The level of skill, talent, and mastery of an instrument are all primary concerns that help define an artist. However, another crucial facet in establishing identity is having a unique sound.

Since becoming an independent company in 2011, Free The Tone has been busy making effects pedals, cables and routing controllers under the direction of owner, Yuki Hayashi. The first releases were ...

Just north of the Austin city limits, in a nondescript warehouse, Josh Holley and Dwayne Dassing are hunched over in their makeshift laboratory. Electrical wiring snakes across a small table as a ...