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I’m on the close to the end of a steep path leading from a huge Christmas dinner to my bed right now, but I wanted to post a quick message here and wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy hanukkah, and in general Happy Holidays to you wherever you are around the world.

Thanks for the great feedback on the pedal shooout and comparinator which are really the only big things I’ve done on this site this year. In the next year, I hope to be expanding the amount of pedals in the Comparinator, but I’ve got some life changes coming soon that I’ll be focusing on in the near future. I’ve detailed that over at StevieSnacks here: http://www.steviesnacks.com/blog/2008/12/further-on-up-the-road/

On Deck: Creation Audio Labs

Probably the next thing you’ll see on here is a review/demo of two pedals I’ve been playing with for a few days. Both made by the wizards at Creation Audio Labs (www.creationaudiolabs.com). Aside from being a tone junkie like many of you, I’ve also got a barely used degree in Electrical Engineering, which was earned while learning more about tube amps and effects pedals online than about fourier transforms in my classes.

Anywho, I say that to say that I’m a engineer at heart and I love to see people doing new stuff. I like old pedals as much as anyone, but I am a big fan of seeing people do things in a new way, and that’s what I’ll be talking about with these pedals. I ran into Sarge from Creation Audio Labs at the guitar show in Valley Forge a few weeks back and managed to steal about 20 minutes of his time having him explain what makes his pedals different and it left this engineer very impressed. I’m liking these pedals more and more as I use them and I’ll be explaining why in my demos.

That’s all for now, and if anyone gets any new gear as a gift that you like, post it in the comments below.

Rock on