Hello,
Welcome
everyone to my new blog. I've been wanting to do something like this for quite
sometime in order to better share with all of you some of the hard earned
knowledge I've acquired over the years in designing and innovating what some
consider to be both the highest quality and most innovative guitar pedals and
recording equipment. I could not have done this without the help and experience
gained by working on sounds with some of the biggest names in the music
industry including Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, and
Bob Marley to name but a few. So I guess you also want to hear some inside
stories some which I am sure will surprise you.
You know
when I look around the guitar pedal industry today it follows the trend like most
products sold today they often originate from China and Asia. These products have
achieved success using the mass selling methods used by the major chains. This
is probably adequate for most people who purchase primarily on price and are
not that interested in the upper end of cutting edge performance or top quality.
When I was working in the 1960s with
Jimi Hendrix designing some of the first fuzz pedals, treble boosters, and of
course the Octavia it was different. New ground had to be broken and we did not
have the luxury of looking back over our shoulder to copy from the past. Each
artist had to personalize his sound to achieve success .So you had to have the
best and fresh sounds to record with. Imagine this!! No internet, nobody to
copy as last years sounds won’t make it. People demanded something that was new
and exciting!
The philosophy of “Forward Ever Backward
Never” has always fuelled me over the years and into the future. The financial
bottom line has never driven my designs; my concern is that you’ll get the best
equipment it is in my power to make. It is with this philosophy in mind that
I've continued to produce some of the highest quality guitar pedals available
anywhere in the world, and continue to this day to consistently tweak and perfect
them. Pedals like my Bel-Air Wah, the latest evolution in wah pedals which has
an improved continuous sweep control with greater range and wah tones, the Axis
Fuzz which I first developed in early 1967 to give an additional series of tone
colours for Jimi Hendrix, and of course the ground breaking Octavia, our most
famous and distinctive creation. The Voodoo-Vibe is an industry standard and
now with the new TC Series; Performance Control has come of age illustrating
this path perfectly.
As more
and more people Worldwide use the convenience of online purchasing we are
enabling players to get as close to the best distribution source as possible
and become a part of our user family. There is nothing worse than visiting a
store and finding out you can’t buy what you want.
Of course
it’s great to hear and play the pedals yourself in a shop but we are also
working on a plan so that all our existing users who recommend our pedals can
participate in our unique reward scheme. Details will be published ASAP. In the
meantime you can find a wide range of my pedal line readily available right
here to purchase with only a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Once again
I look forward to connecting with you all and sharing with you some of the
things I've learned over the years, revealing some pretty cool anecdotes about
some of the players I've had the pleasure to work with, and keeping you all
personally informed of the latest news and greatest innovations going on at
Roger Mayer Electronic Design Associates.
Cheers!
Roger
Mayer
