2008

  Quite honestly, I thought I would see pigs fly, hell freeze over, and the San Francisco Giants win a World Series before I saw Line 6 put tubes in anything. Well, when the news began swirling that the company that set out to make tubes ...

• GP's SXSW Wrap-Up March 2008

  This was the second time I roamed the Austin streets for SXSW, and although things have changed, much of the festival is the same. Namely, if there is an act you want to see (especially a band or artist with any type of juice and cache), ...

• Larry Dunn March 2008

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• Mono M80 Case February 2008

  I know appearance ranks pretty low on the list of must-have features in a guitar case, but, damn, Mono’s M80 case ($189 direct) looks friggin’ cool. With a NASA-meets-REI aesthetic, the M80 also straddles the line between ...

• 11 Tremolo Pedals February 2008

  From old school R&B and blues players to rockabilly cavemen and dance-band texturalists, tremolo is a go-to effect with myriad uses. Often confused with vibrato, which is pitch modulation, tremolo—a volume fluctuation—was introduced ...

• Fuchs Tripledrive Supreme 150 January 2008

  Powered by four 6550s and delivering a punishing 150 watts (50 and 100 watt versions are also available), the Tripledrive Supreme head ($4,195 retail/ street N/A) is a U.S.-made, Dumble-inspired boutique monster that ...

• Schertler David January 2008

  Made in Switzerland, the pint-sized David acoustic amp ($1,149 retail/$999 street) sports a 6" woofer and a 1" tweeter and weighs in at a lovely 20 lbs.