シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント / The EFFECTOR BOOK Vol.60

A special issue to summarize Japanese effectors!

[Pedal Board Profiling]
Mark Gardner and Steve Kellert (Ride)

[FEATURE 1]
MADE IN JAPAN
Japanese Effects Pedals in a Nutshell

[Chronicles] An enthusiast from the far north talks about the early days of Japanese pedals.
[Interview] Fumio Saegusa (KORG)
[Interview] Susumu Tamura (ex-Maxon)
[Catalog Archives] The world of vintage Japanese effectors traced back through catalogs
[Interview] Kenji Todaka (Phantom fx)
[Interview] Tomokazu Kawamura (One Control)
[Interview] Daiya Tezuka (VEMURAM)
[Enquete] “Strength of Japanese pedals” as considered by prominent Japanese pedal designers.
[Enquete] Readers' Choice: The 50 Best Japanese Effects Pedals
[Analysis] AssH thoroughly examines the best Japanese-made pedals selected by effects pedal experts.
[Enquete] “Japanese pedals” recommended by staff at music stores nationwide
[Analysis] Test-play analysis of the latest “Japanese brand pedals” (Natsuki Sakamoto)
[Cross Talk] Trilogy of young builders (KarDiaN, Vin-Antique, Petla)
[Mini Interview] “Made in Japan” from the viewpoint of foreign pedal builders
[Opinion] The sound that Japanese people like, and the sound that Westerners like.

[Special Feature 2] Universal Audio (UAFX)
Inheritance and rebirth? The pride of a long-established company that strives to balance the two.

[New Product Introduction] COMING UP NEXT NEW PRODUCTS REVIEW

[Event Report]
Tokyo Pedal Summit & Sound Messe in Osaka 2023

[Interview] Builder's Voice
Electronic Audio Experiments
K.E.S.
Sunfish Audio

New Product Information

[Whatever cool with me]
Ask Mr. Saito (Soul Power Instruments)
The true nature of sound (Yuichiro Fuse)
BENIMARULABO [Business Trip] (Benimaru)
That sound, per home-made (Kensei Ogata)
A killer pass from a music store in Namba (Takumi Kanemasa)
The extreme north of mania (Yuichiro Hosokawa)

Next issue preview / Editor's Postscript