Editor’s Note | November 2018

It’s now been a couple of months since I answered the call from our fearless leader Eilon Paz to take on the gig as Editorial Director of Stompbox: A Visual History of the Guitar Pedal, and while it’s been an immense amount of work to get this ambitious project off the ground, I’m happy to report that we’re well and truly rocking. Earlier this year, our man Barry Cleveland in Los Angeles helped loads in setting a strong foundation for the book’s editorial tone and direction, and we’ve now translated all those ideas and more into an impressive list of finished interviews and commitments. From whom, you ask?

Well, thanks to our crack team of writers, here are just a few of the interviews we’ve wrapped up just in the last few weeks: John Scofield, Billy Gibbons, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Buzz Osbourne, Larry Lalonde, Paul Leary, Nick Reinhart, Dave Navarro, Andy Summers, and Sean Lennon. We’ve got interviews scheduled with Eric Johnson, Trey Anastasio, David Torn, Steve Albini and many more. A huge thanks and congrats to our awesome team of writers, including Katherine Turman, Michael Molenda, Michael Ross, Barry Cleveland, Rich Bienstock, Matt Diehl, Dan Epstein and many more. We are lucky to have you!

In all, we’re a third of the way to our original goal of having 120 of the world’s top players—legends and upstarts alike—share stories, tech tips and reflections on their favorite pedals. And of course, we’ll be photographing these storied pedals in the highest possible resolution and detail, in full museum-quality.

Our blog, which launches today,  will be your check-in point for all things related to the book, but we’ll also be featuring stories, interviews and updates here that you won’t find in the book, or anywhere else. I’ll be checking in with you every month to bring you up to speed on all the cool new players who’ve agreed to be in the book, and what’s in store around the bend.

Don’t take your foot off that pedal—we sure won’t!

Photo: Howard Shiau